The Archives: Field Notes & Reflections
A living archive of cultural memory, leadership, and practice—rooted in the tradition of Black Southern storytelling. Dedicated to the force that was Zora Neale Hurston.
Integration into a Burning House: Reflections on Dr. King’s final years and the question of what integration has cost us
In the final years of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began to question whether integration had truly changed the conditions Black people were living in—or simply allowed entry into systems that remained fundamentally unchanged. This reflection revisits that tension and asks what it means for us now.