There are no words….other than Thank You…and OMG.
I had the honor of hosting a powerful conversation with the #LEGENDARY #MAGNIFICENT #BEAUTIFUL 👑Cicely Tyson👑 at the 1st @PowerRising18 summit in Atlanta.
👑
“The power is rising but the power has always been here…we must value the power and know we can do anything!”
👑
A true artist.
“I knew there was something inside me that could reach people.”
👑
Do you have a favorite medium: stage film or television? “The role..it’s all about the role..I would have played Jane Pittman in the basement of a basement…” 👑
A master class in resilience.
“I was never afraid to tell the truth…”
👑
The secret for the young people
“You must talk and listen to the elders…respect them..learn from them…don’t make them inconsequential”
👑
#93yearsyoung and her work here is not done.
#TheCicelyTysonSchoolOfThePerformingArts
#graduatingstudentsareofftoMorehouseSpelmanHarvardandmanymore
#LifeWasGivenToday
Thank you @powerrising18 @minyonm
@followfeliciad
Dress👗@red_cotton_clothing #🇬🇭 #Accra
Bracelets @selinabeb
There are no words….other than Thank You…and OMG.
I had the honor of hosting a powerful conversation with the #LEGENDARY #MAGNIFICENT #BEAUTIFUL 👑Cicely Tyson👑 at the 1st @PowerRising18 summit in Atlanta.
👑
“The power is rising but the power has always been here…we must value the power and know we can do anything!”
👑
A true artist.
“I knew there was something inside me that could reach people.”
👑
Do you have a favorite medium: stage film or television? “The role..it’s all about the role..I would have played Jane Pittman in the basement of a basement…” 👑
A master class in resilience.
“I was never afraid to tell the truth…”
👑
The secret for the young people
“You must talk and listen to the elders…respect them..learn from them…don’t make them inconsequential”
👑
#93yearsyoung and her work here is not done.
#TheCicelyTysonSchoolOfThePerformingArts
#graduatingstudentsareofftoMorehouseSpelmanHarvardandmanymore
#LifeWasGivenToday
Thank you @powerrising18 @minyonm
@followfeliciad
Dress👗@red_cotton_clothing #🇬🇭 #Accra
Bracelets @selinabeb
There are no words….other than Thank You…and OMG.
I had the honor of hosting a powerful conversation with the #LEGENDARY #MAGNIFICENT #BEAUTIFUL 👑Cicely Tyson👑 at the 1st @PowerRising18 summit in Atlanta.
👑
“The power is rising but the power has always been here…we must value the power and know we can do anything!”
👑
A true artist.
“I knew there was something inside me that could reach people.”
👑
Do you have a favorite medium: stage film or television? “The role..it’s all about the role..I would have played Jane Pittman in the basement of a basement…” 👑
A master class in resilience.
“I was never afraid to tell the truth…”
👑
The secret for the young people
“You must talk and listen to the elders…respect them..learn from them…don’t make them inconsequential”
👑
#93yearsyoung and her work here is not done.
#TheCicelyTysonSchoolOfThePerformingArts
#graduatingstudentsareofftoMorehouseSpelmanHarvardandmanymore
#LifeWasGivenToday
Thank you @powerrising18 @minyonm
@followfeliciad
Dress👗@red_cotton_clothing #🇬🇭 #Accra
Bracelets @selinabeb
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Today my heart pounded as I stood in front of one of the two small windows…the only shaft of light..the only brief gust of wind inside the small female dungeon at #CapeCoastCastle. The spot that hundreds of shackled women surrounded by their dying sisters and children were forced in desperation to fight for… beg for..die for.
A brief moment in the sun.
A long visit to #CapeCoastCastle and #ElminaCastle was what I needed Sophie and Nicolas to experience. To see. To listen. To understand.
They are two of the last remaining sites along the GoldCoast that bear witness to over 300 years of the brutality and horrors of the slave trade.
We saw the powerful Nkyinkyim installation by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo depicting in terracotta the faces of people enslaved here.
We walked thru the Door of No Return, following the path our ancestors took as they boarded ships.
Then our guide #MrBlankson turned us around and we went back thru the same door…symbolizing our return.
When we arrived at #ElminaCastle and Sophie saw the tiny door she had only read about..We stood in silence and then we prayed. 🇬🇭 Namanom yɛ hyɛ him ɛnyimnyam, yɛ da hom ase dɛ homdze bin aba fie.🇬🇭
Ancestors we honor you. We thank you for bringing us home.
Ann Cole Lowe
Born in Alabama in 1898 the granddaughter of a plantation seamstress.
Married at 14 to a man 10 yrs her senior.
She soon left with her young son to make dresses for southern society women.
By 21 had her own dress shop.
By 31 had $20,000 saved and moved to NY.
In 1947 went to Paris Fashion week.
Upon her return she got a job at Saks 5th ave.
Her gowns sold at Neiman Marcus, Henri Bendel and Saks.
She was making up to $300,000 a year in 1950.
1953 she made Jacqueline Kennedy”s wedding gown.
She passed away in 1963.
Remember her.
Say her name.
#AnneLowe
#pioneer #herstory #dreamer #doer
#DontLetAnythingStopYou
#NotJimCrow
#NotNothing
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
If you know my dad..if you ask anyone who knows him..even if you met him once…you know how much he loves his children.
Thank you for sending me out into the world knowing that I have a foundation that will hold me up during all that life brings.
❤Happy Fathers Day to You Daddy.
And to all the powerful, strong, loving, street smart😎, heart smart👨👦👦, book smart👨🏽🎓 Dads out there today.
Xoxoxoxoxooxoxo
#❤
We finally got RED🎈🎈🎈
@TheGymwrap
Making it do what it do…
#fitnessfriday
#💪🏽👟🏃🏽♀️
@TheGymwrap
BabyGirl.
A headshot/photoshoot somewhere circa 1995..
3 yrs out of NYU #TischSchoolofTheArts
Full of #Shakespeare #Chekov #TennesseeWilliams #AugustWilson and #NtozakeShange
#edges
#blueeyeliner
#glossylip
#highcollar
#Focus
When you see your #ABs coming thru…from far away…but still coming…😂😂😂#boop
#heyyy
#Hi
#(SunshineVoice)
#HowAreYou?
#🙋🏽♀️👙🏋🏽♀️ 💪🏽❤
About to SERVE it up
as judges for
#BestInDragShow
@BestInDragShow
Orpheum Theater
#Hollywood
#AidsAwareness
#GoodTimes
#GoodPeople
#GoodCause
Face beat by @makeupbyastrid
New Colors❤💚💙💜💛27 takes later…😂😂😂😂#SaturdayShenanigans
#YouNaaameit
@Regrann from @thegymwrap – When you can’t figure out which #GymWrap to buy @SallyBeauty
@Walmart
*** Just ask @nicoleariparker #lol #unameitchallenge
#gymwrap #fitness #athleisure #beatthesweat #yoga #tennis #running #crossfit #motivation #determination #motivation #friday #vibes #rainyday #saturday #vibes
#HeartandSoulMagazine
#❤
#tbt
Last night..Knowledge was dropped..Life was given and Magic became real.
The Great Nobel Laureate, Professor, Writer, Queen 👑@Toni.Morrison gave the keynote address at the #PrincetonAndSlaveryProject symposium:
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“Race,” Imagination and the Birthplace of Justice.
#done
With a name like Aderon…you know you’re unstoppable.
#photoviking
#Regrann from @aderonmothersill – Photographer Aderon Mothersill || camera on model / actress / wife / super mom @nicolearip I had the pleasure of capturing tru beauty …
