Feature
-
Meet Guest Author Yecheilyah Ysrayl – Author, Poet, Blogger…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog: Primarily, I’d like to thank The Story Reading Ape for this opportunity. I’ve never known an Ape who could read before so this is exciting. My name is Yecheilyah, pronounced e-see-lee-yah but everyone calls me EC for short. I grew up on Chicago’s south side in… Continue reading
-
Sneak Peek: Part 2 /2 – The Road to Freedom – Joseph’s Story
Part 2 of yesterdays Sneak Peek. Continue reading
-
Week #2: Beyond The Colored Line: Inside Interracial Marriages with Author Lisa Tetting
It’s kind of hard to believe this today, but as recent as 1967, there was actually state laws that banned interracial marriage. These laws weren’t overturned until the Supreme Court case, Loving vs. Virginia in 1967. In that case, the Supreme Court found that it was unconstitutional for the state of Virginia to ban interracial… Continue reading
-
Interracial Blog Feature – Update
So just a quick update. I have not yet set a date for this feature because I’m still organizing the interviews. I will schedule them when I’m done and post that schedule here before months end. I have decided to host this feature this October time permitting. There is still room for possibly one more… Continue reading
-
Interracial Blog Feature – Interviews This Fall
In 1968, a year after the release of the film Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, about a black man who wanted to marry a white woman, a Poll revealed that just 20 percent of Americans thought it was OK for a white person to marry a black person. According to a recent 2011 Gallup Poll,… Continue reading
-
Are you in an Interracial Relationship?
As many of you know by now, this is Book Launch Week for me of my new book, “Beyond The Colored Line”, which deals with racial passing in the age of Jim Crow. What I would like is this: If you are in an interracial relationship (especially if you have bi-racial children) and you would… Continue reading
The PBS Blog 