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I am thrilled to have Janet Collins, the first Black prima ballerina at The Metropolitan Opera, in my upcoming book. But it also thrills me to see her getting more recognition and exposure in other ventures. My pal Karyn Parsons (Yes, that Karyn Parsons…) is the founder of Sweet Blackberry, whose mission is to bring little-known stories of African American achievement to kids. She created a Kickstarter to fund the 20-minute short on Janet Collins’ life that she is producing with Chris Rock narrating. Sweet Blackberry has produced two previous shorts for kids (on Henry Box Brown and Garrett Morgan) narrated by Alfre Woodard and Queen Latifah. Please check out the video at this link and donate - even as little as $1 can help! - so we can get this video in homes, schools and libraries around the world.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/798791271/the-janet-collins-story-presented-by-sweet-blackbe

On this day, 97 years ago in Brooklyn, New York, we were blessed with none other than Lena Mary Calhoun Horne. Philippe Halsman took this photograph of her in 1954. Photo: Magnum Photos.

#bringbackourgirls Why has our news or no news been discussing this? I don’t care about hearing about Kim and Kanye wedding, Mayweathers girlfriend drama and Sterling’s racist ass over and over again! #bringbackourgirls IS NEWS. Information that needs to be out there to stop this before it becomes Massive then what it already has become. 200+ girls abducted…no ones looking but still looking for a plane?? This World😕