Firecrackers & Volcanos
As we come to the end of our “Juneteenth to July 4th dialogue,” we recall ancestors using these acts of nature to symbolize what some scholars describe as our “two-week liberation corridor.”
July 5, 1776-July 5, 2026
My great-aunt Ariel was a poet, educator, and close friend of Zora Neale Hurston. In her 1948 book, Shape Them Into Dreams, Aunt Ariel shares inspirational words about findi…
