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goodnight, mama lucille

i know there will be such fierce, pretty words in heaven tonight come celebrate with me, that every day something has tried to kill me and has failed ~Lucille Clifton

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goodnight, mama naomi

oxford, ms native. first black supermodel. naomi sims.

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goodnight, papa e. lynn

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goodnight, mj

1959-2009

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goodnight, mama africa

miriam makeba, gone but not forgotten. if you haven’t seen amandla!, now is the time.

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goodnight, brother isaac

damn. another blow before i could recover from the last. and this one cuts me deep. my novel takes place during the heyday of stax music and isaac hayes is synonymous with stax.

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goodnight, uncle bernie mac

bernie mac was the cool uncle i always wished i had. so, so sorry to hear of his passing. he was a brilliant, brilliant comedian. he will be missed. when he said listen up, america. we did. and laughed, laughed, … Continue reading

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