Category: STORYTELLING

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Life Calls Us to Evolve Culturally Too:  Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained — Dance Styles, Symbolism & Forgotten History

Life Calls Us to Evolve Culturally Too: Sinners Dancers Revealed !! Juke Joint Scene Explained — Dance Styles, Symbolism & Forgotten History

Life does not call us to evolve through advancements in technology only. Life calls us to evolve culturally as well.  Without cultural evolution: [...]
When You’re Trained to Consume a Culture but Not Understand It (Amplifying Affirmations for Black Creators)

When You’re Trained to Consume a Culture but Not Understand It (Amplifying Affirmations for Black Creators)

It isn't that people think that Black art should never be critiqued, but there is undeniable and die-hard racism within the critiques. Further, when m [...]
Survivor Affirmation: I Appreciate Me for Being Me (featuring poet Steven Willis)

Survivor Affirmation: I Appreciate Me for Being Me (featuring poet Steven Willis)

Affirmation: I speak to myself in the tone I once searched for in others— gentle, unhurried, faithful to my becoming. Oh how I love, adore, and a [...]
Playing by Heart: Alberta Hunter and the Power of Soul Wisdom

Playing by Heart: Alberta Hunter and the Power of Soul Wisdom

Alberta Hunter’s life was a testament to the power of the "unpolished" authentic soul. She was a woman who conquered the world's stages, walked away t [...]
Black Culture is so Beautiful

Black Culture is so Beautiful

Black culture is truly a wonderful vibe. Being Black is a beautiful blessing I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world! Dear God, thank You for th [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Black American Holiday Movie Binge

Black American Holiday Movie Binge

Thanks to these two wonderful creators for sharing this list with us. And thanks to all the creators....the actors, writers, caterers, assistants, p [...]
Your Voice Is a Lighthouse: Keep Shining Through the Noise (Featuring Amazing Animated Story by BigBoi)

Your Voice Is a Lighthouse: Keep Shining Through the Noise (Featuring Amazing Animated Story by BigBoi)

I woke up and encountered this story by BigBoi. Made my morning. Your story has the power to do that too. Keep living. Keep crafting your storytel [...]
They Went to a Jamaica Retreat Before a Hurricane and Found Belonging

They Went to a Jamaica Retreat Before a Hurricane and Found Belonging

I am a fan of how people from the African diaspora give love and how we embrace others.  There are seasons when life feels like a storm that just won [...]
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