Black History Month

February 3, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Sir Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian American citizen, actor and director. He is the first person of color to win an Academy Award in the Best Actor category. Which is your favorite Sidney Poitier film?

No Way Out (1950)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Defiant Ones (1958)
Porgy and Bess (1959)
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Lilies of the Field (1963)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
To Sir, With Love (1967)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
In The Heat of the Night (1967)
Buck and Preacher (1972)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Book of the Month

February 2, 2020January 31, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Destiny’s Dilemma

An African American woman moved home to take care of her dying mother giving up the opportunity to experience a world beyond segregation. Zoraida Hughes Williams finds that some things have changed about her hometown of Fort Worth, Texas while some have stayed the same, like Hell’s Half Acre, an area where saloons, prostitution and gambling runs wild. Like most of the residents, she wants to keep her head down and stay away from trouble, but it comes in the unlikely form of an Anglo Baptist preacher. He messes up everything and almost gets them killed.

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Which One Is Your Favorite?

February 1, 2020January 31, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

For decades movies with African American casts were hard to come by. Occasionally Hollywood would throw us a bone with movies like Cabin in the Sky or Carmen Jones. In the late 60s and early 70s the exploitation film became a thing.

A Rich Theatrical History

February 1, 2020January 31, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Bert Williams was one of the best comedians that had ever lived. In 1902, Williams worked with a partner, George Walker to create an all African American production titled, In Dahomey, with music by Will Marion Cook and lyrics by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. It was the first All African American production to be done in a Broadway theater. The production traveled to London and did a command performance for Buckingham Palace in 1903.

They also signed a limited contract to record some of the songs from the musical. George Walker died in 1911.

Despite segregation, Williams went on to worked for Ziegfeld Follies with talent like Fannie Brice and Leon Errol in 1910 making an annual salary of 62,000 a year.

He was the type of performer who never quit. He performed with pneumonia one evening and passed out. The audience laughed because they thought it was part of the act. He died March 4, 1922. He was 47 years old.

Black History Month

January 31, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Tomorrow starts Black History Month. Join me on the journey and a learn a few new things you might not have known. Lets enjoy being African American. We aren’t perfect, but we sure are fun. Also lets honor the history of African Americans which has been misreported and ignored.

Join me in February as I uplift the race on this site, UPP Creative and Black Gyrl Art on Facebook, and @blackgyrlart on Instagram.

Book of the Month

January 19, 2020January 12, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

In this adventure thriller, Connections, Sandy and her best friend found missing relatives, spied on cheating spouses and caught a few bail jumpers. This private investigator never imagined the bad guys would chase her.
Running for her life, Sandy Herrick discovered that God was the only one with her who wasn’t talking smack, trying to kill her or get into her pants. As she and her friends try to figure out who framed them, they all discover that there was more to each other than they thought they knew.
As evil forces closed in on them, they have to determine who they trust and what they believe about each other. Would this be enough to save them?

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Book of the Month

January 12, 2020January 7, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Connections

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Book of the Month

January 5, 2020January 4, 2020 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

In this adventure thriller, Connections, Sandy and her best friend found missing relatives, spied on cheating spouses and caught a few bail jumpers. This private investigator never imagined the bad guys would chase her.
Running for her life, Sandy Herrick discovered that God was the only one with her who wasn’t talking smack, trying to kill her or get into her pants. As she and her friends try to figure out who framed them, they all discover that there was more to each other than they thought they knew.
As evil forces closed in on them, they have to determine who they trust and what they believe about each other. Would this be enough to save them?

Available on Amazon.com

or Books2Read.com

Book of the Month

December 29, 2019December 26, 2019 / Psal121 / Leave a comment

Dancing During the Storm Vol 2

Dancing During The Storm is a collection of short stories that represent people dealing with the storms of life. There are times when we have to decide are we going to lay down or fight. All of these stories tell of people who are either coming out of, in the middle of or going into a storm. In this second volume, the stories deal with justice, women’s issues and deception.

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