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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Black History Month
L ast year was the first time I really celebrated Black History Month on the blog. In my post " Welcome, February " I discussed a...
Friday, February 28, 2014
Goodbye, February:
Spotlight on Us Picture from Black Enterprise Black history covers a wide range of fields and subjects, from doctors and lawyers ...
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Impossible Dreams:
Spotlight on Paul R. Williams Don't let anyone tell you Your dreams are impossible-- Because they will; and it may be true ...
Difference:
Spotlight on the Current State of Race in Public Schools Differences are the definition of each And without those subtle and ove...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Confessions of a Shoe Fiend:
Spotlight on Jan Matzeliger My closet is bursting at the seams: Sneakers, pumps, and boots galore-- Different styles for differ...
Monday, February 24, 2014
Sci-Fi Legend:
Spotlight on Octavia E. Butler The fusion of ideas, Blended into a world of possibility-- Uncontradicted and unheard of Science...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
When I'm Gone:
Spotlight on NC Mutual Life Insurance Company Who will mourn me when I'm gone, Stand over me to whisper prayers, Forgotten ...
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Justice for All:
Spotlight on Charles Hamilton Houston To be just in all actions-- Fair in every thought uttered and every step braved... A jour...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Prime Time is My Time:
Spotlight on Hattie McDaniel Four shows in, and not a colored face-- Not a black, or a Latina, an Asian or Indian-- So I ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Keepin' It 100:
Spotlight on the One-Drop Rule Black faces all around me, From coffee to the color of sand A rainbow shining through eyes Blue...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
La Belle et la Bête:
Spotlight on Saartije Baartman La Belle et la Bête... Admire me from afar and take note-- My skin, my hair, my face, and m...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Decoding My Own Thoughts:
Spotlight on the 1870 Brick Wall I feel like my mind is blank... When really, it's so jumbled with thought It can't find...
Monday, February 17, 2014
Imagination Frees:
Spotlight on Morrie Turner Imagination creates the image, But the image is what inspires-- Reaches out to visitors Captures the...
Sunday, February 16, 2014
What About Everyone Else?:
Spotlight on Dr. George Franklin Grant Often you wonder, If only half the country was enslaved, Then half the country was free.....
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Suppressed Voices:
a Spotlight on Hip Hop People are judgmental-- Quick to pass judgement on things They know nothing of Based on hear say Coated...
Friday, February 14, 2014
Loving You With All My Heart:
Spotlight on Richard and Mildred Loving Love is an infinite, colorless void Wrapped deep in the human soul-- It is patient and k...
Thursday, February 13, 2014
A Voice as Smooth as Silk:
a Spotlight on Jazz Smooth-- All the way back to the beginning A merging of worlds, A collision of souls Poured over ivory key...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Victim of the Hive Mind:
Spotlight on Jordan Davis Why am I not like the others? You ask as though we're bees forever clumped together Following...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Cyborg Nation:
Spotlight on John Thompson Sleek and slim Robotic limbs and instant networks, Disguised as ordinary... Common. We are inse...
Ebb and Flow of the Tide:
Spotlight on Nick Gabaldon Water is universal, Blue and white waves Breaking... Warm sand and broken shells... A universal poe...
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