Colson Whitehead was born in 1969, and was raised in Manhattan. After graduating from Harvard College, he started working at the Village Voice, where he wrote reviews of television, books, and music… COLSONWHITEHEAD.COM
In Celebration of Juneteenth
Unfortunately, during my time growing up…I didn’t know much about the house, only that it had some vague association with slavery. I didn’t know because back in my time the history of slavery was barely taught in school…