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This Is Why I Study Our Art — Deeply, Tenderly, Proudly

This Is Why I Study Our Art — Deeply, Tenderly, Proudly

There comes a time when I grow beyond saying: “That’s just old.” “Just something from back then.” “Just music, just fashion, just dancing.” No. O [...]
Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants

Soul Train Dancer Tamechi Toney Briggs Influenced A Generation & Created Infamous MC Hammer Pants

I've been screaming! No one was going to tell me?  Now all those years watching Soul Train and I did not make this connection when MC Hammer, who I a [...]
Vivica A. Fox: A master in showing up and showing out from her days on Soul Train

Vivica A. Fox: A master class in showing up and showing out from her days on Soul Train

Soul Train dancers were not “just dancers.” They were artists. People sometimes talk about Soul Train like it was simply a place to party. But look [...]
Soul Train: Where art became cross-cultural language

Soul Train: Where art became cross-cultural language

Soul Train. Soullll Train. The hippest trip in America.  I was in front of my television nearly every Saturday morning and pouted when I couldn't be. [...]
Merry Christmas Brave and Courageous Survivors!

Merry Christmas Brave and Courageous Survivors!

My feelings matter, even during the holidays. I’m allowed to honor them. I choose to notice kindness instead of chasing app [...]
Survivor Affirmations: The Beauty of Sharing Joy

Survivor Affirmations: The Beauty of Sharing Joy

  https://www.tiktok.com/@showdemmovement/video/7583544318443523383? is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=74812796269856210 [...]
Sometimes Integrity Gets You Removed: And That Doesn’t Mean You Were Wrong

Sometimes Integrity Gets You Removed: And That Doesn’t Mean You Were Wrong

🎤 Dusty Springfield was a British singer known for her soulful voice and hit songs in the 1960s. Wikipedia 📅  1964: During a tour of South Africa, sh [...]
When Being Yourself Is Labeled “Political”: Why some people are punished simply for showing up

When Being Yourself Is Labeled “Political”: Why some people are punished simply for showing up

Nat King Cole really was attacked on stage during a concert in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1956. While performing at the Municipal Auditorium in Birmingh [...]
Meryl Streep: I AM Built from Endurance Not Approval

Meryl Streep: I AM Built from Endurance Not Approval

I am built from endurance, not approval. What lasts in me cannot be taken by time or opinion. [...]
It’s Not About Safety. It’s About How He Used His Body.

It’s Not About Safety. It’s About How He Used His Body.

Notice how people speak about sacrifices made for art vs. how they speak about sacrifices made for their favorite football or basketball player..... [...]
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