The New York Age, March 4, 1933
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A word picture of myself
1 JunOn February 18, 1933, my father, Ebenezer Ray, debuted what appears to be his first column. He explains that he had been reporting on the courts for The New York Age for several years and was taking on the role of columnist. Seems he had issues with the use of first person, referring to himself in the third. “Altho the third person singular has been applied to the caption, the famous or infamous editorial ‘we’ will be used, which will stand for my scrapbook, the pigeonhole is my desk and me.”
The New York Age, February 18, 1933
An open letter to Negro lawyers
31 MayI was telling a friend yesterday how much I wish I could share this experience with my sister Ellen-Marie. Ellen was an attorney who died September 25, 2001. Lo’ and behold, I get to the library this morning and the first item I find is “An open letter to Negro Lawyers.” It’s about the conduct of attorneys in the courtroom.
The New York Age, January 19, 1933 (See editor's note above the column.)
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Election days, then and now
Looking for something fresh to write about on Election Day, I searched my father’s columns for wisdom from the past. A footnote in a column published in the New York Age on November 3, 1934, implored readers to elect “Mrs. Eunice Carter” to the New York State Assembly. The name had a familiar ring. Five […]
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‘Was silence not an option?’
My barber called Kamala Harris a “ho.” The shop I go to is not the stuff of Black culture lore. It’s not a boisterous place. It doesn’t reek with toxic masculinity. It’s a nice, quiet, family friendly kind of enterprise. The worst I have been subjected to in the nearly three years I’ve gone there […]
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Standing on the shoulders of Black Legends
On Saturday, Feb. 17, I will be among several individuals inducted into the 2024 Class of the Black Legends of Silicon Valley. This is quite an honor. Previous recipients in the News and Documentary category in which I am being honored include journalists with stellar credentials. Loretta Green, an award-winning reporter for several local papers […]
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‘The Donna Collection’
My short story, “The Donna Collection” is included in the new anthology 166 Palms 2020. Buy the anthology on Amazon.
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Elaine Ray wins 2016 Gival Press Short Story Award
Blown away and humbled. The first piece of fiction I’ve ever gotten published wins an award. The story is published here.
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