

Mr. Brooks (Leonard Jackson) is an African-American barbershop owner who runs his household with an iron fist. One day, however, Mrs. Brooks (Clarice Taylor) tires of his stern approach and embraces a nonconformist attitude that’s more in line with that of their children, including the philosophical Booker T. (D’Urville Martin) and Gideon (Glynn Turman), a black militant. Continue reading







Optimistic an urban contemporary gospel song by vocal and instrumental ensemble Sounds of Blackness, was released as the group’s first single from their debut studio album The Evolution of Gospel (1991). 








