THE DIARY OF PEPPER SAINT CLAIR

The Only Black Automobile Company: C.R. Patterson & Sons and the Patterson-Greenfield Car

The Only Black Automobile Company: C.R. Patters...

An automobile company. Owned and operated by Black people. The only one. Ever. And I — Pepper Saint Clair — had never heard so much as a whisper about it.

The Only Black Automobile Company: C.R. Patters...

An automobile company. Owned and operated by Black people. The only one. Ever. And I — Pepper Saint Clair — had never heard so much as a whisper about it.

Late August, When Even the Devil Is Asking for a Cold Compress

Late August, When Even the Devil Is Asking for ...

Here I am on this veranda, fanning myself with a funeral program, watching the afternoon do its best to liquefy my eyebrows. I got to thinking about the elite —...

Late August, When Even the Devil Is Asking for ...

Here I am on this veranda, fanning myself with a funeral program, watching the afternoon do its best to liquefy my eyebrows. I got to thinking about the elite —...

The Tignon: When They Tried to Cover What They Could Not Stop Seeing

The Tignon: When They Tried to Cover What They ...

Here I am on this veranda when a Creole woman informs me that my headscarf is a descendant of what the Spanish once tried to use as a mark of...

The Tignon: When They Tried to Cover What They ...

Here I am on this veranda when a Creole woman informs me that my headscarf is a descendant of what the Spanish once tried to use as a mark of...

They Execrate Us, But They Are Still Paying Rent on Our Legacy

They Execrate Us, But They Are Still Paying Ren...

I always find myself in a bit of a quandary when I discover that the ground I am standing on was purchased by someone they claimed had no standing. Here...

They Execrate Us, But They Are Still Paying Ren...

I always find myself in a bit of a quandary when I discover that the ground I am standing on was purchased by someone they claimed had no standing. Here...