For Smithsonian mag, I wrote about Sam Green, a black man who was arrested for owning a book before the Civil War. Green opposed the law of the land at the time by working as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He paid a steep price for his resistance. But he never wavered in his beliefs.

Everyone should know the story of William Still, the man who chronicled the stories of the Underground Railroad runitback.substack.com/p/truthtelli...

Next week on Wednesday, Aug. 27, I'll be speaking about Built From the Fire at Bryant Park as part of their summer lecture series. The talk begins at 7PM. More info here - bryantpark.org/calendar/eve...

Back to posting my black history newsletter. I’ll be focusing periods political backlash in our country's history and how black people responded. We start with the story of a man who fought in the Revolutionary War, then fought for the right to vote. runitback.substack.com/p/the-first-...

Power ranking of places to work in D.C. after a couple months here: 1. La Cosecha, the Latin food court next to Union Market (great coffee) 2. MLK Library by the Portrait Gallery (great views) 3. Sidamo on H Street (great chaos factor...they played a podcast interview with Donald Duck one day)

So I guess everyone approaching middle age is gonna be on here or LinkedIn huh. I cast my vote for the lesser of two evils