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Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Precious Lord, take my handLead me on, let me standI am tired, I'm weak, I am wornThrough the storm, through the nightLead me on to the lightTake my hand, precious LordLead me homeThe Operation Breadbasket Orchestra & Choir: “Precious Lord, Tak...
read moreWeekly Wide-Awake: Summer of Soul
Resistance here doesn't mean revolution. It doesn't mean storming the barricades. Resistance means using art for the things that it does best, which is to create human portraits and communicate ideas and forge a climate where people of different race...
read moreTo Be Young Gifted and Black
Oh, but my joy of todayIs that we can all be proud to say"To be young, gifted and blackIs where it's at"To Be Young Gifted and Black" performed by Nina Simone I can not imagine what it must feel like to be a black person in the United States toda...
read moreI Heard It Through the Grapevine
Don't ya know that I heard it through the grapevineNot much longer would you be mineOh, don't ya know that I heard it through the grapevineAnd I'm just about, just about, just about, to lose my mindOh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am, Oh yes, I am."I Heard It...
read moreAbout Katie
Born in Louisville. Live in Atlanta. Curious by nature. Researcher by education. Writer by practice. Grateful heart by desire.
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