finding inner peace, writing, art, photography, libraries, museums, live music venues, thrift stores, jewelry making, book binding, making paper (decorative), funky furniture, antique refurbishing, community activism/revitalization
phyllis montana leblanc, lt. general russel honore, the doctor that told dick cheney to go "f**k himself" on spike's "when the levees broke", anne moody, ruby dee, alice walker, gloria steinman, barack obama, cory booker, jr., paul rusesbagina, and ... adrien brody
corinne bailey rae, israel houghton, jonathan butler, nicole c mullen, marcus miller, seal, kindred, common, sting, dido, amel larrieux, dwele, floetry, donnie, india.arie, julie dexter, john legend, brooks benton, goapele, tracy chapman, dave matthews band, bonnie raitt, calvin richardson, meshell ndegeocello, bjork, U2, john mayer, indigo girls, van hunt, lenny kravitz, maroon five, three doors down, staind, hinder, sade, rachelle ferrell, gwen stefani,average white band, gypsy kings, yellowjackets, george duke, nina simone, dinah washington, saul williams, cassandra wilson, evanessence, raheem devaughn, robin thicke, norah jones, angie stone, miles davis, billie holiday, john coltrane, charlie parker, jill scott, hugh masekela, fela kuti...
surrender dorothy, clean, tsotsi, crash, brother to brother, bamboozled, lost and delirious, a feast of all saints, now and forever, a walk to remember, nine lives, the notebook, flirting, a bronx tale, zebrahead,love jones, a time to kill, imitation of life, anatomy of murder, baby face, a raisin in the sun, eves bayou, the east of eden, high art, loving jezebel, frida, cooley high, hair, raising victor vargas, run lola run, mixing nia, the girl with brains in her feet, awakenings, mildred pierce, whatever happened to baby jane, all about eve, and the children shall lead, the last picture show, hotel rwanda, coffee and cigarettes, sweet november, three of hearts, dancing in september, sometimes in april, the girl with the pearl earring, foreign student, the last best sunday
ugly betty, boston legal, shark, cold case, csi (all of em), without a trace, criminal minds, law and order (all of em), snapped, court tv
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody, A House With Four Rooms by Rumer Gooden, Pursuit to Peace by Joyce Meyers, Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver, The Spook Who Sat By the Door by Sam Greenlee, Short Eyes by Miguel Pinero, The MisEducation of the Negro by Carter Godwin Woodson, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Tar Baby by Toni Morrison, Smoke Lilies and Jade by Richard Bruce Nugent, Felon for Peace by Jerry Elmer, Eat the Document by Dana Spiotta, Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair, Big Girls Don't Cry by Connie Briscoe, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor, Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
THE MOST HIGH, my mom, my grandmother, frida kahlo, the harlem renaissance players, josephine baker, fannie lou hamer, anne moody, gloria steinman, paul robeson, richard bruce nugent