My book Inheritance was written both out of deep love for my father and a fury over his refusal to see the white supremacy he had inherited and passed on. If you're looking for something for your difficult father, buy it from a local bookstore.
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“This little boy really changed my life, like made me be the person I was today." reports on the life of Donnell Rochester, whom shot and killed as he fled a traffic stop on Feb. 19, 2022. He was 18: tinyurl.com/2jr6t3bu (via )
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Crosscurrence: Forgetting tonight w/readings and music by cool folks like + others
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Gonna be reading about forgetting with so many good writers as tomorrow night. Check it out.
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Next Thursday, at I'll be celebrating the release of Inheritance in paperback with live music, reading, and discussion.
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Inheritance is available for pre-order in paperback. Much of it is about difficult conversations about race and privilege with my father. Won’t be out for Father’s Day, but if you have that relationship with your dad, you might want to preorder it for him.
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For and I wrote about the life Donnell Rochester lived before BPD killed him. Part 2 will deal with the shooting, but I wanted to try to show and understand a little of what the world lost.
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In the latest issue of , wrote about Donnell Rochester, the 18-year-old shot and killed by Baltimore police last year during a traffic stop. Please read:
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I am so moved by Jennifer White-Johnson’s collage tribute to Donnell Rochester on the cover of the and the reporting by inside. Stunning throughout.
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MUST READ: beautiful, heartbreaking and enraging story about the life and death of Donnell Rochester in .
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For with support from Google News Initiative x Northwestern University's Data-Driven Reporting Project:
Part 1 in a series of stories looking at the past 30+ years of police strategy, failure, spending, and dysfunction
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Incredibly powerful article about Donnell Rochester, killed by Baltimore police in 2022 (by in )
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Donnell Rochester was 18 when he was shot by a Baltimore police officer as he attempted to flee a traffic stop. In the first part of our investigation with @baltbeat into his killing, @baynardwoods examines the life that was lost.
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Wonderful work by on the life of Donnell Rochester. Words by the magnificent reporter
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. wrote about the brief, beautiful life of Donnell Rochester. This story was produced in partnership with with support from the Wayne Barrett Project.
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Donnell Rochester was 18 when he was shot by a Baltimore police officer as he attempted to flee a traffic stop. In the first part of our investigation with into his killing, examines the life that was lost.
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"I don't trust the answers or the people who give me answers. I believe in dirt and bone and flowers and fresh pasta and salsa cruda and red wine....I think death is a word and life is a fact, just as food is a fact and cactus is a fact"- Charles Bowden
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Good Pride and Juneteenth month everyone. I want to put this back out front and center - to remind us what’s coming up and also to let a lot of you know that all Black lives matters.
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My band the Barnyard Sharks will be returning to to release our new album Kick the Can with MOWDER OYAL and MOTH BROTH on July 7, come and rock out with us facebook.com/events/9026183
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