Category Archives: Manhattan

A Dream Deferred

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There need to be a community of people in New York who is dedicated to saving the African-American history in New York City. We have given so much to this city and so much of our history is not even saved because it seems like no one really care. And I know there are people who care. And I am going to look for those people and work a long with them…I just don’t know where to start.

Last year, a friend and I went to Harlem to visit the home of Langston Hughes and it’s just a disgrace. It is right in the middle of Harlem and it looks run down. There are weeds and junk all over the place. There was broken glass and the entire house looked uninviting.  The only thing on the wall outside of the house was a plaque that read a little something about his life.L.HuguesHome Totally something that should never be.

Now, I am looking up information to visit the home of Mme. C. J. Walker and there is no information, even though she had a house that she built, in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Our history is being taking from us right under our noses and something needs to be done. Something is going to be done too.

In the Best Possible Light

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I went to the Photography exhibition, In the best Possible Light, by Mr. Herman Leonard at Jazz at Lincoln Center and had so much fun! Make sure you make your way over there before February 14, 2010.  You feel like you are in that time era- the 40’s to the early 90’s. This exhibition makes you want to own a  Jazz cd and listen till your heart is content- even though the Jazz scene has changed a great bit. Leonard’s subjects no doubt are the birth and the cool of jazz, the making of America. No wonder the Smithsonian holds about 70 of his photos. This post “Hats or Hatnots # 2”  is title such because that is Monk without his hat. Almost every picture that has been taken of him, is of him wearing a hat. Finally a picture of him without a hat!