Rose Marie McCoy – Songwriter Supreme

by Joe June 13, 2016

April 19, 1922 - January 20, 2015She grew up in an age when racial discrimination was backed by the law. She was marginalized because of her gender and faced the challenges of crushing poverty on a daily basis, but Rose Marie McCoy endured, going on to become a prolific songwriter with a career that has spanned six decades.
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Brains in Chains

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Brains in Chains“On January 1, 1863, America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln, issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Ranked in the same category as the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, this secular document, granting freedom to 3,000,000 black slaves, took on the aura of Holy Writ. Sadly, more than a…”
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Chord Wood – The American Guitar Museum

by Joe January 27, 2015

American Guitar Museum“A living instrument that talks through your fingers, speaks for your soul and gives a voice to your dreams.”
– George Freeman, Jazz Guitarist

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George Freeman – Chicago’s Jazz Monarch

by Joe September 18, 2014

It has all the unspoken yet understood intimacy of a family secret, but represents an experience and state of mind commonly shared by the world at large. Sensual, seductive and invitingly private, it nonetheless continually offers up a high-profile public face that is brashly familiar to music lovers across America. The issue in question is “jazz” and its interpretation both through and by the reigning Chicago-based jazzmeister and family patriarch, George Freeman.

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Don Balla Caterer To The Stars

by Joe September 15, 2014

DON BALLA Caterer To The Stars “Elizabeth Taylor was a doll… Edward G. Robinson was truly a gentleman.” Don Balla read-more

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…A Hunger to Achieve But Still Too Many Empty Plates

by Joe September 11, 2014

Daily News - Too Many Empty PlatesThey arrive early in the morning and line up patiently, waiting for a small breakfast often consisting of two sausages, a roll and coffee. Some request takeout food that will serve as lunch during the course of their workdays. These are the men, women and children who rely on St. John’s Bread and Life for their daily nutritional needs.
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