Don Santina

Don Santina grew up in San Francisco. He worked as a guitarist/vocalist in R&B and roots bands and also gigged as a trial consultant for criminal defense attorneys as well as a grant writer, firearms instructor and community organizer. He was an assistant to Wallace Turner, the Pulitzer Prize winning of the New York Times and a booking agent for Duncan Renaldo, the "Cisco Kid." A long time contributor to political and cultural journals, Santina received wide acclaim for "Forget the Alamo," an article exposing the ugly truth of the Texas myth and a Silver Scriber award for "Reparations for the Blues." His article "An Asterisk for Major League Baseball" was the basis of a video on Negro League players by the Toronto Blue Jays.