25 Years After Friday, Remembering John Witherspoon, the Perfectly Imperfect Black Dad

With his slightly confused oldhead squint, Pops reminded me — and many others — of our own fathers

Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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5 min readApr 24, 2020

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Tirhakah Love
LEVEL
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African from Texas• Staff Writer at LEVEL • Black politics, Celebrity interviews, TV & Film Criticism • Previously: MTV News, San Francisco Chronicle