Originally posted February 2020: Trump’s SOTU Address, Forrest Gump, and General McGee At least Forest Gump deserved his Medal of Freedom. To deny the100 year old highly decorated Tuskegee Airman, General Charles McGee that coveted honor in deference to a known political crony, race baiter, and political media operative denigrates the prestige of that honorable title and… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Articles
Archive: Article from the 1860 London Times : Cotton and American Slavery (re-published in The New York Times Print archive in 1996)
Archive: Article from the 1860 London Times : Cotton and American Slavery (re-published in The New York Times Print archive in 1996) About the Archive: Below is a digitized version of an article from The New York Times’ print archive before the start of online publication in 1996. The article was originally published by The London Times in… Continue Reading
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
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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
New York State and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
It seems that some states and many local municipalities have been loath to fully embrace Dr. Martin Luther King Day with the genuine zestful exuberance afforded other national holiday observances. New York State, however, has been a leader in helping to define the cultural context and spirit of the King Day commemoration. Credit for this… Continue Reading
City of New York Honors Fisk Jubilee Singers, An Op-ed article
The “Souls of Black Folk” ascended from the voices of 16 young singer-scholars in the Art Gallery of the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building in Harlem Friday March 4. The Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville Tennessee evoked memories of the nation’s lingering slave legacy, performing stirring renditions of ancestral Negro spirituals and slave songs.… Continue Reading
City Honors Fisk Jubilee Singers
City Honors Fisk Jubilee Singers March 5, 2005 Press Release: D-Day Media Group, Inc. The Fisk Jubilee Singers of Nashville Tennessee were honored last Friday, March 5, in a reception held in the Art Gallery of the New York State Office Building in Harlem. The Singers carry on the legacy of the original nine-member acappella… Continue Reading