December 16, 2014 I’ve been asked more times than I can count why I marched with the NAACP. Friends wondered if I believe Michael Brown was really innocent. Marchers wondered why a white poet from Denver would make such a journey. There’s no simple answer to either question.
Read moreA Journey for Justice—and Understanding
A poet joins the NAACP march in Ferguson, Missouri, and learns he was wrong about the role of race in this country