Pillars of African-American History: Kwanzaa Painting by Ibi Zoboi

PEOPLE REMEMBERby Ibi ZoboiIllustrated by Loveis Wise Like storytelling, memory can open a pathway to freedom. As Joan Didion wrote in “The White Album”, “We tell ourselves stories to live.” In an often illogical, chaotic world, narratives can be a means of salvation or survival. They may help us grasp what Didion calls the “changing …