Congratulations to Cat Michaels who won Leonardo the Florentine from last week's blog. ******* I purchased NOTE OF A WHITE BLACK WOMAN several years ago and recently found it while unpacking. I'm glad I did! Judy Scales-Trent provides amazing insights into racial identity as she reveals her thoughts and emotions as a "white black woman." As I often do… Continue reading Multi-Racial Read #19: Notes of a White Black Woman by Judy Scales-Trent- Part I
This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond secretly visited his daughter throughout her college years. Soon after Thurmond lost his bid for the presidency in 1948 and Essie Mae's mother died, Essie Mae confronted him on some of his pervasive… Continue reading Multi-Racial Read #14: Dear Senator Part V
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/rocksmn/rocks.htm It's been sometime since I have posted a poem. Here is a personal take-off on a diamente poem. It is inspired by my research and interviews for Half-Truths and the rock colors I saw on a car trip through Tennessee and Kentucky. BlackOnyx, deep and glistening. No shadowof rich brown granite or weathered shale.But layers of… Continue reading Black and White