P.S. “A Strange and Terrible Sight”

Frightened and enraged by the crimes and abuses of the Trump administration and its enablers, I look back for hope Continue reading →

P.S. The Windrush Generation

I have posted more than once about Claudia Jones and her life and work in London with the “Windrush Generation.” Continue reading →

“I Question America”

I have written here before about the Greatest Generation, born between about 1909 and 1929 and celebrated for enduring the Continue reading →

P.S. “Not used in Bulletin. Put in file.” (1956)

In an earlier post and two essays I have written about my search-and-discovery experience of “Finding Claudia Jones,” the extraordinary Continue reading →

Coming of Age in the 1950s All Over Again

I’ve been reflecting here on coming of age in the 1950s, and on some of the extraordinary changes I’ve observed Continue reading →

Finding Claudia Jones

When I retired from academic life I turned my attention from the Middle Ages to the 1950s, leaping over several Continue reading →