Each July Fourth I like to read Frederick Douglass‘s powerful speech, delivered in Rochester, NY in 1852. It is considered […]
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Face Value
My reading has been flowing back and forth between James Baldwin and Pauli Murray. I’ve had Murray’s autobiographical book, Proud […]
Zora Hurston on Religion, Seeking Truth
African-American writer, Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), wrote about her long struggles with religious faith. I sense kinship with some of […]
