Lyrical Lines

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“A Change Is Gonna Come”, Black History Month, Lyrical Lines, Sam Cooke

 

Lyrical Lines

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”No More Drama”, Black History Month, Jools Holland, Lyrical Lines, Mary J. Blige

And here’s the official music video in case you haven’t seen it.

Literary Lines

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“The Prophets”, Black History Month, Literary Lines, Robert Jones Jr.

There are no lines. For everything is a circle, turning back on itself endlessly. This is not to make you dizzy, but to give you the chance to get it right the next time.

~ Robert Jones, Jr., The Prophets (2021) ~

Words To Remember

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Black History Month, Dr. Mae Jemison, Words To Remember

Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.

~ Dr. Mae Jemison, First African-American Female Astronaut ~

Lyrical Lines ~ Black History Month

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””Black Like Me”, Black History Month, Lyrical Lines, Mickey Guyton

 

 

 

 

 

Miracle of Morning ~ Amanda Gorman

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Amanda Gorman, “Miracle of Morning”, Black History Month, Poetry

Black History Month 2021

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Black History Month, Franklin Thomas

One day, our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

~ Franklin Thomas, activist, philanthropist, and former president of the Ford Foundation ~

Lovely Lyrical Lines ~ Black History Month

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Black History Month, Kenny G, Lovely Lyrical Lines, Lyrics written by Bob Thiele & George Weiss, Sandro Torricelli, What A Wonderful World

Thanks to it being a Leap Year we have an extra day to celebrate Black History Month. Because of all the doom and gloom going on right now, I’m determined to end this month with something uplifting, and who better to do that than the incomparable Louis Armstrong, and his timeless What a Wonderful World? I’ve also included a spectacular lyric video created by Sandro Torricelli I hope you enjoy. There’s a lot of ugliness in the world that’s so easy to stay focused on, but it’s important to remember to, in the words of Whoopi Goldberg: Take a little time to enjoy the view.

 

 

 

Literary Lines Black History Month

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Alice Walker, Black History Month, Literary Lines, The Color Purple

I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way…I can’t apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to…We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful…We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.

~ Alice Walker, The Color Purple ~

Lyrical Lines ~ Black History Month

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Abel Meeropol, Billie Holiday, Black History Month, Lyrical Lines, Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear a strange fruit

Blood on the leaves and blood at the root

Black bodies swinging in the Southern breeze

Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

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Pastoral scene of the gallant South

The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth

Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh

Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

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Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck

For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck

For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop

Here is a strange and bitter crop.

Strange Fruit, performed by Billie Holiday

Written by Abel Meeropol