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 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and FoundOn Feb. 1, the New York Times started a Black History Month series of photographs of black life in America, “Unpublished Black History."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 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 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 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...