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Jazzstoria

“Jazzstoria,” a musical journey through Black History, was performed at St. Peter’s Church in midtown Manhattan in 2001. Here I’m re-posting the program’s publicity description as I am looking back at that performance while considering future similar efforts. Front Row: Anthony Nelson, Nadine Mozon, Dennis Llewellyn Day, Back Row: David Jackson, Richard Wyands, David Gibson,… Continue Reading

Nikki Haley’s Blind Spot: History and Race

In a comment posted on Facebook in response to former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s recent remarks on Blaze TV (reported in Rolling Stone Magazine), someone wrote, “Dylann Roof is an anomaly.” Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Donald Trump, told Blaze on-air host Glenn Beck that “people saw the Confederate flag… Continue Reading

Nikki Hayley’s Peculiar Spin on “Lost Cause” and Who Hijacked the Confederate Flag.

In a comment posted on Facebook in response to former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s recent remarks on Blaze TV (reported in Rolling Stone Magazine), someone wrote, “Dylann Roof is an anomaly.” Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under Donald Trump, told Blaze on-air host Glenn Beck that “people saw the Confederate flag… Continue Reading

A Tribute to Irene Day By Geneva Cobb Moore

A Tribute to Irene Day By Geneva Cobb Moore   The first African American novelist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison has been acknowledged by the Swedish Academy for the literary force of her works and their visionary impact as she renders a beautifully poignant and sometimes painful picture of the historical… Continue Reading