Stories

Stories both real and imagined.

Unpublished Black History (The New York Times) In W. C. Handy’s Band

“A pleasant Father’s Day to our wonderful Pop. The children. June 20, 1948.”

Seen It All

“I’ve taken cocaine out of rectums, I’ve taken cocaine out of vaginas… I’ve seen everything, and everything I’ve seen!”

In Time for Valentine’s Day: An Interracial Love Story

During their 42-year marriage they saw the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, and the miscegenation and segregation laws overturned.

The Miscegenation Laws: A Personal History

He never mentioned the miscegenation laws.

A Documented Example of Racial Realities in a Pre-Martin Luther King, Jr. Era

History tends to repeat itself and is cyclic, and because of this we can never become complacent as a people.