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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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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Coretta Scott King Explores Her Legacy in New Memoir
From the pages of a new biography, Coretta Scott King emerges from the shadows, the margins of...
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‘Unforgettable’ Natalie Cole: 1950-2015
“Inseparable” earned a spot on my wedding playlist in high school. Legions of other would-be...
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Daddy, My Brother Barack and Me
Sibling rivalry was never really a problem for me, but all that changed when my father...
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