Christian is a former Park Ranger and speaker for the Black Heritage Trail in Boston. The first chapter of his historical novel, I Don't Know How to Pray for You, about the historical roots of police brutality after the Civil War, will be published by the online journal Kweli in the spring.
Eighty years ago, Wash Jones appeared as a minor character in William Faulkner’s masterpiece on American identity and self-invention, Absalom, Absalom! From a craft perspective Jones was put in for…