April 6, 2026 The King This day back in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Over the last few years, I’ve learned so much more than I ever…
March 27, 2026 The Minute Five years ago I would have looked at this picture, appreciated the Black men for who they were to us from a very limited…
March 19, 2026 What If… We know the names. Malcolm X. Martin Luther King Jr. Their words still show up in classrooms, conversations, and moments when the present starts…
March 11, 2026 Bombs Over Baghdad Don’t pull that thang out unless you plan to bang. Shoulda held back. But you throwed a punch. Outkast warned us about this kind…
March 11, 2026 Little Girls I sat with this for days before writing anything down. The bombing of a girls’ school in Iran kept circling back into my thoughts,…
October 26, 2025 My Favorite Girl …you brought me in this world Happy Ancestral Birthday, Mom! As I celebrate your 95th year—only 68 on this side of the plane, way…
October 6, 2025 Happy Ninety-Ninth No paper trail.No midwife’s mark.No certificate to prove the day. Just Marlboro County fields,tobacco barns breathing their smoke,and the cry of the first of…
September 22, 2025 A Night at The Aux I never thought I’d be thankful that our washing machine broke. Truth be told, I hate laundromats. I’d rather walk barefoot down a gravel…
August 10, 2025 Integration Was the Fire “I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Integration – the act or process…
August 7, 2025 Part 2: The Recovery The work begins after the funeral Grief has a strange rhythm. First, you deny. Then, you bargain. Then, if you’re honest, you get angry….
