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In the Garden of Historical Context: The Boston Tea Party and Broken Promises
I was so busted. In my defense, how do you expect a seven year old to do nap time with their head on a desk
In the Garden of Historical Context: Thomas Jefferson, Santa Claus and Diddy
It’s not that complex or nuanced. Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “all men are created equal,” but he owned slaves. The man
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces: Phillis in Boston, The Real James Bond was Dominican and A Beautiful Resistance
I was born in 1958, the same year China Achebe, a Nigerian novelist wrote “Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify
Blacklash: The Montgomery Brawl, the Most Racist City in America and the New Noose
A constant flow of water over years will smooth out the surface of rocks. It may take a few years or a few centuries; but
The Receipts: Birth of a Nation, Huckleberry Finn and Cancel Culture
Stop. We’ve lost the context and muddied the plot. This trend to remove “offensiveness” from literature, film and song is not good. In 2011, The
Balancing on Unstable Surfaces 