Help keep local journalism fighting for you. Donate today to Friends of the Reporter. December 18, 2020 Of all the rumors, insults, obstructionism and racism Barack Obama suffered during his eight years in office, the un-truth that personally offended me most was the claim he didn t write his first book, 1995 s
Dreams from My Father, but that the book was actually written by his next-door-neighbor in Chicago, Bill Ayers. It s silly propaganda arguably coarser than the rumor that Obama wasn t born in the United States but its subtext is disbelief that a Black American could be savvy enough to be a Harvard academic, a successful statesman and a better-than-average wordsmith. The truth, conversely, is that Obama is a remarkable writer. It showed then and does today in the recently published
By Erica Wright
The Birmingham Times
The conference room on the sixth floor of the Renasant Bank office in downtown Birmingham overlooks City Hall, Linn Park, the Jefferson County Courthouse, and the Boutwell Auditorium, as well parts of the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.
Inside the conference room, bank executive Tracey Morant Adams regal, calm, and professional with cell phone, black notebook (very important, as we’ll learn), and pen nearby takes time to talk about something that’s not only part of her resume but also her persona: community responsibility, which is more than just a slogan for her personally and professionally.