Deacon King Kong is a historical fiction novel that appeared in 2020. Author James McBride is an iconic figure in African American literature. He’s one of those Published Authors™ who only needs to write a book every five years or so to keep up his cred. To read my other recent historical fiction book reviews, […]
Tag: Thomas Jefferson
Dr. King and Why America May Go to Hell
In my previous two posts in this series on Dr. King, I’ve tried to point out some of the ways that the United States no longer understands his true legacy. In this one, I’ll try to address the question of why. What follows are some of my views on the matter. My goal is to […]
Robert Carter – A US Founding Father?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The immortal words of Thomas Jefferson, penned in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, still resonate today. Yet Jefferson, and […]