In my last blog, I wrote of being commanded by the land owner, “H”, to set up one of my older sisters to have sex with him. Without waiting for me to give and answer, he said if you tell anyone I will kill you. I was too shocked to give an answer and do […]
As a reminder from my earlier blogs, my family sharecropped on H’s farm in Lincoln County, Mississippi for 5 years. We were neighbors to Lamar Smith who was gunned down on the Lincoln County courtyard in Brookhaven, Mississippi August 13, 1955. The gunman was never prosecuted. It was very easy for a White person to […]
The first home I lived in was across the road from our church. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior around ten years of age. A revival was in progress. The church was poorly lit with oil lamps. The minister was preaching a fire and brimstone message, as most did back then. I went […]