Article Archive for June 2017
AMAZING Grammy Award-winning singer, dancer, actress and activist, Lena Horne, born June 30, 1917, spent over 70 years appearing in film, television, and theater. In 1933, Horne joined the chorus line of the Cotton Club in New York City. She made her debut at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Panama Hattie (1942) and performed the title song of Stormy Weather, based […]
This is a look we need to see more of. In the current zeitgeist, where black men are constantly being profiled as thugs, criminals, and a danger to society, Brooklyn-based rapper Music Bear Tony Banks is smashing the stereotypes with positivity, and soulful hip hop tracks, proselytizing about his life, his unapologetic gayness, his love of […]