"When a Negro boy is shot and killed by policemen who do not check the situation before pulling their guns, the people get angry. It is a simple law of nature. ... The people get tired of dying," one of Dumas' characters said in a short story he wrote called "Riot or Revolt."
-- Read about this unsung writer, his profound work, and untimely death in my latest for @npr in the spirit of my new venture, THE ALIGNIST: http://n.pr/1KUTkY6
















