YOU RAISE ME UP
The phrase “You Raise Me Up” implies movement in a positive direction. It says, “I was mentally lost, but because of what you did, I am finding my way. You strengthened my faith and gave me hope.” This is the message of […]
Month: March 2021
SOCIAL ACTIVIST DIAHANN CARROLL
Actress, Model and Activist As a young mother struggling to keep up with three over-energized children, going to the movies and fashion shows, was not at the head of my list. So…the name Diahann Carroll did not cross my radar until the late sixties! […]
BIG NIGHT IN NASHVILLE
BIG NIGHT AT OPRYLAND The Big Night in Nashville has arrived! Excitement filled the air as brother-in-law Willie pulled into the parking lot of The Inn at Opryland on December 31, 2018. Anticipation of the sights and sounds we would experience filled the air, but more […]
BLACKS HELP EACH OTHER
How African Americans Help Each Other! Do Blacks Help Each Other Since Slavery? These conversations do not take place among some blacks. Many believe blacks should “forget about slavery.” “Why dwell on the past? it is said, “We can do nothing about […]
MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH
Good health makes life easier. Maintain your health in seven steps. This program focuses on the physical body to stay fit. Do you know that having a healthy mind yields a healthy body? Not vice versa. Health is a state of mind, […]
GOD SENT RAFA DON
A HUMBLE MESSAGE God Sent Rafa Don, is a single in the Hip Hop/Rap genre that reveals the transformation of rap music from what many perceived as inner city, subculture music by African Americans. However, today it is a musical entity that has found its way into […]
CICELY TYSON WOMAN OF COURAGE
How do you spell bravery? Cicely Tyson: Woman of Courage. She did things others didn’t do, went places others didn’t go and stood up for things others remained silent. With all of her courage, she was a lady of grace. GRACE! POISE! […]
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Autobiography by Duane Parham Can You Hear Me Now? summarizes the author’s journey in life—a life that begins with the endearing whispers of childhood, evolves into the struggles and pains of adolescence and explodes with the musical development, excitement and ecstasy of early […]
AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS
African American contributions have been hidden, lied about and stripped from them since slavery and still prevail today. The minds of blacks were painted as illiterate, untrainable and fit only to do physical labor. Some of those myths ring true in the […]
CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM
THE CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM: JUSTICE EQUALITY FOR ALL America’s culture is at the crossroads of freedom, justice and equality. What direction will we choose? Will we cling to past and present norms of words without deeds? Will we choose truth without honor, […]
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