This past July I turned the big 5-0 marking the beginning my Jubilee. So here I share the biggest lessons I’ve learned so far that I believe are also part of my secret “fountain of...
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Visit any social media site like Facebook, Instagram, or Snapchat and you’ll see the evidence of our obsession with physical appearance (leading many women to life threatening surgical and skin lightening procedures). Songs about selfies are being sung all over...
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As I celebrated my Zion Daughter Testimony CD release and joined my family in thanking God for blessing my parents with 50 years of marriage, there were many times I had to hold back tears...
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“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. These words were spoken by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, the...
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Valentine’s Day makes many of us obsess about this thing called love. In my teenage years, I used Harlequin Romance novels a guideline for what love should be. What I know now (as I’ve grown older and wiser),...
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Black History Month first began in 1926 when historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson dedicated the week in February that captured the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln as Negro History Week. Over the years the...
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If you’ve ever taken a basic Black history course it’s likely that you’ve come across the autobiography of Harriet Ann Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. The text is often lumped in...
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If you’ve ever listened to Afrobeat it’s likely that you know of Fela Kuti, the creator of the socially conscious, funky, African, jazz infused genre of music. What most don’t know, however, is that his...
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The first thing that comes to mind when I think of the Harlem Renaissance is Zora Neal Hurston. I immediately see that iconic picture of her from my grade school poster, “Heroes of Black History.”...
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I share how God moved me into my Zion Daughter music ministry journey as a way to reveal the many obstacles God is helping me overcome in hopes that it will encourage you on your...
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