Most of my stories invariably return to history, a different perspective, and always in context. A recent story about the Red Summer of 1919 also described 1918-1923. You'll get some politics, education, and race, but history is what I always return to.
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What You Don’t Know About Dred Scott the Man
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I. The Man Behind the Case
He was known simply as Dred. He was born somewhere around 1799, most historians agree, on a tobacco plantation in Southampton County, Virginia, owned by t...
America Came Very Close to Bringing Back Dred Scott, and It’s Not Over
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The 14th Amendment was written explicitly to destroy the logic of the Dred Scott decision, often cited as the worst Supreme Court decision...
The Rise and Ruin of Steeplechase Park: How Coney Island's Playground Became a Trump Real‑Estate Battlefield
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For more than half a century, Steeplechase Park was the beating heart of Coney Island — a place where New Yorkers of every class, color, and neighborhood came to forget themselves...
Birthright Citizenship: What It Is, Why America Adopted It, Where Else It Exists, and Why It’s Under Attack Today
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Few ideas in American law are as simple, or as radical, as birthright citizenship. It is the...
The Cases That Made Johnnie Cochran Famous Before O.J. Simpson
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Long before the O.J. Simpson trial turned Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. into a household name, he had already spent three decades becoming the most...
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I write because I must; if I don't get my thoughts out, my head will explode. My focus is on history, race, education, and politics. I'm a graduate of Fisk University, to whom I owe everything. I generally publish 3-5 stories a week, if not more.
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