Carolyn Bryant Dunham was named nearly 67 years ago in a warrant that accused her in Emmett till’s abduction even before his mangled body was found in a river FBI records show that she was never arrested or brought to trial in a case that shocked the world for its brutality
Toby Dorr, in 2006, helped an inmate escape from prison. They went on the run for 12 days, and of course, she got caught, and I ended up with a 27-month prison sentence. And during that time, Dorr realized that so many of the women I was in prison with had children; I had children too, but my children happened to be adults, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t scar them or hurt them. My being in prison, in fact, still has the effects of it today, and I think it’s just tragic.
General Gordon-Bray talked about the state of America we also discussed his involvement in HBCUs. Brigadier General Arnold Gordon-Bray completed over three decades of service in the United States Army where he demonstrated professional leadership skills in strategic communications, combat operations, foreign affairs, and effective modernization in support of the Department of Defense and National Interests. As Owner and founder of ANGB Consulting LLC, his major endeavors now include Consultant for Threat Emulations, an independent consultant with Burdeshaw Inc., and pursuing his passion with 360 Cradle to Careers (a nonprofit committed to changing outcomes for underserved Americans in HUD housing through STEM education and innovation networks, and Envision centers); Dakar Interactive, (a collaborative environment for arts and STEM); Additionally, he consults and advises on myriad issues involving American interests Strategically, Operations and humanitarian concerns at home and abroad. His interests and experience have afforded him the opportunity to participate on myriad National, State, and Community Boards including the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission and he is a Lieutenant-Governor within Kiwanis International Carolina District.
Resident historian Sharon Sanders Brooks we talk about Black Women in the legal profession that have been trailblazers.
Harold Smith is a Kansas City born and based visual artist who’s internationally exhibited and collected work includes painting, collage, mixed media, performance, video, sound, and assemblage.
His broad practice addresses issues of the complexity of the black male experience in the Western world through exploring the tension between Westernized societal perceptions of and attitudes toward black masculinity and how these perceptions and attitudes impact it.
In his “Man of Color” series, Harold addresses these issues through his use of color, stroke, texture, line, and space.
Harold’s practice is grounded in the social commentary tradition of figurative urban expressionism embodied by artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Kerry James Marshall, and others.
His usage of clashing palettes and aggressive strokes creates a visual incarnation of the issues addressed in his work.
Primarily a self-taught painter, Smith received a BS in Computer Science from Union College and a MAT in Multidisciplinary Studies from Webster University.
Harold has been the subject of solo exhibitions and included in group exhibitions at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art and the American Jazz Museum.
He has also been included in group exhibitions at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and the Charlotte Street Foundation.
1962 Born in Kansas City
1981 Graduated from high school
1983 Earned an AA degree in Data Processing
1985 Graduated with a BS degree in Computer Science
1989 Began a four year missionary assignment
1994 Graduated with a MAT degree in Multicultural Studies
2000 First public exhibition at Kansas City Kansas Community College
2006 First exhibition outside of Kansas City (Newport, RI)
2011 Solo exhibition “Colors of Jazz” at the American Jazz Museum
2014 Artist in Residence at Cognac Blue Passions (Cognac, France)
2019 “Can You See Me” exhibition at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art
2020 Muralist in the citywide “Black Lives Matter” mural project
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