The United States of America has long lingered at the cross roads of racial aggression. For centuries, Presidents, Congress, the Supreme Court, governors, mayors, judges, teachers, administrators, parents, pastors, and captains of industry have conspired to oppress and…
Mahalia Jackson sings: “No Other Help I Know.” No Other Help I Know (Lord I Lift My Hands to Thee) No Other Help I Know,* written by Charles Wesley, is a song often heard in African-American churches. The scriptural basis…
One thing I love about being an artist and working with digital tools is that you can use what you know to help restore old photographs and preserve history. One of my earliest photo restorations was an old, worn photo…
The poem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” written by James Weldon Johnson, is performed by Sister Bless Lights. According to PBS.org, “Lift Every Voice & Sing,” also known as the Black National Anthem, was first sung by a group of 500…
