Music and Theatres

My HEY DJ! Twitter List was my first Twitter list, which I originally created to get a handle on all of the deejays I was hearing in dance music, when I got interested in it in the late 2000s, early 2010s. I’d first connected with the music in the Second …

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina

Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina by Michaela DePrince and Elaine DePrince           Michaela DePrince Is the New Face of Chase Bank

Corky Hale Uncorked!: A Life of Music, Marriage, and Making a Difference

Corky Hale Uncorked!: A Life of Music, Marriage, and Making a Difference  

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography (P.S.) by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography (P.S.) by Zora Neale Hurston, Introduction by Maya Angelou      

Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy

Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy    

Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime

Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime  

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life

Floyd Norman: An Animated Life An intimate journey through the life and career of 80-year-old Floyd Norman, the first African-American animator at Disney Studios. He later went on to develop the original Fat Albert TV special, early Sesame Street segments, and classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Floyd Norman is the “Supermensch” of …