When looking for true love, we are so busy staring at the mess that’s at eye level. We gaze into the confusion, the past, media portrayals, negative imagery and generalize the souls of others as well as ourselves. Meanwhile, the epitome of love, and all of its characteristics, wait patiently for us to look up from our lamentation and discover that the first step to finding someone who truly loves us is to focus on the source of where all true love originates. Until we acknowledge, seek and focus on God - we will continue to live the perpetual the LIE that good men and women don’t exist and we are doomed to a world of individuals incapable of reflecting true love. Stop looking at the mess and lift your eyes to where your help (in love and all life matters) is waiting for you…
When looking for true love, we are so busy staring at the mess that’s at eye level. We gaze into the confusion, the past, media portrayals, negative imagery and generalize the souls of others as well as ourselves. Meanwhile, the epitome of love, and all of its characteristics, wait patiently for us to look up from our lamentation and discover that the first step to finding someone who truly loves us is to focus on the source of where all true love originates. Until we acknowledge, seek and focus on God - we will continue to live the perpetual the LIE that good men and women don’t exist and we are doomed to a world of individuals incapable of reflecting true love. Stop looking at the mess and lift your eyes to where your help (in love and all life matters) is waiting for you…
The Oral History of Freaknik -
The story of ATL’s wildest street party, as told by those who lived it.
Iman in a 1976 Avon advertisement. She is wearing a dress by Giorgio Sant’ Angelo.
How New York Became One Of The Most Corrupt States : It's All Politics -
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Every month seems to bring news that another state official in New York is under indictment. Corruption can happen anywhere, but New York’s political culture contributes to the problem.
Cicely Tyson answers a reporter’s questions on the red carpet as she arrives at the #Oscars on March 27, 1973. Ms. Tyson was nominated in the Best Actress category for her role in the film, “Sounder”. She and Diana Ross made history that year as the first Black actresses nominated in the Best Actress category in the same year (Liza Minnelli won for her role in “Cabaret”). I am not sure if he was with Ms. Tyson that evening, but Dance Theater of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell is to her right in this picture. Photo: Frank Diernhammer/Conde Nast Archives.
Watching the magnificent Ella Fitzgerald duet with Frank Sinatra on AspireTV. This photo is not from that show, but it is in the same timeframe (1950s). Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
Ella Fitzgerald duet with Frank Sinatra
Sidney Poitier holding court at a party in 1977. To his right is actress, Tracy Reed, his co-star in the 1977 film, “A Piece of the Action.” I LOVE Tracy Reed and wish I could find more (clear!) pictures of her. Photo: Ozier Muhammad for EBONY.
Congratulations to Cicely Tyson on her first ever Tony nomination for The Trip to Bountiful! In this 1973 photo, she is trying on a dress in Paris. Ms. Tyson, a two-time Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, was nominated for her role in the current Broadway hit The Trip to Bountiful Broadway which also stars Vanessa Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Wopat and Condola Rashad - daughter of Phylicia Rashad and a two-time Tony nominee herself! Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match/Getty.
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Lucinda Marker and her husband, John Tull, fell ill when fleas carrying the bacterial infection bit them in 2002. The plague is so rare in the U.S. they were suspected of being terrorists or bioterrorism victims.
via Living And Loving Through The Bubonic Plague
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So focused the obvious is not even considered.
Elisabeth Welch, the American singer who introduced the “Charleston” on Broadway before becoming a superstar in England, in 1935. Born in Manhattan in 1904 to a Scottish-Irish mother and African American father, Ms. Welch was a favorite of iconic composers Noël Coward and Cole Porter. She was the first singer to popularize the classic Porter tune, “Love for Sale” and it would become a signature song in her career. She also introduced “Stormy Weather” to British audiences and would be so beloved there, she remained for the rest of her life. Ms. Welch, among other career highlights in her 70-year career, was nominated for a Tony award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1986 at age 82, for her role in “Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood.” Ms. Welch also starred in two films with Paul Robeson, “Song of Freedom” in 1936 and “Big Fella” in 1937. In the comment section, I am linking a fantastic short video (1:56) of Ms. Welch singing “Harlem in my Heart” from “Big Fella” and Mr. Robeson can be seen in the clip. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, London.