Here is where I acknowledge people whose creative work, sagacity and, or political and social creed have made an indelible impression that has to some degree enhanced my life, inspired me, strengthened my resolve, given me courage.

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An Homage to Alexander Archipenko

A little personal anecdote recounting the experience I call my illuminating Alexander Archipenko moment (more……)

Dr. Leslie Morgan Collins

For over five decades, joining the faculty in 1945, Leslie Morgan Collins taught English at Fisk University, in Nashville, (more…….)

Emma Lazarus

Jewish American poet, private person, a phenomenal woman who used her gift for writing to respond to the (more……)

The New Colossus, poem by Emma Lazarus

Betty Oyella-Bigombe

It was the summer of 1967. Oyella Ochan was a young teenager when she came to the United States to perform (more……)

Edith Lake Wilkinson

The life of 19th century American artist Edith Lake Wilkerson was little known to the world, until revealed in the 2015 (more…)

Horace Silver

Horace Silver  (full name, Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver), was an American composer, pianist—one time tenor (more……)