
Diary of A Free Black Journalist Telling The Human Stories of The Forgotten, The Marginalized and The Invisible in Chicago and Beyond. This is home to John W. Fountain's column and other works.
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A nearly two-hour documentary by Peabody Award-winning producer, writer and director Rita Coburn premieres nationwide at 9 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, May 19 on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/American Masters and the PBS App
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John Fountain dances with his mother Gwendolyn Marie Hagler Clincy at his wedding reception in 1992.
By John W. Fountain
IT WAS ONE OF the most difficult things I have ever done: Eulogizing my mother. But as a protective son charged with...
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Solitude
It is serene
Peace with oneself—
Supreme
Contentment—
Divine
Grat...
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John Fountain’s Aunt Mary, Mary Riddly, poses for her high school graduation portrait.
By John W. Fountain
WE STOOD AT THE FRONT door in a circle, holding hands—a dozen or so children, watched over by my Aunt Mary, like a mother hen. This...
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Journalist, Author, Fulbright Scholar, Former New York Times Writer. Prof. Roosevelt University. Freed Black Journalist. Publisher.
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