The Utterly Original Bill Traylor

“All of us would have perished long ago” clearly refers to Coltrane’s knowledge of the history of the black American experience.

There’s a historical event that haunts and shames the region. And shows the machine of power. The story is about a boy named George. George was owned by Lilburn Lewis, the nephew of Thomas Jefferson, in the Kentucky mountains. In 1812, a cherished water pitcher slipped from the fifteen-year-old George’s hands, and it shattered. In a drunken rage, L

Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.

“In What does slavery consist?” and concluded, “In being compelled to work for others so that they may reap the advantage.”