ARTIST, AFTER ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AND TEACHING ART IN KANSAS CITY HIGH SCHOOL. DOUGLAS MOVED TO NEW YORK, THERE HE STUDIED WITH THE GERMAN ILLUSTRATOR WINOLD REISS AND BEGAN TO INCORPORATE AFRICAN DESIGN ELEMENTS INTO HIS OTHERWISE R ...
Posted Monday, June 25th 2012 at 9:31AM
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JAZZ MUSICIAN WHOSE ENORMOUS TALENT FORCED THE RECOGNITION OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AS A SOLO INSTRUMENT. CHRISTIAN BECAME FAMOUS AFTER JOINING BENNY GOODMAN'S BAND IN 1939. ALONG WITH THELONIUS MONK, CHARLIE PARKER AND DIZZY GILLESPIE, HE WAS INSTRUME ...
Posted Monday, June 25th 2012 at 9:12AM
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THE NAME APPLIED TO THE DARK SKINNED BERBERS IN THE WEST AFRICA. THE WORD MOOR COMES FROM THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORDS MAURES AND MAURUS MEANING DARK OR BLACK. I N THE 8th CENTURY, MANY MOORS CONVERTED TO ISLAM, SPREADING THE RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WES ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 7:10PM
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LEADER OF THE NATION OF ISLAM, OR BLACK MUSLIMS. THE SON OF AN EX-SLAVE AND BAPTIST PREACHER, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD ( ORIGINALLY ELIJAH POOLE) MOVED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN FROM GEORGIA TO DETROIT IN 1923. THERE IN 1930, HE BECAME A FOLLOWER OF FARD MUHAMMAD ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 6:32PM
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AN INTERRACIAL ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1911 THROUGH, THE MERGER OF THREE OTHER GROUPS; THE NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR THE PROTECTION OF COLORED WOMEN,THE COMMITTEE FOR IMPROVING INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK, AND THE COMMITTEE ON URBAN CONDITIONS AM ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 6:13PM
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LOOKING IN THOSE DREAMS EYES, I SEE MANY FANTASTIC WONDERS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO ME! YOUR MUSIC MOVES ME SO DEEPLY LEAVING AN IMPRINT ON MY HEART. MY BODY QUIVERS TO THE SOFT SOUNDS OF YOUR VOICE. I AM MESMERIZE BY YOUR ELECTRIYING ECCENTRIC DANCE MOVE ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 5:53PM
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BIRTH IS BEAUTIFUL, NO CHILD CAN EVER ENDURE UNTIL THEY ONE DAY EXPERIENCE IT, JOY OF HAPPINESS HITS THE MOTHER'S FACE, TEARS OF ANGUISH FALL DOWN HER CHEEKS, HOW CAN A CHILD NOT KNOW THAT SHE DOESN'T LOVE THEM; FROM THE MOMENT OF BIRTH, SHE HAS NATU ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 5:31PM
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AS I WALK AMONGST THE COOL GRASS; SUN SPARKLING HIGH IN THE SKIES; SO MANY MONTHS AND YEARS HAS PASSED BY; SO MANY FLOWERS HAS GONE AND PAST. I NEVER GOT A CHANCE TO PICK ONE AND SAY HELLO AND HUG IT'S WARM EMBRACES , EACH ONE HAS TAKEN STEPS TO SCA ...
Posted Sunday, June 24th 2012 at 4:40PM
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LEGENDARY KING OF THE MEDIEVAL GHANA. HE SUPPOSEDLY OWNED 1,000 HORSES EACH WITH HAD IT'S OWN MATTRESS AND COPPER URINAL AND WAS CARED FOR BY THREE SERVANTS. EACH EVENING IN THE LIGHT OF A HUGE BONFIRE, HE WOULD SET FORTH FOOD FOR 10,000 PEOPLE. IT I ...
Posted Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 6:09PM
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19th DYNASTY KING OF EGYPT WHO REIGNED FROM 1290 TO 1224 B.C. RAMSES II EXTENDED THE EMPIRE OF EGYPT SOUTH BEYOND THE FOURTH CATARACT OF THE NILE INTO KUSH/UPPER NUBIA. HE LEFT MANY MONUMENTS OF HIS OWN GLORY INCLUDING MASSIVE STATUES AT ABU SIMBAL A ...
Posted Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 5:45PM
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TAKE THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN FRED, WHO GREW UP IN AN ERA OF BIGOTRY AND PREJUDICE, FINALLY CAME TO PAST IN HIS GLORIOUS RETIREMENT DAYS IN A PRIVATE RETIREMENT HOME, UP MOST CARE WAS GIVEN BY THE NURSES THERE, ONE DAY THE NURSES WAS LAUGHING AND HAVING ...
Posted Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 10:02AM
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WATERS ARE CRUSHING AGAINST THE HARD LIME STONES ROCKS, SMALL WAVES PUSHES AMONG THE SANDS. THERE I STAND ON THE SHORES LOOKING INTO THE BLIGHT CLEAR SKY, GOSH! CAN YOU JUST SMELL THAT FRESH CLEAN OCEAN AIR, I AM SO RELAXED SITTING ON THE SHORES... L ...
Posted Wednesday, June 20th 2012 at 9:21AM
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ROLLINS WAS A JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, STRONGLY INFLUENCED BY COLEMAN HAWKINS. HE WORKED WITH THELONIOUS MONK AND PERFORMED FREQUENTLY WITH MILES DAVIS. HE ALSO RECORDED WITH CHARLIE PARKER, ART BLAKEY AND THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, J.J. JOHNSON, BUD POWELL ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 4:23PM
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THE SUMMER MONTHS ARE PASSING BY SLOWLY, BROWN YELLOW LEAFLETS ARE FALLING OFF THE TREES NOW. A COOL WIND BLOWS IN THE EARLY MORNINGS HOURS, CRISPNESS OF THE COLD BRINGS A CHILL, I SHOULDERS, THE GRASS HAS LOST IT'S LUST FOR NOW. THE SKY HAS A DARKEN ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 3:40PM
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GUITARIST; SONGWRITER, BORN IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HENDRIX LEARNED TO PLAY BY LISTERNING TO BLUES ARTISTS LIKE B.B. KING, MUDDY WATERS AND ROBERT JOHNSON. TRAVELING TO LONDON IN 1965, HE FOUNDED A TRIO WITH MITCH MITCHELL AND NOEL REDDING CALLED THE ...
Posted Tuesday, June 19th 2012 at 12:21AM
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EDIBLE FLESHY SEEDS OF THE KOLA TREE, A RELATIVE OF CHOCOLATE. THESE TREES ARE NATIVE TO THE TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS OF WEST AFRICA, WHERE THEY ARE CALLED "GURU," "GOORA" OR "BISSEY". THE NUTS ARE A SOURCE OF CAFFEINE AND OTHER STIMULANTS AND FOR CENTU ...
Posted Monday, June 18th 2012 at 9:41PM
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AS I LOOK AT MY DARLINGS, A STRANGE SIGHT CAME OVER ME; THEIR WINGS DIDN'T FLUTTER SO GRACEFULLY AS BEFORE; A MENANCE HAD WALK AMONG THEM; HE WAS EVIL, THE WORST OF ALL MY SWEETHEARTS; MY POOR DOVES DIDN'T UTTER A SOUND,ONLY TO DROP THEIR HEADS IN DE ...
Posted Monday, June 18th 2012 at 2:31AM
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TODAY'S SOCIETY AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM HAS MISLEAD SOME PEOPLE THAT IT OK TO TAKE THE LAW IN THEIR OWN HANDS TO JUDGE AND NOT UPHOLD THE LAWS OF THE STATE AND GOVERNMENT , BUT REACT WITHOUT THINKING FIRST WITHOUT PROPER EVIDENCE. THESE PEOPLE PLACED IN ...
Posted Monday, June 18th 2012 at 2:02AM
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MY SKIN IS FAIR, SOFT FINE HAIR FLOWS DOWN PASS MY SOFT SHOULDERS, AS I WALK BY SOMEONE, THEY ONLY SEE THE VISUAL APPEARANCE OF MY BODY, BUT UNDERNEATH I'M COLD AS THE ARTIC CIRCLE. MY THOUGHTS FREEZES THE IMAGES IN MY MIND, ALWAYS BEING A HEARTLESS ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 8:27PM
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A GEM SHE WILL BECOME; GOD'S GIFT FROM THE SPARKERLING MOTHER SEEDS; HER PETALS STARTS REACHING FOR THE GLIMPSE OF DAY LIGHT; OFTEN WEIGHED DOWN BY THE DARKEST OF NIGHT; HER PETALS BEGINS TO SHED FROM LACK OF LIGHT BY THE CLAMNESS OF THE MOON NIGHT; ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 8:10PM
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LOOKING OVER THE CLEAR BANKS, THEIR ARE LOTS OF LIFE DANCING AROUND; UNDER THE CLEAR BLUE WATER, SPECKLES OF SAND LIES BENEATH THE GROUND; EACH SAND IS THE THOUGHTS OF SWEET MEMORIES THAT HAS FALLEN; I TREASURE ALL THOSE MEMORIES DEEP INSIDE MY MIN ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 7:56PM
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THE WALLS ARE CRASHING DOWN AGAIN; HOW CAN I OVERCOME THIS? MY FACE IS DEPICTED IN FROWNS; THE DAYS ARE PACING BY FAST; STOP FOR A MOMENT AND LOOK AT MYSELF; I SENSE SOMETHING IS BLINDING ME; A POWERFUL FORCE HAS SHIELDED MY THOUGHTS OF PROSPERITY, W ...
Posted Sunday, June 17th 2012 at 12:52PM
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