Culture
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A Collective Student Response to the “Chicago Statement”
We, The Damned Collective, are delighted to host the work of The Damned. Below you will read and certainly be inspired by this collective statement...
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Lessons from the Damned, 2018; or Why We Cannot wait for Tenure to Insist upon our Dignity, Respect, Power, and Value
By. Dr. G & Dr. Kimberly S. Love “The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Reflection Upon a Musical Selection: “Mary, Don’t You Weep”
By Kimberly Peeler-Ringer When Aretha Franklin recorded her live “Amazing Grace” album with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir at the New Temple...
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#eulogizingaretha: What We Need to Say About Mother Franklin
By Andrea Plaid I’m not even sure who Rev. Jasper Williams was talking about in his eulogy. I know it wasn’t Mother Franklin. Not the...
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#eulogizingaretha: The Power of Aretha Louise Franklin
By Candace Laughinghouse Unbreakable, unrestricted, understood by black women everywhere. A eulogy is a spoken “good word,” traditionally given at the final celebration of one...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Rose Is Still A Rose
By Crystal Rook The first rose I will give You will be the Prickly Wild Rose to commemorate the struggles, mountains, disappointments, battles, joys, freedom,...
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#eulogizingaretha: The Queen Saved My Soul
By Aesha Adams-Roberts I first heard Aretha Franklin’s voice when I was just seven or eight-years-old, when she sang “Freeway of Love.” I’m almost certain...
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#eulogizingaretha: Her life. Her love for us. Our love for her.
By Kim Lett Aretha Louise Franklin invited us into her world, where she demanded “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” leaving a remarkable legacy. She, through her meaningful sounds and...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Tribute to the Queen of Soul
By Heather-Elizabeth Brown Queen Aretha Franklin. Her voice soars and floats, high above this world, transporting us to a place of ethereal oneness with God,...
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#eulogizingaretha: Her Royal Legacy
By Rev. Hannah Hooks Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul was just that; a full grown woman of indomitable spirit and the embodiment of her...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Celebration of Life
By Nettrice Gaskins When Aretha sang, the birds, though they sang sweetly, hushed of their own accord. On August 31, the world witnessed a Celebration...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Queen with a Crown (That Be Down for Whatever)
By Lyvonne “Proverbs” Picou The great elder ancestor Lucille Clifton wrote, “come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Eulogy for and to Aretha Franklin
By Maisha I. K. Handy I wonder if she knew. As she spun “Respect” on repeat time and time again, living vicariously through your voice. Longing...
