#20 – “Chasing Me To My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South” by Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly – (Part One): Introduction and Background – April 14, 2026.
Summary in Seconds: I came to Chasing Me to My Grave by chance, after a quiet moment watching Antiques Roadshow revealed the harrowing story behind one of Winfred Rembert’s paintings. That brief television segment led me to a memoir that blends personal history with striking leather artwork to tell the story of a Black artist who survived the brutality of the Jim Crow South. Co-written with philosopher Erin I. Kelly [2], the book is both a deeply personal life story and a powerful record of racial injustice and resilience in mid-20th-century America—an achievement recognized with the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for
April 14, 2026