Recent Posts Tagged With 'african american culture'

• Carolina Sweetgrass

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 14:56 in art, history, african american culture, african art, african american studies, sweetgrass, low country, basket weaving, trans atlantic slave trade, south carolina history, penn community center

  Sweetgrass Basket weaving is an African American art form and tradition that has been unique to the Charleston and Mt. Pleasant region of South Carolina for over 300 years. This craft traveled the same middle passage as the West Africans who were bro...

• Old Window: A Look into the Past

  Posted on Tuesday July 22nd, 2008 at 13:01 in american culture, memories, african american culture, Nostalgia, hassell, north carolina heritage

  This is a photo I took of a window in the back of my grandfather's childhood home. I was brave enough to step into that old house that felt like it was about to give away to weight of my body. It made every sound that you can imagine and moaned under...

• A Hard Head Makes a Soft...

  Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 19:43 in stories, holiday, urban, memories, african american culture, mothers day, black boys, black mothers

  It was always a similar speech before momma left to go to work.“I want this apartment cleaned up before I come home from work tonight. If it ain’t clean, y’all can forget about going outside this weekend. Calvin, I want you to cook tonight – ...

• Photography: Spring Fashion

  Posted on Saturday March 15th, 2008 at 16:35 in urban, washington dc, african american culture, cadillac, h street, iceberg slim, satcy adams, northeast dc, west african culture

  One cool brother on H Street (Click photo to Enlarge)I haven't posted any of my photos recently, so I decided to share this one today. This is the Washington, DC I know. Perhaps you have seen this photo before, but it is worth showing again. Enjoy th...