Tag: Carolivia Herron

How Mary Lumpkin Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail

Kristen Green & Carolivia Herron

Thank you, my dear Great Great Grandmother Mary Lumpkin. You are Miriam for us, dancing with the timbrel, I hear you from the freedom side of the sea.

Tisha B’av: A Fable from Carolivia Herron

Carolivia Herron

In this fable, Carolivia Herron reckons with ancestral grief–and how conflict is carried on to new generations.

Brenda & Carolivia: A Juneteenth Conversation

Carolivia Herron

In this short video, Carolivia Herron and her literary creation, Brenda, argue about Juneteenth.