“During the Albany Civil Rights Movement, our house was a freedom house; the white SNCC students slept on the floor, they ate here…” AGJ: Today is September 20, 2017 and I’ve just finished a delicious soul food lunch with Mrs. Juanita Harris Gardner, a retired elementary school teacher and civil rights activist. We are sitting… Continue reading Juanita Harris Gardner—They called her “The Governor”
Month: March 2018
Empowering Night for Camron
SAN RAFAEL, CA: On Wednesday evening, February 28, 2018 as a much needed rain fell beyond the window panes framing Rebound Bookstore, poetry paid Camron McDonald back in a big way. Joining authors Margaret Stawowy and Doreen Stock, Camron, who is only 13, read four poems from his debut chapbook: Hero: and other new poems… Continue reading Empowering Night for Camron