![]() ![]() ![]() I think it wasn't told in part because they didn't want it told. Why do you think the struggles of black WWII veterans are often skipped over during Black History Month celebrations and in school history lessons? I know that some family members may not be completely comfortable with the telling of these stories, but they're our stories, it's our history. So I tried to make sure that I was very respectful in everything that I did. And there's something that's not entirely fair about that. And when you write a family memoir, you pull a lot of people into the boat who didn't sign up for that journey, and they wind up riding down the rapids along with you. When you write a memoir, you take a very tumultuous journey. I hope it deepens my relationship with them. I'm used to telling other people's stories and I'm used to mining for other people's histories, but when it's your own, it's different.ĭo you think this book will change your relationship with your family in the future? And there were moments where it brought me to my knees. There were moments when it was exhilarating because I was filling in the blanks in my family's history. ![]() As a journalist, you don't use the word "I" very often unless you're a columnist or you're writing an essay, but that's generally not the lane that I swim in, so this was new for me. ![]()
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