Harlem
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Colleen’s Coming Attractions – “Renaissance – The Nora White Story,” by Yecheilyah Ysrayl
Learn more about Renaissance in Colleen’s Feature of my soon to be release. As stated I am still away from the blog but I will be re-blogging any guest posts or interviews as they come in. Introduce Yourself will also continue to go out on Mondays so be sure to stay tuned for a chance… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Capturing the Good in Harlem
Yes indeed, twins make history again. Meet Marvin and Morgan Smith, painters who focused on capturing the positive side of Harlem during the decline of the Harlem Renaissance and the birth of The Great Depression. “During the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s, Harlem spread itself before the cameras of Morgan and Marvin Smith like a… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – 5 Harlem Renaissance Women You Probably Don’t Know
If you’re anything like me, you get tired of the same repeated history. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston. These are names to which we are exceptionally familiar. They were great but we know them. Let’s talk about something else. Admittedly, I didn’t have a… Continue reading
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Movie Night Friday – Harlem Nights
I know yall were hoping I forgot about Movie Night Friday, nope! lol. So, today’s pick is Harlem Nights. Whenever I am in the mood for some real laughter I have to put this in, by far one of Eddie Murphy’s best to date, which is kind of ironic sense I think it won the… Continue reading
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Spoken Words for Silent Wars
I speak for the people in places where hope hangs its strings in the crack filled streets of Harlem where iron style floors and bronze heavens are polluted with “I told you so’s” morgues loitered with toy soldiers who died believing defending a street corner was keeping it real Continue reading
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