A gift of music from a dear friend, to brighten this new year
Dear Jean and Va,
I’ve been thinking of you and simply wanted to send a message of thanks and joy in music.
BEVERLY CLEARY: A Living Legend
“WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING BOOKS KIDS LOVE, NOBODY DOES IT BETTER”–Ilene Cooper, Booklist
There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis
Edited by Tracy K. Smith, John Freeman
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, the soaring and essential pieces presented in There’s a Revolution Outside, M…
TELL THEM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED HERE…
in DailyGood from the Beshara Magazine
Over the past five years or so, there has been an emerging awareness of a body of work that arose during the Second World War. Fragments of it have been kno…
Out dancer Josephine Baker becomes first Black woman interred at the Pantheon in Paris
Out American-born dancer Josephine Baker will be the first Black woman – and the sixth woman ever – to be interred at the Pantheon in Paris, one of the highest postmortem honors in France.
Artist Spotlight: Ruth Orkin on the Scene
The National Museum of Women in the Arts
Award-winning photographer and filmmaker Ruth Orkin (1921–1985) approached her work with the aim of telling a story in a single frame.
The River by Coco
ONE VOICE LGBTQ CHOIR in Minneapolis sings “The River” by Coco Love Alcorn Offered by Debbie Nordeen and Zoe Nicholie
The Historic Mars Hill Anderson Rosenwald School
History Overview – Long Ridge Community, Mars Hill, NC
The Vision of Dr. Booker T. Washington & Mr. Julius Rosenwald
Julia Alvarez – Contemporary Author
Julia Alvarez was born in New York City on March 17, 1950, the second of four daughters. Three months later, her parents returned to their native Dominican Republic after a self-imposed exile from G…
Louise Erdrich, Native American Author
Postmodern Champion of Her Indigenous American Heritage
Updated November 26, 2019
The MASS model of community-focused architecture
A project in Rwanda convinced a group of Harvard-trained architects to rethink their building methods, material and labor sources, and the end-use of their buildings.
THE SOUND OF BLACKNESS
We perform and proclaim the music, culture and history of African Americans to audiences all over the World.