 Ms Roberta... GURL I LOVE YOU. This is not a sad post, Ms Roberta lived an extraordinary life and while she passed from a cruel disease, her contributions are not too be forgotten. While I grew up with Roberta, I didnt really step into her web of divine feminity till college. I picked up " I feel like making love" at some used record store ( yes, vinyl) and it was not title song that grabbed me, even though its beautiful it was "early e'very midnight". If you don't know it, it like sensual blanket of intimacy and vulnerability. I listened to it over and over. From there I accumulated quite a collection of Ms. Flack, everyone knows the hits but I love "Reverend Lee", "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long", " In Late December" " You Know What It's Like.. of course "Where Is the Love" .. I could go on and on. I am an artist, and I love artists. I love creativity, I love brillance and Ms Roberta was an artist in the truest sense. She wrote, sang, composed, played piano, arranged and she was an educator. She could play rock, pop, jazz and classical. My belief, to create black excellence you must be procured in a black space, I have yet to be proven wrong. Ms. Roberta entered Howard University at the age of 15.. yes maam 15! She is a Delta and her homie and classmate was no other than genius Donny Hathaway. You have to be in a space where your thoughts are valued and without Howard we would not have the mother goddess that is Roberta. Her musical peeps included Quincy Jones, who named her Baby Lady, Stevie Wonder, Eugene McDaniels, Bob Dylan, of course Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross, Gwen Guthrie she even co wrote a song with Maya Angelou. Ms Roberta for me defined what it mean to live in your divine feminity, to birth from your vulnerability, your sensuality, from your wombness. Again, no sadness just a thank you for a black beauty Ms Roberta #blackhistory #robertaflack #ifeellikemakinglove #donnyhathway #divinenine #howarduniversity #delta #womenartistis #reverendlee
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 On Martin Luther King rememberance day, as Babarras dishonorably takes the seat as the leader of this nation, I will celebrate this woman right here. Thank you Kamala Harris for bringing energy, intelligence, full belly laughter, a fierce silk press, attractiviness, HBCU swagger and a belief in something different. I am sorry that our country, has not and will not deal with its' incredible misogny. It's an embarrassement as a nation that when presented with a dangerous felon and a effective prosecutor, this nation chose the felon because he was a man. Many only see MAGA but the fear of the feminine leadership runs deep even among the progressives. Your were blamed for things that you didn't do, couldn't do and was there by association. Your black girl magic team put on one of the best Dem Conventions ever, the roll call was the turn up party of the year! I don't know how you had the stamina to do what you did in 107 days but there was an energy, a brightness that made us all believe. The way you handled that debate, you made the bully run with his tale between his hoofs. How you have handled this transition should make everyone who DIDNT vote for you ashamed. Your a class act Ms.Harris, you have made our ancestors proud. It was a honor being on your team #kamalaharris #hbcugrad #aka1908
 Wow Frankie Beverly, ..there are so many aspects of black culture that has been asbsorbed into mainstream culture that many forget it's origin story...one of the few that are exquistely ours is ... Frankie Beverly. This past summer in New Hampshire, while directing Skeleton Crew there was a cook-out and one of the most poignant moments is when all the blk ppl in the room, regardless of age, sang along to "Before I Let Go'. Maze is a part of ever black family reunion, every Homecoming, every BBQ, every Saturday nite while growing up sitting on the stoop. There is a reason that Bey included him on the HomeComing show, he is as historically black as drumlines & stepping. He is our macaroni & cheese, our black-eyes peas, our Martin reruns, our "Da*mn, D*amn, D*am, our ratchet country cousins...he is our joy. Even when he lost his voice, we just sang along. Sometimes you just get so comfortable, you can forget thier importance. Brotha the black community. salutes you! #frankiebeverly #maze #beforeIletgo #blackbrillance #blackexcellence #performance #blacksingers
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