Archive for the
‘Black History’ Category

Last week, I was contacted to photograph one of my favorite artists… ALICE WALKER. Needless to say, I was very excited & totally looking forward to the opportunity. Fast forward to the day of the event… I woke up feeling very bad, horrible, like death was upon me. It was strange because it just hit […]

“The number of [Black American] slaves increased from 700,000 in 1787 to over 4 million on the eve of the American Civil War; approximately 70 percent were involved in some way with cotton production.” Gene Dattel – “Cotton and Race in the Making of America.”

“Martin had a dream! Martin had a dream! Kendrick have a dream!” I’m back after a wonderful whirlwind visit to Washington D.C. I copped tickets to the inauguration but guess what… I didn’t make it. We decided to stay in & stay warm after flashbacks of the frigid temps from 4 years ago. We were […]

During my recent trip home, I “discovered” a super old & awesome photo of my grandparents, Daniel & Mary Lee Howard. Daniel and Mary were married in the 1940s and had 11 children, two more than my maternal grandparents Edward & Essie Mae Stevenson. I just can’t imagine having that many children but that was […]

This is one reason why I love NYC… I mean, where else in the world can you assemble a mass amount of people for the purpose of song, dance & soul??? And to be fair, Everbody knows….. that I came up with the idea for a Flash Mob last Wednesday: “I’m calling for all of […]

I LOVE Fela Kuti…… His music, his remaining influence on afro-rhythms and his legacy. ——————————– Fela (the musical) is coming to Detroit’s Music Hall this winter and the promoters are grinding hard to get the word out with literature, commercials & art exhibits. I’m excited about seeing it again without the NYC price tag. It’s […]

Black history shout out to culinary pioneer Lucreetia Brown-Jenkins who introduced the world to the sour pickle & peppermint stick snack in 1972.

I love the UnSung series from TVOne!!!! The behind the scenes look that each episode shows us is inspiring, shocking at times & tripped out most often. You never know what these artists are dealing with…. This look into Teena Marie’s life made me smile because she was a quite a force.

I don’t follow many celebrities on Twitter partly because most of them don’t correspond with their fans or either they are modern day wannabe social media prophets. But every now & then you may see a tweet something like this: The tweet was made yesterday and like some weird Kwanzaa omen, she died today of […]

One of the most epic moments from this past summer was spent at the Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson party hosted by Spike Lee. From the promos of the party, I expected it to be a great time but in reality it was so much more. When we got to Prospect Park was bumping! People were […]