Posts By RBGM Staff

OWN recently announced that it is bringing back 227! In the process, it is bringing back Pearl Shay (played by Helen Martin), a black grandmother raising her grandson Calvin Dobbs …
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Christmas 2013 was special. My daughter, my son, their dad and I spent the week together for the first time in almost 20 years.

The venue: the home of my …
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“My daughter is the greatest gift that God ever gave me. My grandchildren are a close second.”

Iyanifa Ifalade Tashia Asanti lives in Marina del Rey, California. She is an …
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“Hard Work Brings Good Things To You”

My biological grandmother died while giving birth to my mother. So, her oldest daughter raised my mother. Although she’s my aunt, I see her …
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Jobi Tyson, thank you for sharing your amazing comedic talent with us! You are so gifted!

“Things black grandmothers say in the church choir!”

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“LIKE GRANDMA, LIKE GRANDDAUGHTER”, 2013

© 2017. Ari Seth Cohen

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After our first plate of food from the Thanksgiving dinner table, we take second portions from the dishes we enjoyed. We intend to build on the satisfaction of the first …
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For thirty miles The string of cars In my grandmother’s funeral procession Laces painfully through The red-lighted intersections

It’s some kind of a miracle No trucks ram the hearse No …
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“Equal in All Things”

One thing I remember about my grandmother, Virginia Gay (April 18, 1935-) is how it was always important to her to keep my brother and me …
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