Leaving Eden tells the story of countless small towns across the South since the days of slavery.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘Dreams’ Deferred
TweetI first wrote the following commentary in January 2011 for the now-defunct Option-Magazine.com. At the time, America had a Black president. Each year thereafter until […]

“Civil rights freed the white southerner… It gave us grace”
TweetThose words come from the late Phil Walden, one-time manager of the southern soul singer Otis Redding and southern blues-rock band The Allman Brothers. It […]