Today’s news has me overflowing with joy. Thrilled to share that my mom and I are working with The Kennedy Center to adapt Going Down Home with Daddy for the stage! I grew up as a theater kid. My mom took my brother Kevin and me to Pittsburgh Playhouse Junior to see fairytale classics come…
Hello Friends, I’m writing to share an important update about She Persisted: Dorothy Height. After publication, I discovered that I included an error about the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I wrote that Mahalia Jackson’s was the only female voice heard at the March and that she sang the National Anthem. Neither is correct. …
Valentine’s Day is almost here. When I wrote Miles Lewis: Matchmaker, I thought about what love means to different people. For Miles, it’s an action word. Love is shown in the way you give, care and help others. He learns that from his beloved Nana and parents, sees it around him in the community. At…
I’m thrilled to share that She Persisted: Dorothy Height debuts today. I’ve wanted to write about Dr. Dorothy I. Height ever since I learned about her in college. She was the 10th national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the sisterhood I proudly joined, and an incredible leader of civil and women’s rights. To Dr. Height,…