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The Idea Of Voluntary Segregation Went Against Every Value I Had Been Taught. What Did Being Born Black Have To Do With Excellence?

What I Found Fascinating Was Just How Quickly The Best Of The Young Negro League Players Were Drafted Into The Major Leagues Once Branch Rickey Broke The Color Line By Hiring Jackie Robinson. It Was Clear That All Of The Major League Owners Already Knew The Talents Of The Black Ballplayers That They Had Refused To Let Into Their League.

I Write In A Small Office At Home.

I Am Very Much Interested In Getting Parents To Read To Children, And Trying To Get People Mentoring Children. If I Can Do Both I'll Be Happy.

As A Writer, I Absorb Stories, Allow Them To Churn Within My Own Head And Heart - Often For Years - Until I Find A Way Of Telling Them That Fits Both My Time And Temperament.