Writer. Feminist. Historian. Person.
Daddy used to make me listen to the speech. I’d pretend to be bored but I always got goosebumps when he’d exclaim “to mingle my blood further with the blood of my children, and with the blood of millions in this slave country.” It reminded me I’m not just any Brown. His blood runs in… Continue reading Harpers Ferry: Destiny Calls
The World Changed In The Summer Following My Birth Nothing Changed at All In the summer following my birth, the world changed. Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President.” Marilyn Monroe died. Adolph Eichmann was hung. Spider Man was born. Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in Arkansas. Doctors inserted the first silicone breast implants.… Continue reading Haiku & History: In the Summer Following My Birth
Tina Stewart Brakebill 