6 years ago
IN THE ART: Three generations of Louisiana negroes
Johnston Harry Hamilton, “Three generations of Louisiana negroes; Grandmother can only talk Creole French; mother talks French and English; boy only talks English.” (1910)
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6 years ago
IN THE NEWS: Grandma’s Hand Face Mask Project
Alesia Cannady (founder of Women United and the Angel of Hope Play Place) is leading a group of kinship caregivers (primarily grandparents caring for grandchildren) in sewing colorful cloth face …
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6 years ago
IN THE NEWS: Loss on Rockaway Beach
Corina Knolls of the NY Times wrote, “On a Sunday in October, Gabe Rice’s body was discovered near a Brooklyn bay known for the glass bottles that wash …
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6 years ago
IN THE ARTS: Rosie Lee Tompkins & African American Improvisational Quilt-Making
African American improvisational quilt-making is an innovative branch of a medium that reaches back to African textiles and continues to thrive.
New York Times writer Roberta Smith talks about how …
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6 years ago
IN THE NEWS: “As long as I’m breathing, justice will be served for Perry.”
George Perry Floyd Jr. was one in a long list of Black men and women killed by police and white vigilantes. On May 25, 2020, Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.
6 years ago
IN THE ARTS: MY GRANDMOTHER’S TONGUE
Haitian American spoken word artist Melissa Lalin Briye Beauvery grew up in Brooklyn. All 9 tracks on her cd, My Grandmother’s Tongue, are dedicated to her grandmother. Melissa grew up surrounded …
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