Emily Meggett shares her centuries-old Gullah Geechee recipes
Through my childhood eyes, I always saw Edisto Island as a place far removed from the rest of the world. In fact, there was a... Read More
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Sidney Poitier the Actor, Scholar, Gentleman and Diplomat
Someone like us on the silver screen I was 11 years old when Sidney Poitier filmed Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun”. When I saw... Read More
“The Forty Year Old Version” and “The Jenkins Family Christmas”
Hollywood films are not my first viewing choice; they tend to be too violent, race baiters and in many cases superficial. I don’t claim to... Read More
Happy Birthday Renaissance Man and Media Master Gordon Parks
🍾Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, born November 30, 1912, was known as a photojournalist. However, he also wrote books on photography, memoirs and fiction. In... Read More
Birthday Greetings to The Chairman Percy Sutton
🍾Percy Sutton, born November 24, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, was a notable lawyer, politician, a member of the New York State Assembly (1965-1966) and Borough... Read More
Happy Birthday Gloria The Matrix’s Oracle Foster
🎂Gloria Foster, born November 15, 1933 in Chicago,Illinois was a stage, television and film actress. She was well known for her off Broadway roles Where she... Read More
Birthday Greetings Star Trekkie Whoopi Goldberg
🍾Whoopi Goldberg, (aka Caryn Elaine Johnson), born November 13, 1955, in Manhattan — her growing up turf was in a housing project in the Chelsea section... Read More
Happy Birthday to our brilliant actor Alfre Woodard
🎂Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a prominent theater, television and screen actor; and producer in Hollywood; and committed... Read More