Anna Deavere Smith, writer and actress. Her name is ANNA DEVEARE SMITH, a graduate of Western High School, an all-girls academy situated just off the Jones Falls Expressway in Baltimore. Most students admitted to that school were part of the crème de la crème of society and are expected to dramatically change the world. She
A Baltimore Princess from Western Returns home for a brief visit. Read More »
Reverend Richard Allen of the First African metyhodist Episcopal Church. (1790’s Pennsylvania) It is BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2025, and America is forced to look at what immigrants have done to save the nation. This time the focus is on YELLOW FEVER. As the nation was building its population prior to 1776, the 13 colonies
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It is commonly uttered, especially in the African American community, when something has had a favorable outcome. This is December followed by the sometimes-unbridled sensuality of November with THANKSGIVING. Even though December 25th, is not the official birth date of the Christ, the majority world domination has made CHRISTMAS, the time to give glory to
SANKOFA. “It’s a bird! A plane! A train!” It is a bird, it is Ghanian, and like all in the bird family, it looks back to prune itself to look pretty. Africans in America have continued to look back to their ancestors homeland, from which their forefathers have been taken illegally. Many now living here,
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This has turned out to be the highest grossing movie in American history to date. This comes on the heels of America’s most tumultuous General Election in history (2024). A woman of color was running to be the President of the United States. A descendant of a slave from Africa, and an indentured servant from
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Does it still exist today? And what is it? It goes back in time, when people of color were called, negroes; later black, and today African Americans. This race made its mark through music, in particular JAZZ. We are referring to the 1930’s, when “gay” had a sublime meaning. DUKE ELLINGTON was one of the
So, life has thrown you a curve ball; you lost your job, your savings, and your mode of transportation. Prior to, your ascent was mapped out for your rise to the middle class: a bank account, good credit, and holding a certificate of property ownership.Your company just gave notice of closing, moving overseas to remain
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To the general public, monks are strange, almost like hermits, men with specialties not commonly found among the ordinary, thus motivating them to live away from the public by themselves, perhaps the truest form of them to be found in Asia. A monk being an African American, is outside of that known cosmos. What is
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Typical chicken box “Chow down, eat heartily!” The French expression may not be associated with that vernacular, but those who have grown up eating chicken boxes, have done so heartily, and still do! Ask “bro”. In Baltimore Md., and many major cities in the United States, restaurants of repute (of fine dining) were sprouts of
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Tamba Giles (L) Tiajuana Rountree(R) with adoring fan. In 2003, this song in its first week of release, sold over half a million copies. The thundering impact has continued for the past 21 years and more to come. Its greatest effect is at weddings, when fathers dance with their newly married daughters; the sighs and
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