Between 1910 and 1970, it is estimated that more than five million African Americans migrated from the rural American South to northern cities. Perhaps, not so surprisingly, I didn’t learn about The Great Migration, until I took Black American History 200 during my sophomore year in college in 1982. Ironically, it was this same year … Continue reading
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I Feel Like a Plain-Bellied Sneetch
While there are many reasons throughout my life for my feeling like the proverbial “fish out of water” one of the more interesting is the fact that I was born on the cusp of two wildly disparate generational cohorts. While I am technically a Baby Boomer, I only qualify by mere months. As a result, … Continue reading
“Stop Eyeballing Me, Boy!”
The Quora Chronicles – Part 6 Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. made history as the first Black American to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Marine Corp Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film, “An Officer and a Gentleman.” One of Foley’s most memorable lines comes when Richard Gere’s character first … Continue reading
The Moulin Rouge – Missing History of African Americans Part 1
The Moulin Rouge in Las Vegas? I must confess that this topic confused me at first. In my former frame of reference the Moulin Rouge was either a historic cabaret in Paris, a feature film starring Nicole Kidman or the backdrop for the slightly risqué Lady Marmalade music video brought to life by Christina Aguilera, … Continue reading
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