Rhone Fraser
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teaching Assistant / Lecturer |
| Location | Philadelphia, PA, United States |
| Introduction | is an independent writer and journalist born of Jamaican immigrants in Brooklyn, New York, on October 12, 1979. He moved to Florida in 1989 and graduated from Zephyrhills (FL) High School in 1997. He graduated from Yale University in 2001, after which time he taught in the public school systems in New Haven (CT) and the Bronx for three years. He then began writing independently and finished a documentary play on the life of Fannie Lou Hamer entitled, "Living Sacrifice," for which he still seeks publication. He earned his Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple as of August 31, 2012. His dissertation was a literary and historical analysis of Pauline Hopkins, A. Philip Randolph and Paul Robeson. He also is a freelance editor and radio producer, and is currently producer of WPEB's Freedom Readers on 88.1 FM in Philadelphia. |
| Interests | reading & music & exercise & the Underground Railroad. |
| Favorite movies | Documentaries, preferably those by Stanley Nelson, Shola Lynch, or Henry Hampton. -RF. |
| Favorite music | Traditional & Contemporary Gospel, Spirituals, Jazz. |
| Favorite books | "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison, "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, "For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer" by Chana Kai Lee, and "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement" by Barbara Ransby. |