Life in the good ole days was great, or at least swell, for the Cleavers in Beaverville, the fathers in Bestville, and Barnie n’em in the merry berry sundown town where hillbillies could have armed standoffs with the sheriff in … Continue reading Moore Christmassing While Black
Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a visionary who championed Black talent, intellect, and artistic excellence. As a sociologist, editor, and later president of historically Black Fisk University, Johnson understood the power of art and education in reshaping the social landscape of … Continue reading Charles S. Johnson: A Visionary of Black Intellectual and Artistic Excellence for Change
The Native American dream catcher pictured above. “As its name suggests, it attracts and then catches in its web all kinds of dreams and thoughts. The beautiful dreams then pass through the threads and slide down the feathers to reach … Continue reading A Dream Deferred
Adapted from a chapter in Carl McRoy’s Black from the Past. Did you know Langston Hughes wrote his first published poem just after graduating high school . . . on the back of an envelope . . . in only … Continue reading Langston Hughes: Rivers from Eden to America
Those forces of opposition to the Dream find their strength through delay, whether Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream, The Dreamers (young first-generation sons and daughters of immigrants), the Native American belief that Life is one big Dream, or the American Dream itself. The January issue and the first … Continue reading The January Theme: Pathways to Healing the Shattered Dream
With the morning’s blue sky lightly sprinkled with a tinge of orange at the horizon, the sun lights the atmosphere as if it were painted by Picasso with splashes of a van Gogh work. “The Starry Night” blossoms into a new and … Continue reading Healing After the Dream Slayers
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