Holly Charles is the author of Velvet (initially written as her English Creative Thesis as Velvet: the Burden of Melanin and Motherhood). Her latest literary effort, a play entitled In All Thy Getting: The Forgotten Story of Freedmen’s Town, is a joint venture between the arts community and the Rutherford B.H. Yates Museum, purposed with raising awareness and funds towards the conservation of Houston 4th Ward’s rich African American History.

 

Quote: I create what it is I want to be and what kind of mark I want to leave on the world.

3 Questions I Ask:

• What does it mean to be an African American woman in 2017?
• How does she have the ability to time travel and write creatively?
• How can we live a life of forgiveness?

3 Learning Points:

• How she turned her thesis into a novel?
• Learning to respect each others truth.
• Understanding the perspective of our parents as we become adults.

Resources:

Velvet by Holly Charles

Greater Houston Black Chamber of Commerce

Rutherford B. Yates Museum

Purchase tickets for the play In All Thy Getting