sonya mccllough lockridge

We are CELEBRATING 150 YEARS of READING & WRITING for the entire month of July! Part of our celebration includes the sharing of 31 Black Women Writers for 31 Days of July! And, please, please be not surprised when you find me closing out the pack and the month, as not only a writer but a publisher, a photographer and a production artist extraordinaire for the cause of Christ Jesus. This is how we do it!  I did some research and it seams to me, it's been somewhat legal for black folks to read and or write for right at one hundred and fifty years or at least since 1870! Praise be to God, Anti-literacy laws are no longer  prevalent here in the land of plenty! Also, please know and understand many white people sacrificed much in opposition to the law of the day, to teach black people to read and write.  And finally, please know and understand, it's a one-sided thing to read the thoughts and  ideas of others, while it's a whole other animal to form thoughts, ideas an...