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Thursday Throwback Jam – Aaliyah, One In A Million
OK, so I know my throwbacks are not real throwbacks. I’m just 28 so I can only go back so far …lol joke. OK, that wasn’t funny. I do love me some old school tho (We call them “Dusty’s”). Now, for the 4 people who saw this post earlier, I did have a different song… Continue reading
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Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Because It’s Right
Welcome to another segment of Writers Quote Wednesday as hosted by Colleen of Silver Threading. Today, I take my inspiration from someone I rarely speak about. I rarely speak about him, not because he wasn’t important, but because I try to speak about people we may be less familiar with and this man, well, we… Continue reading
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“We Slipped and Learned to Read”
It is common knowledge that slaves were lawfully restricted from learning to read and write. One less commonly stated fact however, was that slaves were not completely ignorant. They could not read and write English but this did not mean they could not read and write period. As strangers in a foreign land, many African… Continue reading
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Formation
I wasn’t going to comment on this, but I’m tired of hearing about it so I thought I’d weigh in. Hold your breaths. In fact, you may want to click that nice x button over in the top right corner of your screen. This is not something you want to hear. Colors have always been… Continue reading

