“I’ll play it first and tell you what it is later.” Miles Davis It was 1987. I was awakened during the middle of the night by the sounds of tambourines, drums, and syncopated wailings from the park at the intersection of King Circle Drive and Norwood Avenue in Swainsboro, Georgia. Those sounds were a mixtureContinue reading “In a Virtual Way”
Category Archives: African Americans
My Heroes Wore Masks
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 24 years old when he published the poem “We Wear the Mask” in 1896. It was anContinue reading “My Heroes Wore Masks”
Trouble the Waters: Beaches, Barriers and Legacies of Overcoming at Jekyll Island
Barrier: an obstacle that prevents movement or access. The string of islands we refer to as the barrier islands protect the mainland from storm surges. These islands have a history of their own of barriers, overcome by the will of courageous individuals who survived enslavement, challenged discrimination, and reshaped the social order. On the eveningContinue reading “Trouble the Waters: Beaches, Barriers and Legacies of Overcoming at Jekyll Island”
The Notion of Genius
Principle 24: Discover your inner genius and create opportunities for those around you to discover and unleash their own unique form of genius. Move beyond the archaic ideas about what genius looks like in the 21st century. Soundscape: Desire by Pharoah Monch The word ‘genius’ originated in ancient Rome and initially was applied to allContinue reading “The Notion of Genius”
ANDRE BENITO MOUNTAIN 