Bobby Sox, Bobby Darin, Bubble Gum. Mack the Knife, full of life, having Fun. 1959. I had no idea what was on the horizon. Imagine the...

As a girl, I shared a game with my abuela played it every time she visited or I visited her probably even into my early teens. She...

I recently ran across the work of a man that is remarkably talented at capturing the heart of people. He has an arresting ability to...

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In our corner of America, the groceries have to be carried from store to car, car to elevator, elevator down the hall, hallway into our...

What is it about the drum? When my husband and I were first dating we would spend a majority of our dates walking and talking in...

The following is a poem written by Rev. Gloria Bradly: To begin with, I’m addressing this letter to the little girl in all of us. The...

I am not my hair. I am not my skin. I am a voice that lives within. These are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs as a young adult, 'I...

Misty Copeland is the first Black principal dancer for a major ballet company and a hero in our family. What year did she earn this...

In high school I thought that, perhaps, I'd be the next Maya Angelou. I studied her poems before bed. I read them aloud into a tape...