“Yes, Dad was white, but Mom wasn’t. Which meant that to the rest of the world I was black. At Mama Ray’s, I wasn’t the awkward line in a poem. I fit the meter. I rhymed.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“The dead always have stories to tell. They just need the living to listen.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“But we wanted you to fill up on good things before you had to face the bad.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“I don’t believe that history holds easy answers or simple lessons, because those answers and lessons are stretched out over thousands—millions—of untold stories. But… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“Yes, Dad was white, but Mom wasn’t. Which meant that to the rest of the world I was black. At Mama Ray’s, I wasn’t… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“history only moves forward in a straight line when we learn from it. Otherwise it loops past the same mistakes over and over again.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“Only one of us gets to be bitchy this early in the morning and I’ve got dibs.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“The lives that ended that night mattered. It was a mistake for this city to try to forget, and it's an even bigger one… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, racist skinheads, neo-Confederates, the KKK - up until that morning, I'd had no idea those were all different things, or that… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“she’s nonverbal until her first cup of coffee kicks in. Before that, you’re pretty much taking your life into your own hands if you… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
“There's always been a love-hate thing between me and running. First off, if you don't get started at the ass crack of dawn, the… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share Image
