Revelations – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre/Photo courtesy of Shauli Baskind PR Every American owes it to him or herself to see the Ailey [company] perform Revelations. It is an American phenomenon. I’ve probably seen it countless times and every time it’s magical and spiritual and hopeful – everything that we want ourselves to be […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.” ~ George Washington Carver Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“[Woodson] literally made this country, which has only the slightest respect for people of color, recognize and celebrate each year, a week in which it studied the effect which the American Negro has upon life, thought, and action in the United States. I know of no one man who in a lifetime has, unaided, built […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like this. From Marvel Comic’s Truth: Red, White & Black by Bob Morales and Kyle Baker. “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” ~Carter G. Woodson, the “Father of Black History”, founder of Negro History Week, a precursor […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
