The editor of Beacon Broadside–the blog of my publisher Beacon Press–asked me to write an essay in connection with Juneteenth. The request came just after an incident in which my friend Sharon Morgan was subjected to a stupid, racist comment about President Obama by a white guy at the Post Office in the small town where she recently moved. So the focus of my essay shifted just a bit…
You can read the post here.
Thomas Norman DeWolf. Author of the book "Inheriting the Trade" (published by Beacon Press, January 2008). Born in California. High-tailed it to Oregon in the early 70's for college. Happily married for more than 20 years. Father of four. Grandfather of four.