Read article by Barry Walters, titled "As Much As I Can, As Black As I Am" The Queer History of Grace Jones
Grace Jones, "was as queer as a relatively straight person could get. Her image celebrated blackness and subverted gender norms; she presented something we had never seen before in pop performance—a woman who was lithe, sexy, and hyperfeminine while also exuding a ribald, butch swagger."
Read article by Barry Walters, titled "As Much As I Can, As Black As I Am" The Queer History of Grace Jones
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On August 28th in 1955, Emmitt Till was kidnapped, tortured and murdered for allegedly "whistling at a white woman while visiting relatives in Money, Miss." ~ he was only 14 years old. Emmitt's mother wanted an open casket ceremony so everyone could witness the condition of her son's body. Whoopi Goldberg has teamed with several others to produce a movie next year entitled "Till". The King Center commemorates Emmitt Till, who would have been 74 years old, had he lived.
Amelia Boynton Robinson marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in March 1965. IRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in 1965, championed voting rights for blacks and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died early Wednesday at age 104, her son Bruce Boynton said.
I am torn for I am a 'die hard' Philadelphia Eagles' Fan 1st and Atlanta Falcon's Fan 2nd, when they are not playing the Eagles. My 3rd Team is New Orleans Saints. My husband like Mike and will be raving for him in the upcoming football season. Mike has signed a one-year contract with Pittsburgh Steelers. I will rave for Mike for all games except when they vs. Eagles, Falcons or Saints.
Emma Didlake, at 108 years old, was given the James Weldon Johnson lifetime achievement award at Detroit NAACP's 58th Annual Freedom Fund Dinner Sunday evening at the Cobo Center in Detroit April 28, 2013. Didlake grew up in Kentucky, and in 1944, with her husband and 5 children, she moved to Detroit. Didlake joined the NAACP in 1945. She is a lifetime member of the NAACP, Golden Heritage and Diamond Member. Didlake was a cosmetologist by trade, but also a veteran of the U.S. army's Women's Army Corp. She has was an educator at Second Baptist Church and held many positions within the church, like editor of the Baptist Star Network. Didlake is the Detroit NAACP's branch 'Matriarch'
The nation’s oldest known veteran, Emma Didlake, died Sunday, a month after meeting President Obama in the White House. She was 110. Chadwick Boseman is Black Panther in Captain America movie.
Thank you all for the lawn party and looking out for me on the transit ride to and from Lakewood Amphitheatre. I like networking in AdlandPro . I would love to add your photo(s) to this gallery. Your invitation to join me and share music festival photos. |
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