This case reminds me of one in which I likened the Plaintiff's case to a colander, because it was so full of holes.
I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.
Eyes is the attempt to tell the story of the Civil Rights movement and to create an emotional, intellectual constituency. But what do you do after that? The black community doesn't have institutions that pick up such moments and preserve them.