Listening to a talk show on a local university radio station. The caller is criticizing the governor of Maryland, claiming he is not an African American, because he has Cuban and Panamanian blood. Has this caller looked at Frederick Douglass, Rosa Parks, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Justice Thurgood Marshall, Borak Obama? Why do African Americans keep
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Since 2019, AI (artificial intelligence) has reframed our lives. If it were hard to “tell the truth” AI is making life more miserable than facing a pandemic. “Gladys Knight is dead” “the Supreme Court said Trump can be prosecuted after he leaves office”. Neither of those statements are true, but they can be found on
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She stood there like a majestic black bird ready to take flight. Her eyes surveyed the surroundings, before her arms elevated from her sides. She was about to soar! Was it for joy, or find a new prey that she can slay? I came to find out, she has been making these flights for over
What happens if you are a baby boomer, (born after World War 2, 1945 to 55), and you hear The Kings of Soul are coming to Baltimore Md.?You pick up your cell phone, (the dial- up days are gone), calling your girlfriends, who are still alive, hoping to relive your youth once more. Maybe you
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The Egyptian empire was around 3100 BCE. The Pharaohs fought with Moses and lost. Then came the Assyrians, the Medes, conquered by the Greeks in 800 BCE. Greek mythology was the embodiment of a lifestyle quite similar to any to be named: Hinduism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Islam, even Christianity. What if a Rabbi was heard
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It is regular in the United States, especially in the inner cities where residents identify their addresses by “what hundred block” they live in. Baltimore, the city of my cultural concentration, is famous for block parties. Kids (minors) are entertained by their parents who team- up to bring some happiness to their charges; food, music
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It was the end of racial discrimination by law in the United States. I took 400 years for African Americans to be considered equal at the ballot box. From this trunk, civil rights movements branched out like geysers. 2 years later KWANZAA was born. December 26, 1966, is the official date of the celebration’s beginning.
To watch them move with speed, balance and grace barefooted in the dirt is just magnificent. In many African villages girls reaching the age of marriage, practiced their dance styles in hopes of finding the “men of their dreams” at the special ceremonies. We have followed the history of this spectacular artform to North America,
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I KNEW OF HIM, FROM LISTENING TO HIS VOICE ON RADIO, WEAA_FM (Morgan State University, Baltimore Maryland). The station started just about the same time I came to Baltimore. On one of my journalistic adventures in Baltimore, I met him, while he was advocating for a cause. I was shocked to know he had passed
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The new blockbuster movie, WICKED FOR GOOD, has a subtle inclusion, of which, I do not know how many moviegoers have gasped at, on realization, ELPHABA, played by Cynthia Erivo, is bi-racial. The WIZARD as portrayed was an alcoholic and had a relationship with Elphaba’s mother. They both loved to party with alcoholic beverages, a
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