Both were fine, handsome young men and college graduates as were most of the Tuskegee Airmen. The title of your book is taken from Mother to Son, a poem written by Langston Hughes in the 1920s. The title seemed appropriate to the theme, epitomizing the struggle that Black people have to go through just to live an ordinary life. I love the phrase No Crystal Stair, an image of strength and elegance and struggle. In your jacket notes for No Crystal Stair you are adamant that there is no such thing as the Black experience.
People are different.
The circumstances under which they are born are different. There is no person on this earth who is exactly like you. Each person is different and has a different life experience. The Black experience is as varied and as complicated as the white experience. I am not a spokesperson for the Black race.