James Baldwin Video
James Baldwin was an American and activist born in 1924 and educated in Harlem. Unhappy with segregation and the overall treatment of African Americans, Baldwin moved to Paris France at the age of 24.
His work includes Go Tell It On The Mountain, The Amen Corner, If Beale Street Could Talks and many more.
Find out how Dave DeBerry is making music matter in the Winter Issue of Fill In The Gap Winter Issue 2019
The new magazine Fill In The Gap Magazine is designed to give a voice to marginalized groups with helpful information and entertainment. It will also give insight into different cultures.
Click here for access to other issues. Fill In The Gap
My work has been included in an online publication with some other amazing artists. This will be available until the end of February.
Shanti Arts does a quarterly magazine Phenomenal Woman
This Week is about movies. We will take a quick glance at what some amazing African American actors have done. Today meet Dorothy Dandridge.
Dorothy Dandridge was an entertainer and actress that starred on stage and screen in the late 1940s and 1950s. She performed at the Cotton Club at the age of 16 with her sisters as a trio. She starred in a series of low budget films in the early 1940s like Drums in the Congo and The Hit Parade of 1943.
Carmen Jones, a film based off the opera Carmen, made her a star and earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. It was the first time an African American had been nominated for a leading actor role. She was also one of the first actresses to play roles where there were interracial relationships.
She struggled for good acting parts, even going to Europe in hopes of landing better roles. She did not find much.
Her last important movie was Porgy and Bess (1959) with Sidney Poitier, Pearl Bailey and Sammy Davis, Jr. By this time, Dandridge had perfected the role of playing the bad black woman who refused to go right.
In 1965, Dandridge died of an overdose of anti depression pills.
This information is from Donald Bogle’s Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks.
Here is the start of the Affirmation Series. Own this shirt so that you can remind yourself that you are enough. You only have to be what God has made you, no more, no less. Say it to yourself. I am enough.
I Am Enough T-Shirt
A Mother’s Love
You can order at Jesus Girls T-Shirt
This month we will examine character and what makes us successful in life. Proverbs 16:32 says a person who controls their temper is better than one who starts battles. Think about the energy you save in not having to fight that fight. This week look for your patience.
Do you see an overgrown mess or creation breaking through? Some see beauty while others see a mess. It is all about perspective.
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