WITNESSING THE DOCUMENTATION OF BLACK HISTORY
By Zola Mumford "It may be lonely. Certainly painful. It'll take time. We've got time. That of course is an unpopular utterance these days…But we do have time...Not all speed is movement." - Toni Cade Bambara, African American feminist author and activist, from “On the Issue of Roles” in The Black Woman: an Anthology (1970). I was lucky to spend this year’s Mother’s Day with my beloved Mom, Esther Hall Mumford, a historian, author, and compassionate listener. She and my equally beloved, late...
