Essay · History & Lives The Man Who Kept Becoming Someone Else Malcolm X is one of the most difficult subjects in American history to write about honestly, because the honest account requires holding simultaneously several versions of the same person — the street hustler, the Nation of Islam minister, the Black nationalist icon, theContinue reading “Malcolm X”
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Jesse Jackson: The Prophet Who Told America to Keep Hope Alive
The Rev Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, was never merely a witness to history. He was one of its great interrupters. For more than half a century, Jackson stood at the charged intersection of race, religion and American democracy – sometimes welcomed, often derided, always impossible to ignore. From the balcony of theContinue reading “Jesse Jackson: The Prophet Who Told America to Keep Hope Alive”
My World of Interiors 