Tag Archives: Tuskegee Airmen

Bikers

Posted on July 31, 2022 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Bikers In 1897, twenty Black U.S. cavalrymen, dubbed “buffalo soldiers” by Native American tribes in the West, mounted their bicycles—yes, bicycles (no gears)—and rode nineteen hundred miles to St. Louis, where their arrival in Forest Park was roundly cheered. The … Continue reading →

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Black Boys

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

Black Boys I was artist-in-residence at Washington Irving School for over a decade. At a school assembly circa 1990, my friend Roy Chappell, one of the first Tuskegee Airmen in history, sat on the stage and talked to my kids. … Continue reading →

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Stones Tellers

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Eugene Jones Baldwin

October 24, 2015 I awoke and heard rain. I picked up the cat, walked down the hall, and looked out my office window. Red leaves, orange leaves, berries: all rained down, lush rain, soft rain, plush rain, whisper rain. A … Continue reading →

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