"He was a scapegoat. A scholar.
Respected. Reviled.
A genius. A fool.
A penniless nobody who became one of the world's
most powerful men.
He believed in the rule of law. He lost his life in totally
illegal fashion."

“Rise, red as the dawn.”

"You are unsure because
you want to be.
Because you can't
face the fact that you-
your government, your sworn-to-protect
guardians of democracy-
killed us,
your children, because you didn't like
what we were doing.
Not because we broke the law,
but because we exercised our rights
as American citizens,
and you can't live with that truth,
so you make up a story."


"Citizens
should be safe in
nightclubs,
synagogues,
churches,
outdoor spaces,
public places,
their own homes.

And at school.
Columbine,
Nickel Mines,
Virginia Tech,
Newtown,
Parkland-

we agree.
WE AGREE.

And South Caroline State
In Orangeburg, 1968.
And at Kent State University
May 4, 1970.

Don't forget those who were
Suddenly
Individually
Targeted.
Sandra Bland.
Freddie Gray.
Philando Castile.
Michael Brown.
Oscar Grant.
Eric Garner.
Tamir Rice.
Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and
James Earl Green
At Jackson State College,
Eleven days after Kent State,
May 15, 1970.

There are So Many.
We are only
Scratching the surface."


"We hope you're
on fire
for change.
for hope.
for love."

A powerful verse novel.

"They never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart."

"And I look at my two friends. My first real friends. I thought women were always my competitors, people to be jealous of. How wrong I was."

"Yes," she answered. "I grew up thinking monsters could be slain."

"Ah," he said, "I grew up thinking people were the monsters."