Contemporary black men and women are making history today and will change the world, as people have before them.
Early in his online activism, he helped raise $1.5 million for Haitian earthquake relief, in 2010.
After 12-year-old Tamir Rice was murdered by Cleveland police in 2014, and his devastated mother moved into a homeless shelter, it was publicized that the boy's body remained unburied five months later. King raised over $80,000 to benefit Rice's estate and family.
DeAndre Harris was beaten by at least three men in 2017, during the infamous "Unite The Right" white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shaun King's social media campaign to publicize this injustice is credited with leading to the arrest of Daniel P. Borden, Alex Michael Ramos, and Jacob Scott Goodwin for the beating. King's campaign highlighted the ease with which white citizens can have black citizens arrested for alleged crimes, while black citizens struggle to have law enforcement agencies even investigate white criminals whose crimes are documented.
Seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes was killed in a drive-by shooting in Houston on December 30, 2018. King used his social media accounts a to spread the story, collect information from witnesses, and raise $60,000 as a reward for the arrest of the killer. Police acknowledge that information from King led to the arrests of Eric Black Jr. and Larry Woodruffe.
Shaun King is changing the world. Follow his activism and consider supporting the work he does.
If we could put Ella Fitzgerald, Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, Eartha Kitt, and Lizzo into a blender, the resulting magnificence would be Andra Day!
She has worked as a performer and recording artist in the music business, and recorded songs for movie soundtracks. Her acting credits are the foundation of an impressive filmography.
Her youtube.com channel is a wonderful collection of her work.
Recently, she starred as Billie Holiday in the movie "United States vs. Billie Holiday." Her Oscar-worthy performance is breathtaking. Her beauty, skill, and determination are present in every breath of every scene in the movie.
Day has worked with Stevie Wonder, Common, and Lenny Kravitz. She performed at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, has appeared in television commercials, and is building a collection of awards.
Her records have all received critical acclaim, and her concerts are regularly sold-out.
Andra Day is slowly and surely becoming a major forcve in the American entertainment industry.
If you have neither seen nor heard her, please purchase her music, get a concert ticket and watch her movie.
Andra Day is the future of American entertainment.
Andra Day mashes-up Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On": https://youtu.be/9OyCd__Ty9E
She currently resides in New York, and continues to create music and work with some of the world's biggest talents. Gail Ann is one of today's internationally acclaimed artists that you can see perform both in the largest arenas and the most intimate nightclubs.
If you are not familiar with her work, today is the day to start; and I highly recommend her live performances.
Watch Gail Ann Dorsey perform "Under Pressure" with David Bowie: https://youtu.be/DWtSyorjXv4
In his mid-thirties, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art curated Johnson's first major museum solo exhibition; an amazing and hard-earned feat.
He works with paint, sculpture, photography, and audio and video installations. Johnson's work is dynamic, bold and totally accessible. In his 2016 show "Rashid Johnson, Fly Away" an installation of metal shelving and living plants pushed forward a dialog of science and black culture.
In 2020, he produced "Untitled Anxious Red Drawings" as a benefit for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund of the World Health Organization.
Rashid Johnson's work is changing the art world, and therefore is changing the world.
I love his work and am sad to say I do not have any in my collection. Pay attention to the museums and galleries in your area and see one of his exhibitions. You will not be disappointed.
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