It was his final album, and perhaps his finest. At most African American weddings, the words, “who gives this woman to be married?”, bring out that smiling proud father, or father figure, who later graces the dance floor to the iconic words and sound of Luther Vandross’s, “DANCE WITH MY FATHER”. It was the SONG
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It was 1960. America’s only black city, was Washington D.C. The premier black/ African American University was Howard. Yet 13 miles away, blacks were not allowed to enter an amusement park, named GLEN ECHO. Just imagine, the most highly educated blacks, eating and drinking the best, driving the best cars, but their money could not
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The African American twist on life is indelible. You name it: clothing, food, jewelry, rhythm. Once touched, it is not what it was “in the beginning”. This example is, how do you worship God musically as an African American? Bearing in mind that Christ was born in Jerusalem, territorially, the Middle East. The early Christians
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Stravinsky (Courtesy of Ross A- Discovered) This is not make- believe. On one turntable are the platinum recordings of the internationally acclaimed classical composer Igor Stravinsky. On turntable number two, Kendrick Lamar, rapper(Hip-Hop artist) from Compton California. Igor born 1882, from St. Petersburg Russia; Lamar 1987, Compton, California. Kendrick Lamar (from MTV music Awards
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ACTORS in the play GEM of THE OCEAN Black playwright AUGUST WILSON, called this play Gem of The Ocean. If you have seen this play, see it again for there are new lessons to be learned. Africans sold their own to slave owners, who ferried their catch across the Atlantic, to work mercilessly on sugar
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Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson, writers and performers of EXODUS the musical. In America today, there lies a political divide that is clear as the stripes in the national flag. Ever since the 1800’s democracy has been established between Republicans, (made up primarily of the white plantocracy), and the Democrats, (abolitionists, Quakers free
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Gospelfest 2023 at the Meyerhoff Baltimore, Md. It is one of 3000 songs penned by a black blues musician, Thomas Dorsey. It has also become the bedrock of what has become THE BLACK CHURCH. It is not what Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John had in mind, when they wrote the Gospel (Good News) about the
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Baltimore Tattoo Festival, Baltimore Convention Center, 2023 What comes after “Z”? I have not researched it. First there was generation X, followed alphabetically by Y and now Z. Born after 1997. This is the generation of risk, fast cars, drivers with cell phones in their hands, fake nails, hair, and body parts; blended families, opioids, vaping, having multiple social
“my father made me …off when I was three” “my 20 year old marriage fell apart” “about 18 months ago I got pregnant, that surprised both my boyfriend and me..at six and a half months, I miscarried. Since then, I have struggled to get out of bed”. The above are quotes from a book entitled,
Cast for ADMISSIONS & WHEN MEN… “Public Schools in Baltimore City Public Schools School District have an average math proficiency score of 8% (versus the Maryland public school average of 19%) and reading proficiency score of 16% (versus the 36% statewide average).” The above was taken from the publication, PUBLIC SCHOOL REVIEW (2023). What is going on? Hakeem is 16
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