My Black Resilience: Realizing Our Parents’ Dreams for Us
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 28, 2023
Al Morris
When I was growing up, the Morris family had just enough to survive to make it to the next month. But we were rich in love. My parents raised eight children in Memphis, Tenn., and worked hard to give us opportunities they never had. Like all parents, they wanted the best for their children and realized early in their marriage that well-educated children would have greater opportunities in the future than they. Our story is a small part of the African American story—a story of . . .
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