WHY I WRITE BOOKS

SHARING MY THOUGHTS about why I write books – 1. My books are primarily a salute to the resilience, the stubborn insistence, of Black Americans to be active citizens in a country that still, to this day, functions in the shadows of slavery. My parents and grandparents loved America; I love American – not because of Abraham Lincoln or the founding-fathers, but because my parents, grandparent, and ancestors worked bled and died to make it our home. The Elaine Riot of 1919 was but one of many rebellions by Negroes around the country that year - history records those rebellions as the Red Summer of 1919. Elaine, Arkansas was the site of the riot: the riot was sparked by Negro Sharecroppers attempting to form a Sharecroppers Union. If you’re a reader click on the site – If you’re not a reader, click anyway. www.adolphusward.net