Davis spoke with Brian Vines about her mom’s life as a numbers runner, and how this underground economy fueled black business and black pride. (Interview begins at 19:08.)
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Davis Writes Op-Ed For LA Times About Her Mom’s Writing Life
In her essay, Davis notes that her mother was the first writer she ever knew.
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Davis Featured On Atlanta’s NPR Show “Closer Look With Rose Scott”
Davis discusses with Rose Scott her mother’s journey to becoming an entrepreneur.
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TWATFD Featured In Detroit Free Press Op-Ed On Underground Economies
“Davis argues that society’s dim view of the street lottery was largely shaped by a newspaper-fueled perception that the lottery was a black man’s game, much in the way that 1930s propaganda convinced Americans that marijuana was inherently evil because it was the intoxicant of choice for black and brown people.”
