George Perry Floyd Jr. was one in a long list of Black men and women killed by police and white vigilantes. On May 25, 2020, Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police.
Haitian American spoken word artist Melissa Lalin Briye Beauvery grew up in Brooklyn. All 9 tracks on her cd, My Grandmother’s Tongue, are dedicated to her grandmother. Melissa grew up surrounded …
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“Johnson, Pimpleton and the other grandmothers in Cannady’s group are among the nearly 44,000 Washington grandparents raising their grandchildren. These grandparents are considered kinship caregivers — family members other than the parent …
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“What Did I Tell You About Climbing Those Damn Apple Trees?”
My grandma was Valerie Smith (1926-1968). We used to live on an apple orchard. She would make us go …
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“Baby It’s Enough of Waneda to Go Around”
My grandmother, Waneda Loretta Pittman (Neda) (May 30, 1933-May 2, 2015), kept us in church with her. She raised her household in …
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In Toni Morrison’s widely-acclaimed novel Beloved, she features a black grandmother who transcends the barriers of time and mortality. Though mainly revealed through flashbacks and a supernatural presence that haunts …
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“Black Lives Matter co-founder and artist Patrisse Cullors presents a luminous vision of the spiritual core of Black Lives Matter and a resilient world in the making. She joins Dr. …
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You saw Big Mama Thornton in her cocktail dresses & cut off boots & in her cowboy hat & man’s suit as she drummed & hollered out the happy hour …
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“A Haiku for Maw Maw”
Eat Organic Save Money Listen to sages Practice kindness and interdependence Repeat
As a child, I was left in …
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