About
I am a former Emmy and Dupont Columbia awarded public radio and television producer, and reporter on National Public Radio and the Voice of America in a previous century. I have published eight books, the last four about the human results of war. The most recent, Dutch Children of African American Liberators, with co-author Mike Kirkels in the Netherlands, was awarded best multicultural book of the year by the African American History and Genealogy Society in October 2021.
Featured Work
Dutch Children of African American Liberators
In the Netherlands, a small group of biracial citizens has entered its eighth decade of lives that have been often puzzling and difficult, but which offer a unique insight into the history of race relations in America. Though their African American fathers had brought liberation from Nazi tyranny at the end of World War II, they had arrived in a segregated American military that derived from a racially divisive American society. Decades later, some of their children could finally know of a father’s identity and the life he had led after the war. Just one would be able to find an embrace in his arms, and just one would arrive at her father’s American grave after 73 years. But they could now understand their own Dutch lives in the context of their fathers’ lives in America.
Other Works
Awards and Recognition
- Best Multicultural Nonfiction 2021, Afro American Historical and Genealogical Society