Soul Music You Probably Forgot About by S. A. Miller Soul Music is Powerful, Rhythmic, Soothing, Energizing, Funky, Groovy, Unapologetic, Spiritual, Essential, Expressive, Internal, and Enduring. For me, Soul Music has always been Memorable, so for June, which is Black Music Month, I want to turn you on to some of my reflections of Soul Music. I am a child of the sixties and seventies when it comes to Soul Music. A lot of the music from those years still hold specific memories from fifty years ago, but it’s not…
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Twice in my last three years in Atlanta – once biking in Grove Park, once walking in Virginia-Highland – I’ve had to call an ambulance for a complete stranger. Both times, the person was unconscious and suffering a clear medical emergency. Both times, I wasn’t convinced I was doing the right thing. I knew they needed the help, but I had no idea if they could handle the bill. We might be home to the CDC, but the average Atlantan still struggles to get what they need to stay healthy.…
Georgia slavery descendants fight to keep land in their family By William R. Maurer and Betsy Sanz Georgia farmers James and Helen Smith cherished their land in Sparta, Georgia, about 100 miles east of Atlanta. The property, which the family acquired in the 1920s, was part of a former cotton plantation where Helen’s mother was born a slave The Smiths vowed never to give the land back. They farmed it, raised their children on it, and passed it to their heirs with an admonition: Keep it in the family. Blaine…
By Dr. Don Rowe, MD, FACC, Piedmont Heart Institute We continue to live through a public health tragedy. If there is any hope to be drawn from so much hardship and loss, it’s that COVID-19 has reignited new conversations about disease awareness and the inequality that still exists in our healthcare system. As a cardiologist practicing in Atlanta, who has been treating heart disease for 13 years, I’ve witnessed how delayed visits can impact care within our community. It is always upsetting when patients come to my office with advanced…
By S. A. Miller, Soul Perspectives We are living in a unique time in the United States. Over the last ten years or so, we have been witnessing what I call Black Woman Excellence (BWE). While we extol the emergence of Black Girl Magic, Black women are affecting U. S. society in so many ways, that it has gone beyond magic and has become a profile in excellence. Black women are excelling in many areas including Science and Technology, the Judiciary, Government and Politics, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Education, Entertainment, Medicine,…
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An Editorial Free, White And 36 U. S. Fifth District Congressman Charles L. Weltner was elected to Congress with very strong Negro support. He has greatly disappointed Negro voters by his opposition to most of the important parts of President Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bills. To add insult to injury, Mr. Weltner released his negative views on Civil Rights to the press shortly after the President made his historic Civil Rights speech, that was so heartwarming and encouraging to Negroes and other fair-minded Americans. In a meeting of white and Negro…
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