I kept my worlds very separate and I think when I first started thinking about trying to publish poetry I realized that the business and government worlds that I was functioning in, in a fairly high level, didn’t really respect people that engaged in the arts. And likewise, in artistic communities, people that have substantial [...]
I spent a nice little chunk of the last day of 2012 in the auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building waiting for President Barack Obama to enter the room and make a statement about the budget negotiations. Being in the 11th hour of the fiscal budget battle, this public engagement event had all the [...]
“UPTIGHT” (1968) “THE MAN” (1972) Introducing the MTPC Project – MENACE THE PUBLIC CONSCIENCE/ MAKE THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUS Project Saturday, May 26 (12noon – 4 PM) No Admission Fee Presented with: The Martin Luther King Memorial Library 901 G Street, (Lower Level) Washington, DC 20001 “THE MAN” stars James Earl Jones who through the law [...]
Today is Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington’s birthday (as well as a few college classmates of mine). This is the first time I’ve posted this photo from my Aunt Emma’s scrapbook. It’s a photo of the teenage Edward Kennedy Ellington, I’m assuming taken around maybe 1914 or 1916. I did send it to Undercover Black Man [...]
