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A Black Woman’s Battle to Tell the Truth About Nat Turner: Witness and Testimony
Son of Baldwin
To the tick-tock and you don’t stop. Writing for my life. And perhaps yours. Disturbing the peace in order to find it. No sleep ’til Crooklyn. Let’s get free
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a gentleman named Chase Taylor, who was inspired to write to me after reading my daily Black History Month posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter celebrating black writers and works, which I titled “28 Days of #BlackLit!” Noticing that the vast majority of the works I was celebrating were authored by black women, Chase wanted me to know the story of his mother, writer and author Sharon Ewell Foster, a black woman who has been fighting a battle against forces who wish to erase, discredit, and demean her contributions as they relate to her literary telling of the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved black man who led a legendary rebellion against the forces of white supremacy ...
[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Writer and author Sharon Ewell Foster is seen from the chest up, looking toward the left, smiling, in front of a blue and black rectangular background.]
A Black Woman’s Battle to Tell the Truth About Nat Turner: Witness and Testimony
Son of Baldwin
To the tick-tock and you don’t stop. Writing for my life. And perhaps yours. Disturbing the peace in order to find it. No sleep ’til Crooklyn. Let’s get free
A few days ago, I received an e-mail from a gentleman named Chase Taylor, who was inspired to write to me after reading my daily Black History Month posts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter celebrating black writers and works, which I titled “28 Days of #BlackLit!” Noticing that the vast majority of the works I was celebrating were authored by black women, Chase wanted me to know the story of his mother, writer and author Sharon Ewell Foster, a black woman who has been fighting a battle against forces who wish to erase, discredit, and demean her contributions as they relate to her literary telling of the story of Nat Turner, the enslaved black man who led a legendary rebellion against the forces of white supremacy ...
[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Writer and author Sharon Ewell Foster is seen from the chest up, looking toward the left, smiling, in front of a blue and black rectangular background.]
... what was going wrong about polls and being blocked and stuff?