Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural arts movements.
ABERJHANIFrom her gospel-singing mother Cissy Houston, her legendary pop-diva cousin Dionne Warwick, and her Queen of Soul godmother Aretha Franklin
More Aberjhani Quotes
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Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator.
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September 11, 2001: Citizens of the U.S., besieged by terror’s sting, rose up, weeping glory, as if on eagles’ wings.–from the poem Angel of Remembrance: Candles for September 11, 2001
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Hearts rebuilt from hope resurrect dreams killed by hate.
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Often because the attempt to practice it is misunderstood, discouraged, brought under attack, or made a target of willful abuse.
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Happy World Poetry Day: ‘The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.
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Poetry, like jazz, is one of those dazzling diamonds of creative industry that help human beings make sense out of the comedies and tragedies that contextualize our lives.
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The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s
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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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It takes a lot of beautiful love, uncommon sincerity, and spitfire courage to do that.
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Nation-building is never a ‘done deal’ confined to history already established.
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Some have speculated that the way [Albert] Camus died made his theories on absurdity a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.
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The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi’s poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.
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This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.
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First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.
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