Tag: Steven William Thrasher

  • Dreams of my father’s dreams of Obama Ventura County Star Camarillo, California 2008-11-02 Steven William Thrasher Fifty years ago, when my father, Bill Thrasher, (who was black) and my mother Margaret (who was white) decided to get married in Nebraska, it was illegal for them to do so there. They had to go to the…

  • Seven days, three speeches: one week in the life of having a black president The Guardian 2016-05-09 Steven W. Thrasher After seven years, Barack Obama is in his last months in the White House. When he leaves, nothing will be the same. For black people, nothing will be resolved Like so many people I have…