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A couch full of dolls, handmade by Barbara Vickers, a native St. Augustinian who spearheaded the foot soldiers monument facing the city's slave market. Taken in 2015, in her home on a street now named for Dr. Robert Hailing.

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The National Museum of African American History and Culture turns 10 today. Its display on 1963-64 covers Birmingham, the March on Washington, Freedom Summer. St. Augustine isn't mentioned once. New post on Civil Writer.

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St. Augustine, the "oldest city," is named after Augustine of Hippo, a person of color. Steps from his statue sits a slave market, and nearby stands the Ponce de Leon Hotel, lavish enough for electricity before the White House, yet closed to the city's own Black residents.

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Kicking things off early! I'll be at the Fifth Maine Museum on Peaks Island, Maine, on Wednesday September 23 at 6 PM for a pre-launch event ahead of Original City, Original Sin hitting shelves

Can't wait to share this one. Link in bio for details

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Today marks 63 years since Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed in the Birmingham church bombing. I wrote about that day on Civil Writer. Also out today: ep. 2 of Three by Fifteen.

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Kris Rhim, my former student, one of Philly's finest, has always gotten it: sports and social justice are tangled up together. He's built a career I genuinely admire. Watching that happen is the whole reason I teach.

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People still stop me on the street to talk about my mom. She taught fourth grade for decades, and strangers still tell me she was the best teacher they ever had. That thread runs through Original City, Original Sin.

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This is William.

He's been my writing companion through most of Original City, Original Sin: long walks where I worked through chapters in my head, plenty of company along the way.

Every book needs a good writing companion, and he's a great listener. Out October 15.

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August 28 carries more weight in American history than people realize: the March on Washington, the naming of St. Augustine in 1565, and Emmett Till's kidnapping in 1955. Read the full story of the date; link in comments.

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Here it is. The cover for Original City, Original Sin: King, the Klan, and the Fight for Civil Rights in St. Augustine, Florida.

This book has been many years in the making, and I can't wait for you to see it. Out October 15.

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