Happy Birthday: Bertolt Brecht, poet/playwrightBorn Feb. 10, 1898 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7fqMPDcKXM 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Big Chicken, Marietta, GA Photo credit: archpaper.com Music: Flyin’ the Flannel by fIREHOSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5V-nCNswE Poetry: Ode to Big Trend by Terrance HayesPretty soon the Negroes were looking to get paid.My partner, Big Trend, wiped his ox neck and said He wasn’t …
Tag: black history month
Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020
Happy Birthday: Tom Brokaw, news anchorBorn Feb. 6, 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvjVwYIYs2c 50 States, 100 Weeks: Jimmy Carter Peanut, Plains, GA Photo credit: roadsidewonders.net Music: Something About What Happens When We Talk by Lucinda Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_dkP2duog Poetry: Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall“Mother dear, may I go downtownInstead of out to play,And march the streets of BirminghamIn …
Care Package for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
Happy Birthday: Hank Aaron, baseball player/civil rights activistBorn Feb. 5, 1934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m66lmbROA58 50 States, 100 Weeks: World’s Largest Peanut, Ashburn, GA Photo credit: roadsideamerica.com Music: Cheek to Cheek (Heaven) by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdS5uRgu_TA Poetry: Canary by Rita DoveBillie Holiday’s burned voicehad as many shadows as lights,a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,the …
Care Package for Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020
Happy Birthday: Rosa Parks, civil rights activistBorn Feb. 4, 1913 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8A9gvb5Fh0 50 States, 100 Weeks: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, GA Photo credit: atlantamagazine.com Music: Gravedigger’s Chant by Zeal & Ardor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARM8cD8Xyno Poetry: Booker T. and W.E.B. by Dudley Randall“It seems to me,” said Booker T.,“It shows a mighty lot of cheekTo study chemistry and …
Care Package for Monday, Feb. 3, 2020
Happy Birthday: Norman Rockwell, artistBorn Feb. 3, 1894 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlufEZCh1Mk 50 States, 100 Weeks: Doll’s Head Trail, Atlanta, GA Photo credit: wanderlustatlanta.com Music: Cult of Personality by Living Colour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0 Poetry: Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon JohnsonLift every voice and singTill earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Read more Holiday: Black …
EthanDezotelle.com 