Here Comes the Sun
Dear Prudence
Where the Streets Have No Name
Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?
Monday, January 23, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
The Ongoing Trend of Irresponsible Journalism copyright 4/2010 Patrick J.Z.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
A Tribute to Native Americans ~ patrick j.z. copyright. 11-01-2010
Indigenous tribes are the original pathfinder/pioneers of America's forests, mountains, waterways, deserts, and far reaching wilderness areas. They are the First People who have contributed much to her culture, her beginnings, her survival... and they still do. ~PJZ
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Black History: A Rich Contribution to a World of Diverse Cultures.
~ by Patrick J.Z. c. 2/12/2010
Through long years of slavery and drudgery, into an era of free expression, Black Americans persevered, overcame, and offered their own inimitable gifts and priceless heritage to a waiting world. PJZ
" Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
Their color is a diabolic dye." ~ Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley: Early American Poetess
"America's first black preacher, a missionary to the Cherokee, and an author, John Marrant lived a life of adventure and hardships to serve God." ~ Black History Review
John Marrant Bio John Marrant Narrative
Harriet Ross Tubman: Slave; Underground Railroad conductor; Abolitionist; Suffragist; Civil Rights Activist
"Now do you suppose He wanted me to do this just for a day, or a week? No! the Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just so long as I live, and so I do what he told me to do." ~ Harriet Ross Tubman
Harriet Ross Tubman Time line
Frederick Douglass: Slave; Editor; Abolitionist: Philosopher
"We were waiting and listening as for a bolt from the sky...we were watching...by the dim light of the stars for the dawn of a new day...we were longing for the answer to the agonizing prayers of centuries." ~ Frederick Douglass on the Emancipation Proclamation.
Frederick Douglass Time line
Unsung Valor
"The bare sight of fifty thousand armed, and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi, would end the rebellion at once." ~ Abraham Lincoln
The Black Union Soldier
Dedication and Patriotism
“Their story shouldn’t be reserved just for February. Their story should be celebrated throughout the year,” ~ Captain Gonzalez: U.S. Airman
Tuskegee Airmen
Booker T Washington: Slave; Educator; Founder of Tuskegee Institute
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has
reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed..." ~ Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington Era
George Washington Carver: Slave; Agriculturist; Chemist
"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough..." ~ George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver time line
Mississippi John Hurt: Guitarist; Blues entertainer; Recording Artist
"I taught myself to play the guitar the way I thought the guitar should sound." ~ John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt Museum
Janet Collins: Ballet Dancer; Painter
“Janet Collins dances with something of the speed of light, seeming to touch the floor only occasionally with affectionate feet..." ~ Arthur Pollack
Janet Collins Bio
Janet Collins Celebrated To Dance is to Live
Jackie Robinson: MLB player; Athlete
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being." ~ Jackie Robinson
About Jackie Robinson
Medgar Evers: Slain Civil Rights Activist
" It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don’t choose to live anywhere else. There’s land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I’m going to do it someday. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens—if the white man will let them....” ~ Medgar Evers
Tribute to Medgar Evers
Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul; Singer; Entertainer; Recording Artist
" I ain't gonna do you no wrong when you're gone...all I'm asking for is a little respect..." ~ Aretha Franklin
More Black Soul Musicians
Alex Haley: Author; Genealogy Historian; Speaker; Awarded Pulitzer Prize
“Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.” ~ Alex Haley
Alex Haley Foundation
Sidney Poitier: Actor; Director
"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values." ~ Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier Bio
Condoleezza Rice: Secretary of State; Professor; Author
"Success is not assured, but America remains resolute..." ~ Condoleezza Rice on Mid East Peace
Condoleezza Rice Bio
~ by Patrick J.Z. c. 2/12/2010
Phillis Wheatley: Slave; Poet; Author
" Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
Their color is a diabolic dye." ~ Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley: Early American Poetess
John Marrant: Born Free; Author; Preacher
"America's first black preacher, a missionary to the Cherokee, and an author, John Marrant lived a life of adventure and hardships to serve God." ~ Black History Review
John Marrant Bio John Marrant Narrative
Harriet Ross Tubman: Slave; Underground Railroad conductor; Abolitionist; Suffragist; Civil Rights Activist
"Now do you suppose He wanted me to do this just for a day, or a week? No! the Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just so long as I live, and so I do what he told me to do." ~ Harriet Ross Tubman
Harriet Ross Tubman Time line
Frederick Douglass: Slave; Editor; Abolitionist: Philosopher
"We were waiting and listening as for a bolt from the sky...we were watching...by the dim light of the stars for the dawn of a new day...we were longing for the answer to the agonizing prayers of centuries." ~ Frederick Douglass on the Emancipation Proclamation.
Frederick Douglass Time line
"The bare sight of fifty thousand armed, and drilled black soldiers on the banks of the Mississippi, would end the rebellion at once." ~ Abraham Lincoln
The Black Union Soldier
Dedication and Patriotism
“Their story shouldn’t be reserved just for February. Their story should be celebrated throughout the year,” ~ Captain Gonzalez: U.S. Airman
Tuskegee Airmen
Booker T Washington: Slave; Educator; Founder of Tuskegee Institute
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has
reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed..." ~ Booker T Washington
Booker T Washington Era
George Washington Carver: Slave; Agriculturist; Chemist
"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough..." ~ George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver time line
Mississippi John Hurt: Guitarist; Blues entertainer; Recording Artist
"I taught myself to play the guitar the way I thought the guitar should sound." ~ John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt Museum
“Janet Collins dances with something of the speed of light, seeming to touch the floor only occasionally with affectionate feet..." ~ Arthur Pollack
Janet Collins Bio
Janet Collins Celebrated To Dance is to Live
Jackie Robinson: MLB player; Athlete
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... all I ask is that you respect me as a human being." ~ Jackie Robinson
About Jackie Robinson
" It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don’t choose to live anywhere else. There’s land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I’m going to do it someday. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens—if the white man will let them....” ~ Medgar Evers
Tribute to Medgar Evers
Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul; Singer; Entertainer; Recording Artist
" I ain't gonna do you no wrong when you're gone...all I'm asking for is a little respect..." ~ Aretha Franklin
More Black Soul Musicians
Alex Haley: Author; Genealogy Historian; Speaker; Awarded Pulitzer Prize
“Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.” ~ Alex Haley
Alex Haley Foundation
Sidney Poitier: Actor; Director
"I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values." ~ Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier Bio
Condoleezza Rice: Secretary of State; Professor; Author
"Success is not assured, but America remains resolute..." ~ Condoleezza Rice on Mid East Peace
Condoleezza Rice Bio
Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Shamrock: A Glimpse into Divine Mystery
- by Patrick J.Z c. 3/2009
"Is this one leaf, or three? If one leaf, then why are there three lobes of equal size? If three leaves, then why is there just one stem? If you cannot explain so simple a mystery as the shamrock, how can you hope to understand one so profound as the Holy Trinity?" ~St Patrick
Monday, February 16, 2009
U.S. Presidents
" Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." - G. Washington
" Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." - G. Washington
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Poems
To Whom Honor is Due
by Patrick J Z c. 11/28/08
Til freedom's light shines in every land, bloody waters cover this darkened earth.
Crimson tides amidst the crashing waves; scarlet streams and countless drops,
flowing from these men and women who live and die...
with floods of tears from saddened eyes.
Be strong and of good courage loyal countrymen,
well done, faithful daughters, well done fearless sons,
Welcome home!
For these are the ones upon whom heaven smiles;
these are the ones, highly esteemed from above:
well done, faithful daughters, well done fearless sons,
Welcome home!
For these are the ones upon whom heaven smiles;
these are the ones, highly esteemed from above:
Mother's and father's who long-suffer their children.
Disciples who bear the reproaches of Christ.
Humanitarians who stretch out their hands to the poor and needy...
And the soldier, the civil servant; for they sacrifice themselves to save others.
Let my honor be as their honor...and my end as their end.
The Prevailing . copyright 2008 Patrick JZ
I leave behind the dreary lands, o'er the deadly horizon I set my sights... there my banner flies. To such a mountain now I've come; to lift the veil off the ancient curse, this tale of woe. Keep me in Thy Holy Hands, n'er to let me go...