The above photograph by Charles “Teenie” Harris was one of the many from his extensive collection that distinguished scholar Deborah Willis discussed at the Atlanta University Center Robert Woodruff library on January 31. The Carnegie Museum of Art houses the Harris archive and can be accessed on-line. If you’re not in the Atlanta area andContinue reading “Models Monday: Charles “Teenie” Harris Exhibit”
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Models Monday: Micro-Galas and Inauguration 2013
My aunt attended an inaugural brunch four years ago in the home of a friend and she would repeat that experience this past Monday when President Obama was sworn in a second time. About thirty people attended the first brunch. While there weren’t as many people attending this most recent inaugural brunch, my aunt saidContinue reading “Models Monday: Micro-Galas and Inauguration 2013”
Models Monday: Honoring King and Witnessing President Obama’s Second Inauguration
Models Monday: Viewing “History”
Every film that takes historical events as the core of the story it tells is not a documentary. To that end, Django Unchained does not claim to be a documentary about slavery and it is not a documentary about slavery. The film offers a fictive take on the antebellum period in United States history andContinue reading “Models Monday: Viewing “History””
Models Monday: Following the Lives of Real People
I greatly enjoyed this holiday season. I liked that we: found a tree : and decorated it a little earlier this year: I liked that my mother got to visit a while longer to help us enjoy the gingerbread people my son and I made: I liked that we finally got to have that New Year’sContinue reading “Models Monday: Following the Lives of Real People”
Models Monday: My New Year’s Eve Plans
Since my cousins were quite young, my Aunt Janet and Uncle Be Be had the wonderful idea to have a picnic in their basement to avoid the possibility of stray bullets from New Year’s Eve revelers. When they first started, they would go to Cleveland’s fabulous Westside Market for fruits, cheese and crackers that theyContinue reading “Models Monday: My New Year’s Eve Plans”
Models Monday: Newtown Families on Christmas Eve
I have continued to think about the relationship between our nation’s past and Adam Lanza’s murderous rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School. On this particular morning, Christmas Eve, I thought about the touching scene in Spike Lee’s documentary film, 4 Little Girls, where Coretta Scott King reads the letter that her husband, Dr. Martin LutherContinue reading “Models Monday: Newtown Families on Christmas Eve”
Models Monday: Our Violent History
It is hard to imagine any violent incident in American culture being without an historical antecedent as this is an extremely violent culture. As terrible as the recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school is, the violence there is not without a horrific precedent. Its horror parallels the tragic bombing of the 16th Street BaptistContinue reading “Models Monday: Our Violent History”
Models Monday: Let Them Play Tag
My next door neighbor coaches his sons’ youth football team. A few weeks ago, he noticed that our three-year-old, who was born on the same day as his youngest child, was just as tall as his six-year-old so he asked my husband to let our son play for his team. My husband declined his offerContinue reading “Models Monday: Let Them Play Tag”
Models Monday: The Great Depression, Parenting, and Us
I never lived a single day of my life in or near 1929 but because my grandmother was a child of the depression, it touched every aspect of my home life growing-up. I think about this all the time when I consider our current beliefs about how children should be raised so that they shouldContinue reading “Models Monday: The Great Depression, Parenting, and Us”
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