Category Archives: Tribute

Video | Kerry Washington Delivers the 2013 Commencement Address at Geroge Washington University

(Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images) 3 Chics loves Kerry Washington, Activist, Actress, and now she holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree from GWU. Keery’s another smart, beautiful, talented, and AWE-INSPIRING sister. Dr. Kerry Washington: Transcript of speech here: Thank you sister … Continue reading

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Photos | George W. Bush Library and Museum Dedication Ceremony

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‘Four little girls’ of Birmingham remembered: Bill seeks to award ’63 church bombing victims

MSNBC It’s been nearly 50 years since four young girls were killed after members of the Ku Klux Klan planted a bomb at their Sunday school in Birmingham, Ala., simply because of the color of their skin. But five decades … Continue reading

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Native Americans: Portraits From a Century Ago

Hat- tip  The Atlantic In the early 1900s, Seattle-based photographer Edward S. Curtis embarked on a project of epic scale, to travel the western United States and document the lives of Native Americans still untouched by Western society. Curtis secured … Continue reading

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Photos | President Obama Designates Five New National Monuments

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Video | President Obama Speaks at the 2013 Women’s History Month Reception

Updated with video U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks at a Women’s History Month reception at the White House in Washington, March 18, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS) President Obama Speaks at the Women’s History Month Reception. … Continue reading

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Saturday Open Thread | Native American Music & Chants

Native American Chants & Dances Dances, songs and chants have played a major role in the culture of Native Americans. Stories and histories have been passed from generation to generation by voice as well as movement, rather than by written … Continue reading

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Friday Open Thread | Native American Music & Chants

American Indians  traditionally used ceremonial music to connect to a spiritual realm and summon aid from supernatural  powers. In addition to its sacredness, American Indian music has evolved to  become “an essential expression of American Indian identity,” according to Gary  … Continue reading

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Thursday Open Thread | Native American Music & Chants

History of Native American Music Music was a prominent part of the Native American culture. The Native Americans had a tribal culture and each tribe had its own distinctive form of music. However there existed pan-tribal an intertribal genres of … Continue reading

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Photos | Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled at the Capitol

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