Over the Christmas holiday, my family and I had the chance to visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo. It was an incredible experience. The museum contained photos, memorabilia, and newspaper clippings that highlighted the talent of…
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The Lion’s Den: Here’s to new year full of good ole days for the future of us all
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The Lion’s Den: Wake up so you dig what woke really is
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The Lion’s Den: Sweet sounds of Jazz stir heart, mind, soul
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The Lion’s Den | Coming to America: So many different stories, so very much still to learn
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The Lion’s Den: Art imitating life as life imitates art like a Mockingbird
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The Lion’s Den | U.S. Colored Troops true American heroes from front to back
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The film “Glory” tells the story of the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The unit was the second African-American regiment, following the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, organized in the northern states during the Civil War. What is not…
The Lion’s Den | Is actual Happiness an unalienable right or just its pursuit?
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. On July 4, 1776, America…
The Lion’s Den | Juneteenth, but one step on lonely road to freedom
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June 19, 1865 — now commonly known as Juneteenth — is when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, were made aware that the Civil War was over and that they were free, a full two months following the surrender of…
The Lion’s Den | Look where he brought me from: A musical journey
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When seeking to discuss and describe the developments of Black music during slavery and the subsequent Civil War, one must first trace the origins of Black music before it arrived in America. To do that, one must examine the history…