John Henry's Ghost
an essay on the folktales we believe and how Black excellence haunts us
Daddy read the newspaper. Every day he spent an hour or so pouring over the pages and reading the headlines. His Sunday liturgies were comprised of the front page, sports section of the LA Times. He didn’t come to church with me and mom. He chose the newspaper and its current events. I cut pict…
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