The Archive
57 Stories
My Great-Grandparents Bought a Plantation and Built a Thriving Black Community.
My Father Sued the Klan into Bankruptcy. I’m in Congress Because of Him.
I Wrote John Lewis’ Last Message to America
Black Voters Thought the Battle Was Over. Alabama Had Other Plans.
I’ve Trained More Than 3,000 Black Belts. At 80, I’m Still Teaching.
I Was Michael Jackson’s First Music Teacher. I Knew Right Away.
The First Time I Marched, a Man Put a Cigarette Out on My Arm. I Didn’t Flinch.
We Didn’t Have to Leave Gary to Find Opportunity
If You’re From Gary’s East Side, You Remember Mr. Charlie’s
I Grew Up Around James Baldwin. My Mom Always Laughed at One Thing About Him.
A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt
I Became the First Black Chief Presidential Speechwriter
The Black Families Who Built Gary’s Middle Class
What Gary Gave Me
More Black Women Are Returning South. Staying There Is Getting Harder.
The Black Seniors Who Remember Atlanta Before the Stadiums
