As a young teenager Lateefah Simon seemed to be going nowhere. She dropped out of school and worked full-time at a Taco Bell. She was on probation for shoplifting. Then someone offered her a different path. She changed directions and has ever since been paying off her indebtedness for this opportunity with hugh INTEREST. Lateefah’s [...]
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December 18, 2011
2011 Women of the Year: A Short List
As 2011 comes to a close,I offer a short list of women who made 2011 an extraordinary for women’s accomplishments. Above is a photo of Karen Freeman-Wilson. In November Gary, Indiana voters chose Freeman-Wilson as their city’s first female mayor and the state’s first African-American female mayor. Karen is a Harvard-educated lawyer. She served as [...]
August 25, 2011
What Would Her Mama Say If She Knew the Stories Her Daughter Was Telling?
Anita Woodley knows the value of family. She grew up in a housing project in Oakland, California. She survived and flourished, in part, because of the strength of the women in her life. The experience has transformed her, and she willingly bares herself as Mama Juggs in order to honor these women. Woodley, a journalist [...]
July 14, 2011
Still Dancing Through Life at 93
At 93 Therrell Camille Smith keeps everyone on their toes. She’s still teaching ballet in a school she established 60 plus years ago in her hometown of Washington D.C. The second of five daughters Ms Smith began taking dance lessons at the age of 8. Her teacher was the wife of a Howard University physician. [...]
June 10, 2010
Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, but Pride in Heritage, Family, and Faith Will Heal Them. Two Extraordinary Women’s Stories
“Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman Giving all your love to just one man You’ll have bad times And he’ll have good times Doing things that you don’t understand…” (Excerpt of lyrics Stand by Your Man, co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill) Radmilla Cody may have grown up unfamiliar with the lyrics of [...]
March 3, 2010
Is Imitation the Greatest Form of Flattery?
More than 570,000 people have watched this video of the 2010 Sprite Step-Off Challenge. For those of you who don’t know Stepping is a form of step dancing which is a generic term for dance styles where footwork is the featured element of the dance. The collaborative efforts of historically black fraternities and sororities has resulted in stepping’s popularity. Step-Off [...]
