This was very cool: How could the 1000 people who recently attended Albany State University’s 8th Annual Poetry Festival possibly process the enormity of the event: being in the same room with Nikki Giovanni and Nikky Finney? With Frank X Walker, Hoke Glover and Lita Hooper. Kudos to my mother, Irene Jones‘ alma mater and HBCUs everywhere.
Month: November 2014
Harry Belafonte Honored
The iconic Harry Belafonte, 87, received Oscars’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at 2014 Governors Awards, Saturday, November 8, 2014. As we might expect, his acceptance speech tells it like it was and is in Hollywood with regard to race. He ends by saying he wishes he could be around to see how it will be. Keep… Continue reading Harry Belafonte Honored