The Real Warriors Behind ‘The Woman King’ A new film stars Viola Davis as the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom of Dahomey The Woman King tells the story of the Agojie, an elite, all-woman army in the West African kingdom of Dahomey. Photo by Chris Hellier / Corbis via Getty Read More…
A burly burlesque comedian, raucous Pigmeat Markham starred in dozens of classic sketches including “Here Come De Judge.” He played the world’s funkiest judge: “The judge is high as a Georgia pine! Everybody’s goin’ to jail today! And to show you I don’t mean nobody no good this morning, I’m givin’ myself six months! And Read More…
Code With Kids and See What Happens – written with Karly Moura! Just a few weeks ago Adam was talking with some Principals and one commented – “I’m surprised people are still talking about coding. Do you think it’s here to stay? Most of the kids at my school won’t be programmers or work for Read More…
Jeremiah Armstead, a 19-year-old teen from Los Angeles who was homeless while in high school, has been accepted at Fisk University, an HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee, and will play basketball for its team. “Any type of adversity that I went through, for the most part, it motivated me and pushed me,” Armstead said he felt Read More…
Friday takeaways: Eastern Greene unleashes the beast in Lewis “He was able to play all four quarters,” Eastern coach Travis Wray said. “He’s not been able to finish one game due to cramping or different things because he’s playing both sides of the ball in all three phases. “But now we’ve gotten some guys healthy Read More…
The secret of Solomon’s Pillars is this: The Jachin pillar (meaning Yah establishes) is King Solomon, and the Boaz pillar (meaning strength) is King David. And these two were Israel’s most illustrious kings and also the ones mostly responsible for planning and/or building the Jewish Temple. Both kings are messianic figures. All that follows is explanatory. First, let us make it clear from the Read More…
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