I CAN DO MORE
As Black History Month comes to a close for the 35th time I am left reinvigorated. The family and I went to Washington DC last week for four days to see the sights. It’s one of those things that I always wanted to do but like so many things in my childhood it was just [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2011 under AAD ON RACE.
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MLK & THE REGULAR PEOPLE
Every year around this time I say something about my personal hero, Rev. Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. This year is no exception. Of all the people I admire and respect in this world he is the one who has stayed consistent. Of course part of the reason for this is that his greatness has remained [...]
Posted: January 15th, 2011 under AAD ON TV, MUSIC, MOVIES, THINGS I WISH MY DAD TOLD/TAUGHT ME.
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RANDOM? NOT HARDLY.
When I was a young man growing up in 90s Bed-Stuy Brooklyn there were certain things that I eventually grew accustomed to. There was the sound of gunshots in the night. Long hot summers where anything was possible, and violence was inevitable. Conversations that began with “Yo, did you hear about…” And being searched by [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2010 under AAD ON RACE.
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INSPIRING DAD – LESSONS FROM THE PAST
I was re-reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I had to pause to take a deep breath a time or two. Not because his letter was a tear jerker – it’s not. It’s truth spoken to power and is not at all sentimental. The ideas from his letter that [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2010 under AAD ON RACE, DO YOU REMEMBER..., LIFE, PAST, THINGS I WISH MY DAD TOLD/TAUGHT ME.
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