Archive for September, 2008
Unfit to Lead
A message to Richard Greene, Emperor of the Mississippi White Knights, quoted here for saying, “leadership is just not in [a black person's] character … it’s just not in their ability.”
My name is Linda Leigh Hargrove, daughter of the late Robert Leigh, from Creswell, NC.
I attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina from [...]
Broken
Broken glass was everywhere. Or so it seemed. And every time it rained, more glass appeared. For the first few years of living in my ‘new’ house in the ‘hood, I picked up broken glass from the yard.
“Your house used to be a day care,” old Mrs. Blackwell told me. “My youngest boy used to [...]
Little Bill: Reconciler
You know Little Bill, don’t you? He’s a cute ball little kid with a cute family: a brother named Bobby; a sister named April; a great grandmother, Alice the Great; Big Bill, his dad; and his mother, Brenda.
Up until a week ago I thought that family was alright. My kids watched Little Bill and there [...]
Dreaming in Color
This is a re-post from my “I’m-really-not-an-angry-black-female” December 2007 series on African American Christians writing for the Christian Booksellers Association. Read Dee Stewart’s take on blacks in mainstream Christian publishing at The Master’s Artist.
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IN LIVING COLOR
Do you dream in color? Or do you only think you do? Do you really dream in black and white [...]
An Interracial Marriage
Marriage, the classic union between a man and a woman, is used as a model for many things. When talking about successful sports teams, business partnerships, and even school projects, people use the institution of marriage to inspire and direct all those involved.
In Christian circles, you might even hear marriage terms used in sermons about [...]
