From her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
ABERJHANIThe singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
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Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces.
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Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
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At its most dynamic, faith evolves into powerful applicable knowledge.
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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator.
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Others would say it was the triumphant meaningful way he lived that allowed him to rise heroically above absurdity.
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Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.
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It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be ‘at risk’ of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream was not indicators of weakness but gifts of significant strength.
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Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an objective reality that comprise the physical universe, social communities, political dynamics,
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Although himself frequently a target of guerrilla decontextualization, a major part of the meaning of Michael Jackson’s life was to help balance the accumulation of horrors
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Without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love’s liquid sigh.
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Poetry looking in the mirror sees art, and art looking in a mirror sings poetry.
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Just above our terror, the stars painted this story in perfect silver calligraphy. And our souls, too often abused by ignorance, covered our eyes with mercy.
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