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The price he paid
May 26, 2010
“Ain’t nothing free in this world, babe. Everybody gotta pay to play. The only issue is that most of us is broke to begin with. And we’ll take what we need, from anybody we can, just to get in the game.” This is a statement my husband made to me just two days before he was murdered – no, assassinated – on Third Street on Mother’s Day.
Waiting for the shots to stop
September 6, 2009
I am the best at basketball, I can jump high, I can shoot and I can run, I am fast, I am smart, I can do anything,My mommy told me so. I shoot the ball and it goes swoosh …And then I hear, “Pop, pop, pop,” tires screeching,
Pens and pistols: an interview wit’ Ebony Sparks, author of ‘Lessons Learned …’
April 8, 2009
Ebony Colbert Sparks is one of the most talented writers that I’ve met. She is the personification of “you can do anything you put your mind to.”