Category: Transitions
Ego-Tripping With Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)
Nikki Giovanni is now with the ancestors, but she’s left us with an everlasting gift of ego-tripping with Black feeling Black talk for eternity.
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Judith Jamison Dances to Eternal Rest
Judith Jamison epitomizes the phrase “poetry in motion.” If you’ve never seen...
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Sharing the ‘Extraordinary Gift’ of First Grandmother Marian Robinson
Marian Robinson, Michelle Obama’s mother and the nation’s First Grandmother, “was beloved beyond words by countless others whose lives were improved by her presence.”
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Remembering Tina Turner: Simply the Best!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Angela Bassett...
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Remembering My Friend Lani Guinier
Photograph: (fr, L to R) Nikolas Bowie, Mariah Moore; (bk, L to R) Lani Guinier, Linda Wright...
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Cicely Tyson: ‘I Chose My Career as My Platform’
Fierce celebrates the life of Cicely Tyson through this collection of words, images and video,...
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John Lewis, 1940-2020
John Lewis was a true hero who captured the heart of America.
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B. Smith: A Legacy of Style and Grace
Model-turned-restaurateur Barbara Elaine Smith, or B. Smith, was at the top of my list of together...
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Barbara Hillary, 1st Black Woman to Visit North and South Poles, Dies at 88
Not one for boring trips with boring people, Barbara Hillary became hooked on adventure travel...
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Jessye Norman: Farewell to a Down-to-Earth Diva
Jessye Norman would be thrilled by the four-day celebration of her life in Augusta, Georgia, the...
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For Our Colored Girl: Ntozake Shange, 1948-2018
My intention was to just read maybe 10 pages of Ntozake Shange’s Some Sing, Some Cry while I...
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Ntozake Shange Moves Through World in New Ways After 2 Strokes
“Despite the health challenges of living in a differently abled body, Ntozake Shange...
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