Tag: oralhistory

  • From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years

    From Under a Rock: Surviving the Reagan Crack Years

    My mother began smoking crack in the summer of 1986. At that time, it was widely known as “crack rock.” I was 9 years old and I already had mastered the art of secrecy. I didn’t call it art or survival; it was just life under the “rock.” I learned…