“The first time Negro officers had been needed in a courtroom, the judge had refused to let them enter in uniform, demanding that they enter as "typical nigras." ...Only after much back-channel maneuvering …after another judge's vouching for their continued… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“The right thing was confusing, and difficult, and sometimes Jason wondered if it was in fact a nonexistent ideal, like heaven or the American… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
I'm hopeful that people don't give up on marriage. When it works, it's a gift from God because you can't always have it work… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“So although only one of them had seen her face, and that just for a second, they let her disappear into the night, which… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“She had written Darcy the letter and posted it from her husband's tenth-story office while he was away in some strumpet's bed. And then… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“Atlanta, Georgia. Two parts Confederate racist to two parts Negro to one part something-that-doesn't-quiet-have-a-name-for-it-yet. Neither city nor country but some odd combination, a once… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“They had each survived into adulthood by proceeding warily, yet now they were expected to walk with a heavy step and newfound power through… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“Because here was what none of them wanted to admit, Leo thought, the thing they were simply too blind or angry or spoiled to… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“And what a city! The perfect geometric layout, the wide avenues and clean sidewalks, all the monuments bathes in celestial light. The contemps around… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“The first time Negro officers had been needed in a courtroom, the judge had refused to let them enter in uniform, demanding that they… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
“Another time he felt himself reenacting a conversation with father, a long talk about duty and honor and all the reasons why enlisting was… — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
Marriage - as its veterans know well - is the continuous process of getting used to things you hadn't expected. — Thomas Mullen Copy Share Image
