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Gary Taylor's - RETRO BLACKNESS
ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS to know :::
Romare Bearden
Elizabeth Catlett
Gary Simmons
Kehinde Wiley
Julie Mehretu
Lorna Simpson
James Porter
Martin Puryear
Noah Purifoy
Marcel Taylor
Raymond Saunders
Reginald Gammon
Bill Traylor
David C. Driskell
Howard Bingham
Moneta Sleet
Roy Lewis
Alison Saar
Lezley Saar
Betye Saar
Mark Bradford
Kwaku Alston
William Tolliver
Willie Torbert
Ernie Barnes
Essod Fungcap
Clarence Major
Roy DeCarava
Frank Stewart
Seydou Keita
C'babi Bayoc
Gordon Parks
Mary Lovelace O'Neal
Artis Lane
Annette Lawrence
Charles Bibbs
Jacob Lawrence
Sargent Claude Johnson
Carrie Mae Weems
Gerald Griffin
Sharon Farmer
Askia Muhammad
Lester Sloan
Pheoris West
Samella Lewis
Alonzo Adams
Faith Ringgold
James Van Der Zee
Ellen Gallagher
Michael Richards
David Hammons
Camille Billops
James Denmark
Michael Brown
Arlene Case
Varnette Honeywood
John Outterbridge
Lois Mailou Jones
Henry Ossawa Turner
Aaron Douglas
Simmie Knox
Alma Thomas
Margaret Burroughs
Phoebe Beasley
Beauford Delaney
Joseph Delaney
Charles White
John Holyfield
Ming Smith
the Highwaymen
Woodrow Nash
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sam Gilliam
D. Stevens
Katherine Kisa
Gale Fulton-Ross
Palmer Hayden
Octavio Araujo
John Biggers
Ellen Banks
Richmond Barthe
Albert Chong
Robert Colescott
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Archibald Motley
Rose Piper
Karen Powell
Horace Pippin
John Riddle
Bing Davis
Hale Woodruff
Toni Scott
Leo Twiggs
Clementine Hunter
Charles Alston
James Tatum
Amalia Amaki
Verna Hart
LaShun Beal
Jimi Claybrooks
Dilip Sheth
Gigi Boldon
Yusef Bell Johnson
Dawoud Bey
Eldzier Cortor
Allan Rohan Crite
G. Farrel Kellum
Evita Tezeno
Radcliffe Bailey
Kori Newkirk
Meta Warrick Fuller
Nzinga Kianga
Howardena Pindell
Renee Stout
Robin Holder
Kim Johnson Flodin
Haywood Galbreath
Michele Godwin
Paul Collins
Selma Burke
Allen E. Cole
Charlotte Ka
Whitfield Lovell
Rodgers Boykin
Grace Braithwaite
P.A. Greene
Martha Brock
Marian I. Jones
Leslie Adkins
Milbert O. Brown Jr.
Terry Harris
Lee Landry
Brent Jones
Marc Baptiste
Bruce Talamon
Ernie Paniccioli
Deborah Willis
Carla Williams
Akili Ramsess
Janet Taylor Pickett
Melvin Edwards
Aaron McGruder
Sister Gertrude Morgan
William Edouard Scott
M. Akua McDaniel
Adgar Cowans
Larry Hampton
Ed Love
Georgette Seabrook
Vertis Hayes
Leroy Foster
James Voshell
Pontella Mason
Calvin Jones
Jesse H. Holliman
Spencer Taylor
Ian White
Mitchell Caton
Alvin Carter
Eugene Wade
William Walker
John Onye Lockard
Otto Neals
Michael Singletary
Joe Chambers
Ed Clark
Carole Byard
Stephanie George
Paul Goodnight
Ernest Crichlow
Charles Harrison
Debra Priestly
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Deborah Muirhead
Richard Saunders
Louise E. Jefferson
Marcus A. Jansen
Vanley Burke
Milton Derr
Daniel Taye
Merton D. Simpson
Ousmane Gueye
Alix Baptiste
Clarissa Sligh
Marilyn Nance
Nanette Carter
Wangechi Mutu
Cora Marshall
Babette Wainwright
Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu
Dumile Feni
Philemona Williamson
Nelson Stevens
Wadsworth Jarrell
James Phillips
Murray N. DePillars
Kevin Cole
Ann Tanksley
John Ashford
Michael D. Harris
Mildred Thompson
Walter Williams
Emma Amos
Benny Andrews
Leslie Garland Bolling
Elvira Clayton
John Paul Gallagher
Edouard Duval-Carrie
Alvin Clayton
Yvonne Tucker
Corinne Innis
Jeannette Madden
Brenda Da Luz
Adrian Piper
Matthew Thomas
Billie Veitch-Clennon
Dianne Smith
LeRoy Henderson
Duane Smith
Rosalind McGary
Alonzo Davis
Bianca Dorsey
Ben Jones
Sanford Biggers
James Watkins
Richard Yarde
Curlee Raven Holton
Ernani Silva
Mason Archies
Laurence Chandler
Charles Ethan Parker
Gordon James
Gustave Blache III
Francks Deceus
Hughie Lee-Smith
Louis Delsarte
TAFA
Frances Catlett
ARTISTS on MySpace :::
(click on name to go to page)
Aaron Waugh
Panga
W. Henry Eccleston
Nomzee
Roosevelt Washington
Dredism Photography
Liza E.A. Briggs
Janie McGee
Alisa Y. Mbinakar
K.E.L.E.C.H.I.
the art of Ja
Mike Thompson
Marcellous Lovelace
Michele
Rondi'e Pottinger
Lynn Linnemeier
M. Scott Johnson
Angela Williams
Hannan Photography
BigMetisse
Color Poet's Art
Miles
Namandie's Images
Strata Ceramic Art - C-True
Myke Adams
Rain Energy
Kalonjiasad
D.Artist - Darren Chambers
Marcus A. Jansen
DIAW Graphic Art
Zeal!
Marva
Mariamma
Zulu
Lisa Jones
Peden's Art
Kurtis Watkins
RanArtOne
Daryll
Dawn Okoro
SPOKEN WORD//POETS on MySpace :::
(click on name to go to page)
Lin
Iya Isoke
Maria C. James
Denise Valentine
Vernon J. Davis Jr.
Conscious Lyrics
J. Ivy
Nordette
Stanice Anderson
Gil Scott-Heron
Richard Dedeaux - The Watts Prophets
C. Alexandra Allen
Michelle
Taalam Acey
Val Jones
Marsha J Carter
The Unknown Poet & Queen
Alice Parris - Soulgasm
ARCHITECTS :::
Paul R. Williams
Charles I. Bryant
Julian Abele
Allison G. Williams
Winston Henderson
Horace Gilford
Phillip Freelon
Jack Travis
Michelle Greene-Stratford
Norma Sklarek
Cheryl L. McAfee
Charles McAfee
Beverly K. Hannah
William A. Mann
Roberta Washington
PLAYWRIGHTS :::
August Wilson
Lorraine Hansberry
Lonnie Elder
Alice Childress
Val Gray Ward
Charles Gordone
Ntozake Shange
Ed Bullins
Suzan Lori Parks
Kenneth B. Davis
Dael Orlandersmith
Charles Fuller
George C. Wolfe
Melvin Van Peebles
Douglas Turner Ward
Archie Shepp
Ron Milner
Clifford Mason
Donald Greaves
Phillip Hayes Dean
William Wellington Mackey
Loften Mitchell
Elaine Jackson
Thulani Davis
Beah Richards
William Branch
Wole Soyinka
Tracy Scott Wilson
Ama Ata Aidoo
Delano Stewart
Hazel Bryant
Kathleen Conwell
Samm Art Williams
S.M. Shephard-Massat
Michael Ajakwe
Owen Dodson
Aishah Rahman
Abram Hill
Louis Peterson
Ben Caldwell
Robbie McCauley
Thomas Pawley
Anna Deavere Smith
THEATRE - Directors :::
Gilbert Moses
Lloyd Richards
Woodie King Jr.
Sheldon Epps
Shirley Jo Finney
Israel Hicks
Denise Dowse
Kenny Leon
Floyd Gaffney
Ellen Stewart
THEATRE - Plays & Groups :::
** For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf
** No Place To Be Somebody
** A Raisin In The Sun
** Yellowman
** Ugly
** South Of Where We Live
** A Soldier's Play
** Waiting To Be Invited
** Sophisticated Ladies
** The Color Purple
** Ceremonies In Dark Old Men
** In The Wine Time
** Topdog/Underdog
** Jelly's Last Jam
** The Colored Museum
** Bring In 'Da Noise/Bring In 'Da Funk
** Purlie Victorious
** Ain't Supposed To Die A Natural Death
** Jitney
** Joe Turner's Come And Gone
** Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
** Fences
** The Piano Lesson
** Two Trains Running
** Seven Guitars
** King Headley
** Gem Of The Ocean
** Radio Golf
** Limitations of Life
** Mulatto
** Days of Absence
** The Confession Stone
** The Amen Corner
** Wine in the Wilderness
** Take A Giant Step
** Sally's Rape
** On Strivers Row
** Fire in the Mirror
** Tumult & The Shouting
** Dutchman
* True Colors Theatre Company
* The American Negro Playwright Theatre
* Detroit Repertory Theatre
* African American Shakespere Company-SF
* African American Drama Company
* eta Creative Arts - Chicago
* La Mama ETC
* Karamu House
* Kuumba Ensemble Heritage House
* San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre
* Classical Theatre of Harlem
* Harlem Stage
DANCE :::
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Lula Washington Dance Theatre
Debbie Allen Dance Academy
Garth Fagan Dance
Katherine Dunham Dance Company
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Muntu Dance Theatre-Chicago
Blacksmith's Daughter Dance Theater
Katherine Dunham
Debbie Allen
Garth Fagan
Arthur Mitchell
Lula Washington
Bill T. Jones
Judith Jamison
Alvin Ailey
Arthur Mitchell
Nia Love
Sammy Davis Jr.
Gregory Hines
Donald McKayle
Mercedes Ellington
Hinton Battle
Savion Glover
Cholly Atkins
MUSEUMS :::
(click on name to go to site)
* Studio Museum in Harlem
* Schomburg Center-Research of Black Culture
* DuSable Museum - Chicago
* African American Museum - Dallas
* California African American Art Museum
* Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland
* America's Black Holocaust Museum
* National Center of Afro-American Artists
* African American Cultural Complex
* The APEX Museum
* MoAD-Museum of the African Diaspora
* The Kansas African American Museum
* River Road African American Museum
* Charles H. Wright Museum of AA History
* Buffalo Soldiers National Museum
* Black History Museum & Cultural Center - Virginia
* Museum for African Art - NY
* The Freedom Park Trust
ART GALLERIES//SITES :::
(click on name to go to site)
NAIO - Atlanta
Gallery Guichard - Chicago
Little Black Pearl - Chicago
ArtJaz - Philly
Wole Imaging Group
Tilford Art Group T.A.G.- Los Angeles
M. Hanks Gallery - Los Angeles
Alitash Kebede - Los Angeles
Pounder-Kone Art Space - Los Angeles
Aaron Waugh Fine Art
IartI Gallery
Roosevelt Washington Gallery
Mixed Media Heritage Gallery
G.R.N'Namdi Gallery - Detroit
Collins Fine Art
Entitled Black Women Artists
2017 Black Art
Sankaranka Gallery
Carmen Lundy
Mike Thompson Artworks
Janet Taylor Pickett
Mutthoni Designs
Gift of Gabby.com
Tashanda - Contemporary African Art
Myke Adams
The Color of a Black Girl
Jazz Formula - Artwork of Darren Chambers
Marcus A. Jansen - Modern Urban-Expressionism
Thelma Harris Gallery
The Wasret Collection
Authentic Art Consulting
Zeal's Art
Marvalous Art & Tile - Marva Huston
Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now
Contemporary African Art Gallery - NY
Merton D. Simpson Gallery - NY
P.C.O.G. Gallery - NY
Rush Arts Gallery - NY
Grant Hill Collection of African Art
Zulu Tattoo & Eclectic
Alix Baptiste
The Collective
Expressive Visions Gallery
Artpeace Gallery - Los Angeles
Visual Jazz Media Group
Art & Africa - Village of Ken
Taina's Art Gallery
Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas
Art Off The Main
The Art Of Living Black
INTERNET WEBSITES :::
(click on name to go to site)
* Negro Ensemble Company, Inc.
* The HistoryMakers
* Visionary Leadership Project
* African Ancestry
* Center for African Studies - UC Berkeley
* The African Burial Ground - NY
* Harriet Tubman Resource Center on the African Diaspora
* The Slave Trade Archives Project
*The Slave Trade Archives Project - Links
* North American Slave Narratives
* Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project
* TUT Language - of Black American Slaves
* Assoc of African American Museums
* Chicago Alliance-African American Photographers
* Amazing Grace Conservatory
* African American Almanac - AA History
* Black Enterprise.com
* The Black Think Tank
* BlackProf.com
* The Black Family Channel
* BlackWebPortal.com - Black Search Engine
* Juneteenth.com
* Official Kwanzaa Website
* SeeingBlack
* EURweb.com
* Industry Ears - Paul Porter
* National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment
* Women Who Jam!
* Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner
* Black Male Appreciation
* Sistahs Connect
* National Black Arts Festival
* purEquality Entertainment
* NIA Online
* Universal Zulu Nation
* Negroartist.com
* Black Native American Association
* Black Indians & Inter-tribal Native American Assoc
* BlackAmericaWeb.com
* BlackAtlanta.com
* BlackNLA.com
* Black Weekly - Los Angeles
* 4DaSoul.com
* NGHOSI Online
* Afro European Sisters Network - AESN
* This Is Real Music.com
* Code Z Online-Black Visual Culture Now
* Cafe de la Soul - Black Paris Portal
* Afro-Netizen
* AfroToronto.com
* Iya Isoke
* Maria C. James
* Denise Valentine - Storyteller
* Vernon J. Davis Jr.
* Stanice Anderson
* City Lights Software
* Star Discount Travel
* SoulOfAmerica.com - Soulful Travel Made Easy
* Mocha Soul Cafe & Promotions
* The Afro Card Company - UK
* mosaicthump - ain't nuthin neo about soul
* The True Agency
* The Aja Group
* GlobalHue Advertising
* Carol H. Williams Advertising
* Pat Tobin & Associates
* TaylorMade Media Public Relations
* UniWorld Group, Inc.
* IMAGES USA
* Burrell Communications
* Fuse Advertising
* The African American Public Relations Collective
* Jazzmyne Public Relations
* The Signals Agency
* blackgirl international
* The BlackArtDirectory.com
* BlackEdition.com
* BlackMoneyMatters.com
* Urbanmecca.com
* The African American Registry
* American Urban Radio Networks
* Alpha Multimedia, Inc.
* Translation Consultation & Brand Imaging
* National MBA Association
* Minority Professional Network
* The Black Inventor Information Museum
* Lester Sloan Media Group
* ILuvBlackPeople.com
* 4RealWomen.com
* Kola Nut Travel, Inc.
* Black Fashion Designers Association
* Akoma Buttons - Akoma Marketplace
* Black Girls Rock! Inc.
* D'zert Club & African Genesis Institute
* The Gordon Parks Center
* African American Photographers Association - D.C.
* African-American Photographers Guild
* W.E.B. DuBois Institue for African/African American Research
* Collegium for African American Research
* Africancolours - Guide to Contemporary African Art
* Sista Factory.com
* Daughters of Soul.com
* M - Madwoman: A Contemporary Opera
* Black Youth Project
* African-American Teens Portal
* Black College Student Network
* Black Excel - The College Help Network
* Ontario Black History Society
* Black Youth Vote - NCBCP
* National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
* W.E.B. DuBois Learning Center
* National Black United Front
* Frontal View - NBUF
* Virtual Masters Museum - NBUF
* MOCHA MOMS Online
* Blacktino.net
* National Urban League
* Web Business Ownership
* Educating Young Minds, Inc.
* The Black Past: Remembered & Reclaimed
* StayBattlin.com - Atlanta's Hip-Hop
* The Algebra Project
* Black Repertory Company - Providence
* The Harvest Institute
* Black Girl Speaks!
* Live Life Well, Now!
* Genius Developments
* Kismet Entertainment
* Nelson Mandela Foundation
* Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
* Workshop In Business Opportunities
* Julianne Malveaux
* ColorOfChange.org
* Val Jones Edutainment
* Nash Management Group, Inc.
* Lets Talk Honestly.com
* Dreamchasers Podcast.com
* KeithKNOWS ATLANTA
* Image Enhancement Inc.
* Black Mexico
* Business In The Black
* Black Owned Personals.com
* FMW Creative Services
* Sugar Bar - NYC
* Harlem Grill Supper Club
* Fresh Faces2u
* The Guardian Line
* African Women Blogs
* Black Business Association
* Old Photographs Of African Americans
BODY/MIND/SPIRIT SITES :::
(Moved to new page, click link below)
The FilteringStation - Wellness page
People who understand the purpose of this page and believe in it; are on the positive, uplifted, entrepreneurial, energized, communal, purposeful life track; celebrating, supporting, and encouraging others to their highest good through what they do and what they offer.
To those invested in negative and disrespectful imagery, language or pursuits, or who are unable to honor this page's purpose - this page is absolutely not for you.
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Art..no matter the chosen craft..is a pathway to Life.
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======================MUSIC PLACES YOU WILL WANT TO VISIT===============
THE JAZZ NETWORK
INTERNET RADIO/TV STATIONS :::
(click on name to go to site)
HoneySoul
Soul Tracks
Soul-Patrol.Net Radio
Solar Radio
SOJP - Spotlight on Jazz and Poetry
JazZMode Radio
PSC Radio.com
Tech Talk Philly - WURD 900AM
BlakeRadio Network - Music Massage
BlakeRadio Network - Rainbow Soul
RHYTHMflow Radio.net
The Valder Beebe Show
BlackTVOnline
4DaSoul Radio
Jazz Syndicate Radio
Out The Box w/Tim Dillinger
Smoke FM - UK
Soul Sanctuary Radio
Mocha Soul Radio
PlanetSoul.com
WHCR 90.3 - The Voice of Harlem
Flow Music Lounge
On The Verge - Deep Soul Lounge
Da Nawlinz Groove
Bop City Jazz
WFLO.FM
IM4RADIO.com
Splash Radio
YMIB Radio.com
Emancipation Radio
The Praise House - 24/7 Gospel
The Brother Tee Show
Agape' Artist Promotions
One Nation Under The Soul Shack - ONUTSS
April Sims - A & E Radio
Divine Forces Radio
MUSICIANS/SINGERS/SONGWRITERS :::
Miles Davis
Archie Shepp
Wayne Shorter
Wes Montgomery
Courtney Pine
Andy Bey
Phyllis Hyman
Marvin Gaye
Alice Coltrane
Ravi Coltrane
Lonnie Plaxico
Freddie Waits
George Duke
Gary Taylor
Salif Keita
Eugene McDaniels
Leon Ware
Patrice Rushen
Jean Carne
Stanley Clarke
Abbey Lincoln
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Marcus Miller
Les McCann
Nat King Cole
Kenny Garrett
Carmen McRae
Betty Carter
Billy Bang
Kellylee Evans
Lizz Wright
Nathan East
Dwight Trible
Chuck Rainey
Robin Eubanks
Ella Fitzgerald
Cal Bennett
Lionel Richie
Toumani Diabate
Ashford & Simpson
Lamont Dozier
Holland-Dozier-Holland
Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
Ray, Goodman and Brown
Linda Creed & Thom Bell
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds
Bashiri Johnson
Sam Rivers
Rosa Passos
Khan Jamal
Gladys Knight
Aretha Franklin
Billy Eckstine
Regina Carter
Billy Childs
Ron Carter
Coleman Hawkins
Abdullah Ibrahim
Celia Cruz
Will Downing
Howard Hewett
Natalie Cole
Ronald Isley
Patti LaBelle
Geri Allen
Al Jarreau
Lori Perry
Roberta Flack
Alicia Keys
Lalah Hathaway
Maysa Leak
Amel Larrieux
Bill Withers
Ronnie Laws
Waberi
Tina Brooks
Aruan Ortiz
Barry White
Billy Preston
Noel Pointer
Nancy Wilson
Phil Perry
Dionne Warwick
Shirley Horn
Billy Cobham
Whitney Houston
Bridgette Bryant
Salt N Pepa
Hazel Scott
John Coltrane
Ahmad Jamal
Donnie
Goapele
Horace Tapscott
Jack DeJohnette
Isaac Hayes
Luther Vandross
Kashif
Sam Cooke
Angela Winbush
Regina Belle
Vinx
Barbara Morrison
Lynne Fiddmont
Keith Fiddmont
Jackie Wilson
Kathleen Battle
Monnette Sudler
Ndugu Chancellor
Rachelle Ferrell
Queen Latifah
Jon Lucien
Minnie Riperton
Jessye Norman
Norman Connors
Cassandra Wilson
Doug Carn
Lenny White
Ornette Coleman
Jason Moran
Greg Osby
Bettye LaVette
Etta James
Chaka Khan
Kevin Eubanks
Doc Powell
Talib Kweli
Earth, Wind & Fire
Fela Kuti
Yossou N'Dour
Byard Lancaster
Jaki Byard
Manu Katche
A Tribe Called Quest
Common
Marlena Shaw
Milton Nascimento
Gilberto Gil
James Hurt
Gerald Albright
Grover Washington, Jr.
Carmen Lundy
Leroy Hutson
Tupac
Nedra Wheeler
Maceo Parker
Francisco Mela
Terri Lynne Carrington
Brenda Russell
Kem
Wynton Marsalis
Ray Charles
Jennifer Holliday
Paulinho Da Costa
King Sunny Ade
Hil St. Soul
Branford Marsalis
Leontyne Price
Patti Austin
Grace Bumbry
Barbara Hendricks
Grace Jones
Art Blakey
Bud Powell
Erroll Garner
Eric Dolphy
Sly Stone
Larry Graham
Meshell Ndegeocello
the Roots
Mos Def
M (Mem Nahadr)
Chico Hamilton
Willie Bobo
Tony Williams
Anita Baker
Dinah Washington
Charisse Davis
Omar Sosa
Mala Waldron
Matana Roberts
Lionel Loueke
Nasheet Waits
Jill Scott
Marva Hicks
Lisa Fischer
Sam Dees
Monet
Erykah Badu
Omar
Michael Jackson
Carl Anderson
Karen Briggs
Stevie Wonder
Moacir Santos
Angie Stone
Marcus Belgrave
Terell Stafford
Mulgrew Miller
Syreeta Wright
Boys II Men
Robert Mitchell
Donny Hathaway
Dianne Reeves
Heather Headley
The Whispers
Bobby Womack
Tina Turner
Ike Turner
Jeffrey Osborne
Mary J. Blige
Freddie Hubbard
Stanley Turrentine
Sun Ra
Jimmy Scott
Abraham Burton
Simon Estes
Corey Wilkes
JJ Johnson
Woody Shaw
Andrae Crouch
Yolanda Adams
Rick James
Charlie Parker
Gary Bartz
Ann Brown
Daryl Coley
Clark Terry
Randy Crawford
George Benson
Al Green
Joe Sample
Curtis Mayfield
Nina Simone
Chuck D
Charles Mingus
Dexter Gordon
Buddy Guy
Wallace Roney
Max Roach
Donald Byrd
Ron Blake
Oliver Lake
Somi
Incognito
Felton Pilate
Lauryn Hill
Susaye Greene
Frank McComb
India Arie
B.B King
Odetta
Ray Parker Jr.
Michael Henderson
Alicia Myers
Chante Moore
Kenny Lattimore
Kirk Franklin
Kindred the Family Soul
Edwin Hawkins
Nate Morgan
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Camilla Phillips
Heavy D
Afrika Bambaataa
George Clinton
Martin Luther
Roy Ayers
Gil Scott-Heron
Brian Jackson
Andre Watts
Floetry
Public Enemy
Terrence Trent D'Arby
Take 6
Lonnie Liston Smith
Donald Smith
Sade
Pharoah Sanders
Shirley Verrett
KRS-One
Sonny Rollins
Horace Silver
Herbie Hancock
Dizzie Gillespie
Quincy Jones
Hubert Laws
Ali Farka Toure
Roger Troutman
Eloise Laws
Harry Whitaker
Robert Glasper
Fontella Bass
Ella Fitzgerald
Andrew Hill
Three Mo' Tenors
Smokey Robinson
McCoy Tyner
Sarah Vaughan
Bobby Hutcherson
Thelonious Monk
Mtume
Elvin Jones
Prince
Jimi Hendrix
Red Garland
Etta James
The Funk Brothers
Esther Phillips
Billie Holiday
Jocelyn Brown
Louis Armstrong
Johnny Hartman
Buddy Guy
Duke Ellington
Billy Strayhorn
Phil Upchurch
Mercer Ellington
The Supremes
The Emotions
The Temptations
The O'Jays
Alex Lattimore
The Spinners
The Four Tops
Eddie Kendricks
Willie "the Lion" Smith
Eubie Blake
Benny Carter
The Commodores
Celia Cruz
Gerald Levert
James Brown
Earl Klugh
Teddy Pendergrass
Billy Mills
The Isley Brothers
Babatunde Lea
Aaron Neville
Rahsaan Patterson
Ledisi
The Neville Brothers
Cyrus Chesnutt
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Renee Neufville
Bobby Lyle
Arthur Prysock
Najee
Jimmy McGriff
Hubert Laws
Yusef Lateef
Fertile Ground
Anthony Hamilton
Zap Mama
Russell Gunn
Miriam Makeba
Tania Maria
Joe Pass
The Crusaders
The Dramatics
Thomas Mapfumo
Bobby Blue Bland
Peabo Bryson
Milt Jackson
James Ingram
Shirley Bassey
Ramsey Lewis
Leela James
Angela Bofill
Stephanie Mills
Donna Summer
Everette Harp
Kirk Whalum
Jonathan Butler
Deniece Williams
The Pointer Sisters
Tracy Chapman
Melba Moore
Rodney Thompson
Susana Baca
Doc Powell
Cesaria Evora
Angelique Kidjo
Nnena Freelon
David Ruffin
Jimmy Ellis
Gayelynn McKinney
Michele Thomas
Parliament - Funkadelic
Sly & the Family Stone
Walter Smith III
Eric McPherson
Alphonse Mouzon
Debra Laws
Joan Armatrading
Reggie Hamilton
Dick Griffin
Babatunde Olatunji
Ballake Sissoko
Mary Lou Williams
Malachi Favors
Amina Claudine Myers
Hampton Hawes
Shirley Caesar
Michael Franti
Nona Hendryx
Bobbi Humphrey
George Howard
Hiram Bullock
Idris Muhammed
Brothers Johnson
Booker Little
Clifford Brown
Mal Waldron
Fats Navarro
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Wadada Leo Smith
Omar Hakim
Bob Marley
Jackie McLean
Willie Bobo
N'Dea Davenport
Carleen Anderson
Rhonda Smith
Ernest Dawkins
Sonny Clark
Eric Roberson
Spur of the Moment
Dwayne "Smitty" Smith
Munyungo Jackson
Whitney Russell
Susanna Baca
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mongo Santamaria
Mattiwilda Dobbs
Anthony Davis
Curtis Lundy
Sandra St. Victor
Rhian Ayanna
Vanessa Rubin
Karen Gibson Roc
Al Caldwell
Vanessa Williams
Bethany Saint Smith
Billy Porter
Gaude
Da Cruz
Baaba Maal
Mansour Seck
Jean Grae
Boots Riley
Peabo Bryson
Karen Bernod
Mariah Carey
Marlon Saunders
Julie Dexter
Janet Jackson
De La Soul
Marion Meadows
Dee Brown
Wayman Tisdale
Audley Reid
Stephanie Renee
MOH - Mohamed Diouf
Jhelisa Anderson
Sean Jones
Darrell Diaz
Christian McBride
Andre Hayward
Sarah Dash
Eric Harland
Rhonda Richmond
Walter Smith
Transcendental Funk
ND3
Pharoahe Monch
Chuckii Booker
Gail Jhonson
Walter Beasley
Marvin Sewell
Rene Marie
Cecilia Smith
Cindy Blackman
J.D. Allen
Alice Smith
Ibrahim Ferrer
Oumou Sangare
Omara Portuondo
Rhythm Logic
Valerie Boyd
Jamila
Brian O'Neal
Earl Carter
Gregg Moore
Courtney Bryan
Miles Jaye
OJ Manley
Wayne Linsey
Labelle
Jorge Sylvester
Dozie
Ramel
Miriam Sullivan
Laurnea
Kim Waters
Anthony Braxton
Terence Blanchard
N'dambi
Lori Jenaire
Althea Rene
Angela Carole Brown
Cheikh Ndoye
Alana Davis
Paulette McWilliams
Dessy Di Lauro
Karen Francis
Cecilia Smith
Lori Lynnette Black
Ysaye M. Barnwell
Kne-Ochaw Hampton
La Veda Davis
Donn
Kaissa
Miko Marks
Vernon Reid
Penny Wells
Tracy Mothershed
Fred Hammond
Al McKenzie
Jacques Schwarz-Bart
Akin Euba
Dayna Stephens
Lamyda
James Moody
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Willard White
George Shirley
Leron Thomas
Brig Feltus
Denise King
Marshall Keys
Ragan Whiteside
Joshua Redman
Roy Hargrove
Addys Mercedes
Nailah
Ron Blake
Esperanza Spalding
Gary Thomas
Roy Haynes
Gene Lake
Jeremy Pelt
Rissi Palmer
Daude
Cora Coleman-Dunham
Joshua Dunham
ACTORS/ACTRESSES :::
Ruby Dee
Ossie Davis
Sammy Davis
Sidney Poitier
Diana Sands
Laurence Fishburne
Angela Bassett
Courtney Vance
Viola Davis
Adolph Caesar
Howard E. Rollins Jr.
Dorothy Dandridge
Denzel Washington
Paul Robeson
James Earl Jones
Don Cheadle
Samuel L. Jackson
Vanessa Williams
Ron O'Neal
Alfre Woodard
Ben Vereen
Phylicia Rashad
Morgan Freeman
CCH Pounder
Djimon Hounsou
Sophie Okonedo
Danny Glover
Chiwetel Ojiofor
Forest Whitaker
Lena Horne
Lynn Whitfield
Loretta Divine
Cicely Tyson
Diahann Carroll
Halle Berry
Eriq La Salle
Obba Babatunde
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Regina King
Harry J. Lennix
Michael Beach
Roger Guenveur Smith
Hill Harper
Rosalind Cash
Raymond St. Jacques
Roscoe Lee Brown
Andre Braugher
Marla Gibbs
Billy Dee Williams
Glynn Turman
Delroy Lindo
Godfrey Cambridge
Avery Brooks
S. Epatha Merkerson
Derek Luke
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Ted Ross
Whoopi Goldberg
Mabel King
Zakes Mokae
Terrence Howard
Sanaa Lathan
Idris Alba
Lynne Thigpen
COMEDIANS :::
Richard Pryor
Robin Harris
Redd Foxx
Moms Mabley
Dave Chapelle
FILMMAKERS/DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS :::
Oscar Micheaux
Kathleen Collins
Liz White
Spike Lee
Euzhan Palcy
Shirley Jo Finney
Julie Dash
Dianne Houston
Kasi Lemmons
Haile Germina
Charles Burnett
Arthur Jafa
Ivan Dixon
Melvin Van Peebles
Raoul Peck
Maya Angelou
Ayoka Chenzira
Angela Robinson
Michael Schultz
Gordon Parks
Yvonne Welbon
Orlando Bagwell
Henry Hampton
Neema Barnette
Ousmane Sembene
St. Clair Bourne
Effie T. Brown
Zeinabu Irene Davis
Abderrahmane Sissako
Keith Beauchamp
John Singleton
Antoine Fuqua
Carroll Parrott Blue
Shola Lynch
Safi Faye
Kiri Davis
F. Gary Gray
Carl Franklin
Topper Carew
Warrington Hudlin
Bill Duke
Erma Elzy-Jones
Carol Mayes
Reginald Hudlin
Anita Addison
Shonda Rhimes
Eunetta T. Boone
Mara Brock Akil
Cle Sloan
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Suzanne de Passe
Stephanie Allain
Byron Hurt
Nandi Bowe
Millicent Shelton
Fay Hauser-Price
Avon Kirkland
Alison Swan
Darnell Martin
Kathe Sandler
Marco Williams
Demetria Royals
Cheryl Dunye
Demane Davis
Sanaa Hamri
Charlie Jordan Brookins
Will Packer
Debra Martin-Chase
Shirley Neal
Tim Reid
Darryl Roberts
Yvette Lee Bowser
Jean-Marie Teno
Licinio Azevedo
Kwah Ansah
Cheick Fantamady Camara
Adler Kibe Paz
Gaston Kabare
Tania Cypriano
Branwen Okpako
Joelzito Araujo
Jonee' Ansa
Isaac Julien
Helaine Head
Veronique Doumbe
Marlon Riggs
Hosea Martin
William Greaves
Khalo Matabane
Jeannette Lindsay
Christopher C. Odom
OTHER FILM PERSONNEL :::
Bobbi Banks
Willie D. Burton
Ruth E. Carter
Steve D. Williams
Hugh A. Robertson
Lillian Benson
Vanessa Morrison
Sharen Davis
Lee Lemont
Gregory Hedgepath
Deborah Langford
Tanya Kersey
FILMS:::
* Sankofa
* Daughters of the Dust
* Malcolm X
* A Soldier's Story
* Eve's Bayou
* Lumumba
* The Spook Who Sat By The Door
* Cooley High
* The Color Purple
* Four Little Girls
* Yesterday
* Rosewood
* Antwone Fisher
* Akeela and The Bee
* The Pursuit of Happyness
* The Visit
* Adwa
* Tsotsi
* Moolaade
* Brother to Brother
* Eyes On The Prize (full series)
* When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
* What's Love Got To Do With It
* Roots (full series)
* The Untold Story of Emmett Till
* The Murder of Emmett Till
* Chisolm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
* Bamboozled
* School Daze
* Conversations with Roy DeCarava
* The Dawn at My Back
* Mystery of the Senses: Vision
* Killer of Sheep
* A Girl Like Me
* John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk
* Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes
* Bastards of the Party
* Catch A Fire
* To Sleep With Anger
* Devil In A Blue Dress
* Something New
* Get On The Bus
* I Am A Man: Black Masculinity in America
* Bamako
* The Trials of Darryl Hunt
* Brazil: An Inconvenient History
* Octavia Butler: 25 Years of Kindred
* Clementine Hunter: American Folk Artist
* Faith Ringgold: The Last Story Quilt
* Franz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
* Harlem Diary: Nine Voices of Resilience
* Furious Flower: The Black Poetic Tradition
* James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
* Lucille Clifton: Vol 1 & 2 (Lannan Library)
* Right On! Poetry on Film
* W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices
* Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
* Rwanda Rising
* Talk to Me
* The Last Days of Left Eye
* Colored Frames
* Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: The Story of Oscar Brown, Jr.
* Stomp The Yard
* The Great Debaters
* As Old As My Tongue
BUSINESS of FILM :::
Debra Martin-Chase Productions
Overbrook Entertainment
Reuben Cannon & Associates
Roz Stevenson PR
De Passe Entertainment
Park Hill Entertainment
Flavor Unit Entertainment
Ruby Red Inc. - A Media Company
Virgin Moon Entertainment Inc.
Duke Media
Rainforest Films
CodeBlack Entertainment
Gary A. Watson & Associates
Sensory Overload Productions
Sister Lee Productions
Humble Journey Films
Geechee Girls Multimedia
Sister Outsider Entertainment, LLC
Robbi Reed Entertainment
ClickStar Inc.
Revelations Entertainment
Black Pearl Filmworks, LLC
Happy Camper Productions
DownSouth Filmworks, Inc.
Dawn to Dusk Agency
Duly Noted Inc.
Iyalode Productions
DoubleBack Productions, LLC
FILM/MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT SITES :::
(click on name to go to site)
Film Life
ReelBlack
BlackFilm.com
Black Hollywood Education & Resource
Black Talent News
Organization of Black Screenwriters
Separate Cinema
Sisters in Cinema
Geechee Girls Multimedia
Urban Insider
Ruby Red - A Media Company
My Nappy ROOTS
Roz Stevenson PR
Black Assoc of Documentary Filmmakers - West
DVRepublic - Black Filmmakers Foundation
The Black Documentary Collective
Blackflix.com
African American Women in Cinema
Topper Carew - Urban Neo
Scene II Casting Company
Television, Film Producers & Artists Association
In Yo' Face Productions
Rodney Saulsberry
Kim Tumey Entertainment
Chocolate Gurl Happy Casting
The Goddess Factory
3BlackChicks.com
VideoBrasil.org
Support Black Films.com
EnJay Entertainment
Sister Outsider Entertainment, LLC
bfm - Blackfilmmaker.com
Nicole Franklin
Epiphany, Inc.
ClickStar Inc.
Revelations Entertainment
Black Pearl Filmworks, LLC
Hudlin Entertainment
National Black Programming Consortium
Pan African Arts Society
Latino International Film Institute
Imagenation Soul Cinema
Duly Noted Inc.
Iyalode Productions
The Color of Film Collaborative
DoubleBack Productions
FILM FESTIVALS :::
Pan African Film Festival - L.A.
American Black Film Festival
Hollywood Black Film Festival
San Francisco Black Film Festival
BlackLily Women Film & Music Festival
Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
Arizona Black Film Showcase
African Film Festival New York
Sphaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival
Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Blackfilmmaker Int'l Film Festival
Black Is... Culturefest
Women of Color Arts & Film
San Diego Black Film Festival
Juneteenth Film Festival
Roxbury Film Festival
JOURNALISTS/NEWSCASTERS :::
Ed Bradley
Michele Clark
Gwen Ifill
Max Robinson
Bernard Shaw
Mal Goode
Bryant Gumbel
Carole Simpson
Tony Brown
Carl T Rowan
Norma Quarles
Lu Palmer
John Sengstacke
Lee Brownlee
Ralph Wiley
Robert Abbott
Clarence Page
Michelle Miller
Russ Mitchell
Rene Syler
Randall Pinkston
Harold Dow
Bill Whitaker
William C. Matney
Nancy Maynard
Robert C. Maynard
Les Payne
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
Richard Prince
Earl Caldwell
Gerald Boyd
Paula Madison
NEWS//JOURNALISM//TV SITES :::
(click on name to go to site)
* Black Electorate
* Black Star News
* Black Technology News & Information
* Black News
* West Africa News
* The Black World Today
* The Hutchinson Report
* Tony Brown Productions
* Tony Brown's Comments
* Tavis Talks
* George Curry.com
* Richard Prince's Journal-isms
* The Chicago Defender
* OurWeekly.com - Los Angeles
* National Association of Black Journalists
* Black Commentator
* Black Agenda Report
* BlackInformant.com
* Target Market News
* Black Journalists Assoc of Southern California
* Urban America Network News
* Black College Wire - News Service
* Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
* Minority Photo - Journalism Institute
* AfricanPath - Online
* The Africa Channel
* Africast - Global Africa Network
* Afromerica.com
* USAfricaOnline.com
* The African American Channel
MAGAZINES - ART/MUSIC/FILM :::
(click on name to go to site)
* International Review of African American Art
* Black Arts Quarterly - CBMA/StanU
* Callaloo Journal
* Code Z Online-Black Visual Culture Now
* SOBO Magazine
* This Is Real Music.com
* Nu-Soul Magazine
* Miles Jaye Jazz Cafe Magazine
* Urban Drummer Magazine
* Black Filmmaker Magazine
BOOKS on ARTISTS/MUSIC/FILM :::
* African American Art and Artists
* St James Guide to: Black Artists
* Narratives of African American Art: Identity
* Reflections in Black
* Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America
* VIEWFINDERS: Black Women Photographers
* Elizabeth Catlett
* Ellen Gallagher
* Gary Simmons
* Romare Bearden: His Life and Art
* Romare Bearden: I Live in Music
* Roy De Carava: the sound i saw
* Roy De Carava: A Retrospective
* Roy De Carava: The Sweet Flypaper of Life
* The Art of Miles Davis
* Marcus Antonius Jansen: Modern Urban-Expressionism
* Gordon Parks: Half Past Autumn
* Gordon Parks: Arias in Silence
* Gordon Parks: A Choice of Weapons
* Van DerZee: Photographer 1886 * 1983
* Dancing at The Louvre: Faith Ringgold's French Collection
* Over The Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
* Paul R. Williams Architect: a legacy of style
* Betye Saar
* Betye Saar: Extending The Frozen Moment
* Betye Saar: (The David C. Driskell Series)
* Betye Saar - Colored: Consider The Rainbow
* Betye Saar: MOCA - Los Angeles
* Betye Saar: Rituals
* Betye Saar: Migrations/Transformations
* Secrets, Dialogues, Revelations: The Art of Betye and Alison Saar
* Betye Saar - Resurrection: Site Installations 1977-1987
* Lorna Simpson
* Lorna Simpson: For the Sake of the Viewer
* Lorna Simpson: Interior/Exterior, Full/Empty
* Carrie Mae Weems
* Carrie Mae Weems: The Hampton Project
* Ancestral Dialogues: Photographs of Albert Chong
* Marc Baptiste: Beautiful
* Raise Up Off Me: A Portrait of Hampton Hawes
* John Coltrane (Bill Cole)
* Dance of the Infidels: Bud Powell
* I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone
* Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter
* Notes & Tones: Musician to Musician Interviews
* Blues People
* Rhythm and Business: The Political Economy of Black Music
* Everything You'd Better Know About the Record Industry
* What The Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture
* Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic
* The Death of Black Radio
* Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever
and....INSPIRATION :::
God, parents, and ancestors
Myself
EK, LB, HMC, GT, BC
Dr. Hannibal-BBBB
black children
black women
black men
the Black Family
MLK
Coretta Scott King
Harriet Tubman
Ida B. Wells Barnett
Rosa Parks
Dorothy Height
Bessie Coleman
W.E.B. DuBois
Marcus Garvey
Nelson Mandela
Shirley Chisolm
Sojourner Truth
Muhammad Ali
Marian Anderson
Fannie Lou Hamer
Malcolm X
Madame C.J. Walker
Mahalia Jackson
Billie Holiday
Arthur Ashe
Althea Gibson
Oprah Winfrey
Florence Griffth-Joyner
Ben Carson
Earl Graves
Wilma Rudolph
Harry Belafonte
Ralph J. Bunche
William Cosby
Maya Angelou
John H. Johnson
The Tuskegee Airmen
Harold Washington
Reginald F. Lewis
Emmett Till
Mamie Till
Stevie Wonder
The Civil Rights Movement
Tommie Smith
John Carlos
Jane Bolin
Constance Baker Motley
Mae Jemison
Vonetta Flowers
Shani Davis
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Morjorie Newlin
Tiger Woods
Serena and Venus Williams
Bishop Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
Johnnie Cochran
Jackie Robinson
Dick Gregory
Robert Moses
Jim Ellis
TREASURED MOMENTS :::
Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On"
Marvin Gaye - the national anthem
Stevie Wonder - "As"
Martin Luther King - any speech
Pearl Cleage - "We Speak Your Names"