Roger WitherspoonFeb 18, 20184 minFalcon Heavy, Dad, and the KidIt was 3 AM on a clear, crisp October morning in 1957 when Dad gently shook me awake and said simply, “It’s time.”
Roger WitherspoonApr 7, 20174 minMorality, Race, and Chemical Assaults in Syria By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Tomahawk Launch from USS Ross In 2013, President Assad launched a massive gas attack...
Roger WitherspoonFeb 4, 20164 minBlack History Lost and FoundOn Feb. 1, the New York Times started a Black History Month series of photographs of black life in America, “Unpublished Black History."
Roger WitherspoonJan 10, 20145 minChris Christie’s Pity PartyBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article “I’m Stunned.” “I’m Incredulous.” “I’m a sad guy.” “I’m humiliated.” “What did I do...
Roger WitherspoonJul 17, 20136 minDaddy, Me, Trayvon and “The Talk”By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Art I’d never seen Mom cry before. Daddy had said “go over to the chair. We have to talk.” And...
Roger WitherspoonNov 18, 20129 minThe Dust Bowl: America’s Greatest Ecological DisasterBy Roger Witherspoon “A decade-long natural catastrophe of biblical proportions ensued, with swarms of grasshoppers and hordes of rabbits...
Roger WitherspoonJun 9, 20114 minGood Night, Kids: Good Night, GillBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article “Was there a touch of spring in the air? And did she have a pink dress on? Wasn’t...
Roger WitherspoonApr 16, 20105 minHooks, Baker, the GOP And the Road Not TakenBy Roger Witherspoon It’s hard to make pancakes with your right arm broken and useless in a sling. It was 90 degrees and humid in Miami...
Roger WitherspoonFeb 5, 20106 minBread, Roses, Racism and SongBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article In the nation’s coffee houses where live folk music reigns and homage is paid to old...
Roger WitherspoonJan 2, 20105 minPower, Energy, and Black AmericaBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Articlle In a sense, it could fairly be said to have begun with patent number 252,386, issued...
Roger WitherspoonOct 21, 20094 minDead Blacks, White Cops, and Political CoverBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article They buried Vionique Valnord last week. She was 33, had a five year old daughter, and...
Roger WitherspoonOct 20, 20096 minBreaking With a Dirty PastBy Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article The Obama Administration is struggling to decide whether to keep or scrap the key Bush...
Roger WitherspoonApr 5, 20037 minWhy Michigan Needed Affirmative Action April 4, 2003 Section: Opinion Page: 7B Roger Witherspoon Staff The Journal News In one of its most significant decisions affecting race...