Family – Which Way Is Up?

African Americans: People of the Book

In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth My mother’s father’s name was Moses, and his father’s name also. They sang “Go down, Moses” in the New Chapel Baptist Church in Plymouth, North Carolina, where he was the choirmaster and a trustee. I remember reading in the Gospels, asContinue reading “African Americans: People of the Book”

Ancestors and Cousins

In the Spirit of the Gracious and CompassionateCreator of the Heavens and the Earth Moses Towe Jr. was my mother’s father. He would not allow smoking, drinking, gambling, or dancing in his house. Those are not Christian prohibitions — even though he was the choirmaster and a trustee of the New Chapel Baptist Church inContinue reading “Ancestors and Cousins”