Tag Archives: black history

Poetry & Black History Together!

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Lynn Emery

Preparation by Effie Waller Smith  “I have no time for those things now,” we say;“But in the future just a little way,No longer by this ceaseless toil oppressed,I shall have leisure then for thought and rest.When I the debts upon … Continue reading →

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Our Story

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Lynn Emery

“When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.”  George Washington Carver  I watched the movie Amistad. It is the moving account of Africans kidnapped from Sierra Leone and sold into … Continue reading →

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I Had A Dream…

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Lynn Emery

Another Black History Month comes to a close, well the official history month anyway. I’m one of those who lives the celebration all year-long every year. I love history in general, so I’m all about telling folks that 28 days simply can … Continue reading →

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Passages of Hope

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lynn Emery

“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.” Nelson Mandela The Underground Railroad … Continue reading →

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Immortality

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Lynn Emery

“Immortality is a long shot, I admit.  But somebody has to be first.”  Bill Cosby And indeed Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Virginia who died too young, became a first without ever living to know it. When she was diagnosed … Continue reading →

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