How Do You Reclaim a Massacre?

Greensboro didn’t have a “shootout” and Tulsa didn’t have a “race riot.” But it took decades of work for language to catch up to history.

Author: Cynthia R. Greenlee
Source: GEN
Published: Nov 5, 2019
Length: 15 minutes (3,900 words)

A Real Hot Mess: How Grits Got Weaponized Against Cheating Men

You have to seize power where you can find it. Some Black women found it in the pantry.

Author: Cynthia R. Greenlee
Source: Vice Magazine
Published: Feb 14, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,125 words)

The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee

For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.
Author: Cynthia R. Greenlee
Source: Longreads
Published: Jun 5, 2017
Length: 11 minutes (2,900 words)