Dr. Barbara Ann Teer
1937 - 2008

Founder and CEO
The National Black Theatre -
Institute of Action Arts
" The Legacy Lives On " !

Please Read More Here.

TIM RUSSERT

1950 - 2008

(host of


Meet the Press)

We Share the Loss

We share the sorrow of the passing of Tim Russert with our colleagues in the Press and extend sincere condolences to his immediate and extended families.

We are all challenged to measure up to the standards of fairness, civility, integrity and responsibility that he exemplified and to carry on his legacy of excellence.

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The Editor
Urban Cartographer Online

Luciano Pavorotti

A great musician who,
to paraphrase Aretha Franklin,
showed all of the families of humanity
" R-E-S-P-E-C-T " !

Please Read More Here.

Max Roach
(1924 - 2007)

"An Outstanding musician
and Human Rights advocate."



"A voice of vision and sanity
during some very troubled times."



"Many people shall be eternally grateful
for the contributions of Max Roach
for the uplift of humanity."
- The Editor

"What he leaves is very, very important . . .
He was class and intelligent
and he was a teacher. "
- Bill Cosby

Read More Here

"Human Rights Activists and Jazz World
Mourn the Loss of Max Roach"

Read More Here

"Family Issues Statement
on the Occasion of Max Roach's Passing "

Read More Here

"Max Roach,
Legendary Musician, Composer and Educator "

Read More Here

"Max Roach's
funeral photographs"

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In Loving Memory

James Brown Speaks
About Today's Songs

"I firmly believe that Black music should never be 'dirty.'
And if you think about it, how could it be, unless someone . . . was allowing it?"

"The FCC controls the licensing of everything
connected to broadcasting.
If they don't want something on the air,
it doesn't get on.
Conversely, whatever material does make it on the airwaves
is the material that they have deemed 'appropriate.' "

Read More Here

Gerald Rudolph Ford
(1913 - 2006)

(If not home by Christmas,
At least by New Year's Eve.)

"God only wants the Good Stuff"
( - Mama)

Is it time for
another Ford in our future?

Learn more at the
Ford Presidential Library

President Gerald Ford speaks about
Personal & Social Responsibility:

"No man should have to clean up
after another man's dog."

Read More Here
about his Moral Leadership
With More Information Here.

"Lady Bird" Johnson
(1912 - 2007)


We gratefully remember and honor the life and work of Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson.

As we do, it would do us all well to ask:

How do the elements of today's society (religious, government, education, corporate, entertainment, news media, sports and personal) measure up under the scrutiny and spotlight of the ideals of America -- "We the People" who claim to "hold these truths to be self-evident . . . . " ?

It is a sobering challenge to live up to.

Learn more at the
LBJ Presidential Library

"MAMA TAUGHT ME"

Momma taught me. Momma brought me.
Momma kept me from becoming too haughty.
Momma sought me. Momma fought me.
And showed me with what a true Christian ought to be.

Momma taught me how to love.
Momma taught me how to pray.
Momma taught me how to sing.
Praises to my God every day.

Momma taught me how to smile,
Even when my heart was breaking.
Momma taught poise and style,
In the midst of my undertaking.

Momma taught me to respect.
Momma taught me not to neglect,
Momma taught me to preserve and protect
Those not blessed with my intellect.

Yes, momma taught us, and taught us well.
That is why we would like to tell
All you good people, that our mom is swell:
She just may have saved our souls from hell.

Copyright © 1995 - 2009 by 
Prince L. Manley,
Son, in loving memory of, and tribute to,
Surella Jane Spry
(1937 - 2007).
Reprinted with permission.

In Memory of Police Officers
Shawn Carson & Robert Nguyen 

Police Officer Shawn Carson

Police Officer Robert Nguyen

A living memorial for
Officer Shawn Carson and
his partner, Officer Robert Nguyen
Read More Here

Many saints and scoundrels have left the land of the living during 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Knowing this, we all ought to consider our own mortality and resolve to creatively solve in a positive manner the many problems and issues confronting us without the mean spiritedness that has been a hallmark of the past.

"Polar bears are drowning while nitwits, nincompoops and nutty numbskulls are clowning."

Yes there are other "N - words" if you choose to use them.

It's way past time to wake up!

Truth, peace and reconciliation are long overdue.

"God bless America, my home sweet home.

God spare America the fate of Rome!"

Please read Proverbs 3:5-6, (1-35)

As many people remember the life and work of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr on the anniversary of his untimely death, prayers are extended that all of the families of humanity and their leaders will soon understand and act constructively on his message.



Yes, Jesus loves YOU!

The Bible tells me so.

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The Editor