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She may be almost 100 but Alexander can remember details from her childhood as clearly as day. Pixabay
Normally, I would have sat across from Cleo Alexander in her living room. I would have gone to the Brunswick Boulevard flat where she has lived for almost 70 years to savor tales about a monumental life, how the granddaughter of a man born into slavery became the mother and grandmother of graduates from some of the most prestigious universities in the nation, a perspective Alexander brings into a new year that will include her 100th birthday.
The pandemic continues. We did the interview by Zoom. ....

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