Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way

by Jeffrey Blount

I learned that there are different worldviews. Legitimately different from my own. Those lovely people became part of my story, and I became a part of theirs. I met so many people from so many countries. I found a universal humanity, you know?”

“Folks shall not have to walk through garbage to meet Jesus on Sunday mornings,” his father had said.

To grow mentally and spiritually, it was best to have a clean and organized environment.

“If you live in filth,” his father had once preached, “you can begin to think of yourself as such.”

sixties. What are you willing to speak out for even if you know it will make things difficult for you? What kind of trouble are you willing to face to make a difference? Get it?”

“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” James Baldwin