America was aptly described by George Bernard Shaw, who said that it was ‘the only country which had gone from barbarism to decadence without once pa… - Maya Angelou

there are times when no one is right, and sometimes among family and children, no one can admit that there is no right, and that maybe at the same time there is no wrong. But in this case I was wrong and I appreciate Vivian Baxter for being big enough to accept my apology.

"Why do you dislike people?"

"I didn't say I disliked people. Not to like people isn't the same as to dislike them."

He sounded profound and I needed time to mull over that idea.

The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time that she is caught in the tripartite crossfire of masculine prejudice, white illogical hate and Black lack of power.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.