Circus of Words

L ast year was the first time I really celebrated Black History Month on the blog. In my post " Welcome, February " I discussed a...

Spotlight on Us Picture from Black Enterprise  Black history covers a wide range of fields and subjects, from doctors and lawyers ...

Spotlight on Paul R. Williams Don't let anyone tell you Your dreams are impossible-- Because they will; and it may be true ...

Spotlight on the Current State of Race in Public Schools Differences are the definition of each And without those subtle and ove...

Spotlight on Jan Matzeliger My closet is bursting at the seams: Sneakers, pumps, and boots galore-- Different styles for differ...

Spotlight on Octavia E. Butler The fusion of ideas, Blended into a world of possibility-- Uncontradicted and unheard of Science...

Spotlight on NC Mutual Life Insurance Company Who will mourn me when I'm gone, Stand over me to whisper prayers, Forgotten ...

Spotlight on Charles Hamilton Houston To be just in all actions-- Fair in every thought uttered and every step braved... A jour...

Spotlight on Hattie McDaniel Four shows in,     and not a colored face-- Not a black, or a Latina, an Asian or Indian-- So I ...

Spotlight on the One-Drop Rule Black faces all around me, From coffee to the color of sand A rainbow shining through eyes Blue...

Spotlight on Saartije Baartman La Belle et la Bête... Admire me from afar and take note-- My skin, my hair, my face, and m...

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...

Spotlight on Morrie Turner Imagination creates the image, But the image is what inspires-- Reaches out to visitors Captures the...

Spotlight on Dr. George Franklin Grant Often you wonder, If only half the country was enslaved, Then half the country was free.....

a Spotlight on Hip Hop People are judgmental-- Quick to pass judgement on things They know nothing of Based on hear say Coated...

Spotlight on Richard and Mildred Loving Love is an infinite, colorless void Wrapped deep in the human soul-- It is patient and k...

a Spotlight on Jazz Smooth-- All the way back to the beginning A merging of worlds, A collision of souls Poured over ivory key...

Spotlight on Jordan Davis Why am I not like the others? You ask as though we're bees     forever clumped together Following...

Spotlight on John Thompson Sleek and slim Robotic limbs and    instant networks, Disguised as ordinary... Common. We are inse...

Spotlight on Nick Gabaldon Water is universal, Blue and white waves Breaking... Warm sand and broken shells... A universal poe...