In memoriam – Rev. John Johnson

In memoriam – Rev. John Johnson

A tribute to a friend, in Living Blues magazine, March 2022, pp. 75-76 | download see also, Requiem for Maxwell Street John W. Johnson, 1937 – 2021 “Being black, being born black, being raised black…. I came into it when I first started breathing,” said Elder John...
Requiem for Maxwell Street

Requiem for Maxwell Street

My article Requiem for Maxwell Street was published in New City, December 28, 2000. It provoked an interesting letter to the editor from Chicago artist John Sibley. An article about my small role in it appeared in the Chicago Flame in Feb 1999. The original text of...