“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 to pretend everything's fine now. Black men and women are dying today for the same reasons… — 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 I do believe that if we seek those stories out, and if we listen to them and talk to each other with open hearts and minds, we can start to heal. I believe that good people… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share
“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 there were so many different ways to hate black people. Racists, it turned out, were into diversity after all.” — Jennifer Latham Copy Share
“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 Oklahoma summer sun will melt you into a puddle of good intentions. Plus, it hurts. I mean, have you ever seen a happy jogger? We scowl. We pant and grimace. In fact, if you ever see… — Jennifer Latham Copy Share
