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our globe…a poem by bennie herron

April 19, 2012
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our globe   the world is too hot the mountain is too high the president is too black the system has not changed the beginning is too near the song is too loud the voices are too low the pain is old rivers are too deep the children grow too fast the past is...

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our other side…a poem by bennie herron

April 1, 2012
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our other side   it has stood here for a million years with bones believing in only rain   it washes us singing sound into our measures   it merged us let us pray when tears came down new faces   it evolved insisted we live met us on the other side then let...

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be…a poem for trayvon martin by bennie herron

March 19, 2012
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be bend metal act steel be still trust only your legs use them stand firm breath deep walk free exist inward cross waters restructure disembody reassemble organize disengage insist be birth engender unearth dissolve deliver let go go back divide detour impress impeach then be

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Celebrate BHM 2012 – Robin Roberts

February 3, 2012
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  I’m celebrating Black History Month February 2012 by honoring living legends who gleam from leaders of our past and continue in their footsteps of making their mark on the world. Robin Roberts. Did you know that Robin Roberts will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the hall’s...

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Celebrate BHM 2012 – John Legend

February 3, 2012
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Lisa B. is back and I’m celebrating Black History Month February 2012 by honoring living legends who gleam from leaders of our past and continue in their footsteps of making their mark on the world. Singer, songwriter, actor, and philanthropist, John Legend born John Roger Stephens caught my attention with his debut album and...

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If You Like It, Do It

October 6, 2011
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If You Like It, Do It

  Okay, I realize that the title is a little suggestive and may create a completely different discussion if this was a “special” website, but really if you like IT, do IT. Uncomfortable pause … What is it? I don’t know many people who don’t have a list of their favorite things readily accesible...

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Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America – an analysis

September 13, 2011
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Disintegration: The Splintering of Black America – an analysis

Disintegration written by Eugene Robinson (Washington Post) is a carefully drawn discussion on Black America in the 21st century. Actually, the book is an analysis of all Black people in the post civil rights era. While race in America remains an unapproachable subject  that is often balanced on the razor’s edge, Robinson’s definition of...

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Night Catches Us

January 2, 2011
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Night Catches Us: “In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement.”

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