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[T]he Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world. ... One ever feels his two-ness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self.
—W.E.B. Du Bois
In Memoriam:
Linda Jean Rocawich
Linda Jean Rocawich was an extraordinary writer, editor, and friend. She had worked previously as an editor of the Texas Observer in Austin, Texas, and Southern Exposure in Durham, North Carolina. For nearly a decade, she served as managing editor of The Progressive, based in Madison, Wisconsin. During these years, Linda edited my contributions to The Progressive, and I always appreciated her skill and insights as a writer. When Souls was started, Linda agreed to become its managing editor. The experience she brought to the project was crucial in the planning and development of the journal. We will endeavor to live up to her standard of excellence.
