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SUMMARY: THE STORY SO FAR… Josiah, a young slave 12 years of age, lives in a cabin in the slave quarters of a Virginia tobacco plantation with Auntie Bee, Mose, the plantation handyman, two youn

AND HE RODE UPON A CHERUB AND DID FLY; YEA, HE DID FLY UPON THE WINGS OF THE WIND—PSALM 18:10 SOMEWHERE OVER VIRGINIA, 1857 -- A violent rush of wind battered us from all sides. It felt like

SOMEWHERE OVER VIRGINIA, 1857 -- We were moving away from the mountain at a pretty good clip. I searched the side of the cliff where Mose and Auntie Bee had been standing moments earlier but they w

THE STORY SO FAR…JOSIAH, A YOUNG 12 YEAR OLD SLAVE ON A VIRGINIA PLANATAION, NOTICES THAT AN OLD MAN NAMED MOSE KEEPS LEAVING THE SLAVE QUARTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HE FOLLOWED MOSE ON NIGHT

POLITICO, February 22, 2012 -- President Barack Obama Wednesday kicked off the groundbreaking of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture, explicitly linking his own family to t

THE LAST WORD, Lawrence O'Donnell, February 20, 2012 -- Lawrence noted that most news media outlets covered the Whitney Houston story as a cautionary tale about the danger of drugs. "I was in no mood

VIRGINIA, 1857—Freedom is a magical word. We never knew freedom by experience but every one of us knew it by feel. The idea of freedom made our spirits soar. The sound of the word sparked a raging,

CNN, February 19, 2012 -- The words "Whitney Houston died" appeared on my BlackBerry screen. Like many of us living in the digital age, I learned that the pop diva passed away by way of text mes

HUFFINGTON POST, February 19, 2012 -- Saturday Night Live wasted no time tackling new New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin, as the very first skit made light of the racial Lin stereotypes in the media

HUFFINGTON POST, February 19, 2012 -- MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry gave viewers a sharp critique of the media during the debut weekend of her self-titled show. The network announced the addition o

WHITNEY HOUSTON FUNERAL PROGRAM, February 18, 2012 -- Dearest Whitney: The presence of God blessed our home with life, love, joy and peace. You and your brothers were the center of Divine Love a

HUFFINGTON POST, February 19, 2012 -- As the only "SNL" cast member to have ever played Michelle Obama, we just knew Maya Rudolph would be spoofing the First Lady when she hosted the show this weekend

VIRGINIA, 1857—About a week after Eliza passed, all the field hands were returning to the quarters at the end of a long miserable day. Everyone was finishing their chores, dog-tired and hog-hungry,

HUFFINGTON POST, February 19, 2012 -- Valery Ross Manokey doesn’t make the trip as often as she used to, but every now and then she’ll head down to her family’s old homestead in the backwoods of Dorch

HUFFINGTON POST, February 18, 2012 -- Meet Denise Bestman. She's an 11-year-old girl from Staten Island who became a YouTube sensation with her choir's rendition of Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." N

WBUR RADIO BOSTON, February 15, 2012 — Across the national airwaves and on the Republican campaign trail, the Massachusetts coverage law that many now call “Romneycare” is routinely trashed. Here’

ALTERNET, February 17, 2012 -- On Friday, Fox News host Sean Hannity assembled more than a dozen religious leaders for what Jon Stewart dubbed “the world’s holiest sausage fest.” The subject? An Obam

THINK PROGRESS, February 16, 2012 -- Earlier this month, a bill requiring women to receive an ultrasound before they can receive an abortion passed the Virginia senate, and it recently cleared a state

THINK PROGRESS, February 16, 2012 -- Sports fans, the national media, and even National Basketball Association insiders are wondering how everyone missed out on Jeremy Lin, the where-did-he-come-from

HUFFINGTON POST, February 16, 2012 -- Three Democrats walked out of a House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on religious liberty and the birth control rule on Thursday to protest Chairman Dar

HUFFINGTON POST, February 14, 2012 — Interracial marriages in the U.S. have climbed to 4.8 million – a record 1 in 12 – as a steady flow of new Asian and Hispanic immigrants expands the pool of prospe

POLITICS NATION, February 15, 2012 -- Rev. Al Sharpton takes a long look at the significance of breakout newly minted basketball star Jeremy Lin who came from nowhere to lead his team. Knicks most en

VIRGINIA, 1857—The two children, Randall and Emily, slept with Auntie Bee. Young Randall, about eight or nine, was a wild unruly child, truly a rambunctious pest. I have never seen one boy get

VIRGINIA, 1857—Now Mose, he was an older fellow. His hair and beard were sprinkled gray and white. Mose looked old. He walked old and talked old. It seemed like he was always old, at least since