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“You going to that party?”
“An integrated party? In the Harricans?!” When his daughter Bettie told him that a white friend at school had invited her to a party out in the Harricans, Mr. Oney Edwards peered at her with a look that ran the gamut of incredulity. The “Harricans” was a region out to the west of the small…
“They remember.”
What follows is an excerpt from my memoir From Where I Stand, a love story across time and race. The place is Wake Forest, North Carolina. The time is summer of 2021. The windows are down, the AC is off. The July day is hot, but not humid. The Carolina Chocolate Drops are wailing on…
“…a few miles up the road.”
This post is an excerpt from my memoir From Where I Stand, a story of love across time and race. The place is six miles to the west of Wake Forest, North Carolina. The time is 1968-1969. In 1971, Wake County schools were mandated to be fully desegregated. The story follows on the heels of my…
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holy discomfort: Love letters from a reluctant Christian 