John W. Fountain is a professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a reporter for The Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post, and a national correspondent for The New York Times. Fountain is also the author of True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey of Faith, Hope, and Clarity.
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John W. Fountain reflects on the importance of fathers, both biological and divine, in 'The God Who Embraced Me', his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the fa... SEE MORE