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June 15, 2000
Poetry
Redlight Litany 
"I stopped at a red light, and there is a man/With a sign that reads 'will work for food'" drylongso.com
Poetry
The Second Coming Of Jim Crow "Are you blind/Am I the only one to tell /The second reconstruction/Is nearing it's end" drylongso
Poetry
Officer, Officer "Officer, Officer, /There's a young brother /sprawled on the ground" drylongso
Review
Black Folks, Killing Jokes, and the Journey of the Self: of the Self When considering the works of Kara Walker-visionary artist-one confront a series of ever lurking cultural historical artistic ancestral shadows. Walker's silhouette cut-outs are sensuous and sick explorations into painful American History and existence. Her black and white spaces are loaded with myths and metaphors of a legacy of abuse, denial and forbidden desire. Walker's works are not the products of someone naive and ignorant of the history of racist America, as some critics would have her viewers believe. On the contrary, and as she has stated in artists talks about her work,she feels she has every right to misrepresent the misrepresentations of black images in art and life.
Poetry
New Orleans "This city is beauteous and sensuous/This amalgam of love and death and corruption intoxicating" drylongso
Poetry
Cuba Libre, Santurce, Puerto Rico "Haven't brushed my hair in four days, /Yet no pickaninny dreams or concerns run through my rough head " drylongso
Poetry
Raconteur "We ride the rails of Midnight Els /As dames clutch purses to themselves" drylongso
June 1, 2000
Genealogy
Her Family, Her Way "Family is defined less by genetics and heredity than by behavior," she says. "It's that group of people that are supporting each other emotionally, socially and/or financially. Family means safe haven and unconditional love." drylongso.com
Genealogy
Regaining Your Roots For most of us, when we do look, there's a point where things stop. drylongso.com
Genealogy
Man of the Cloth Ministers have been teachers in and outside the church, community leaders, politicians. They are so much a part of our daily lives, most of us don't think too often about who they were to our slave ancestors. drylongso.com
Genealogy
Recovering the Family Tree As you plan and attend your family reunion this summer, remember that you're not only uncovering your past, but that of a people. Genealogy begins at home. Your first sources of information are your family. Ask questions. drylongso.com
Genealogy
Family Reunion Institute The Institute supports the African American extended family through dissemination of information on facilitating family reunions. drylongso.com
Genealogy
African Traditional Religions Missionaries frequently called Africans pagans and devil worshippers. drylongso.com