Irene Cara died last month. I remembered her best from the movie Fame and the soundtrack of the same name. The impressions they both left in my mind are still strong even though forty-two years have elapsed. As the tributes and remembrances flowed in through...
The Genocide Files was my first book and I published it in 1997. It was a work of fiction but it was borne from the frustration of growing up African American male. American authorities often betray the trust that Black boys and men place in them. I wrote The...