J.K.Rowling at Harvard Commencement. Continue reading
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Category: Inspirational
7/28/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Prince Ea- Why I Think This World Should End7/28/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Prince Ea- Why I Think This World Should End
Rapper Richard Williams, aka Prince Ea, gives us a rundown of various issues our generation is facing in his spoken word piece. He begins with the bold statement, “The world is coming to an end,” and proceeds to highlight key issues our generation is facing. Continue reading
7/20/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Amandla Stenberg- Don’t Cash Crop On My Cornrows
The Hunger Game’s 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg delivers a crash course on black culture with a classmate for their history class. Continue reading
7/14/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Misty Copeland- Dancing Her Dreams
Misty Copeland stopped by The View on July 6th to discuss her promotion to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theatre. Copland becomes the first African-American dancer to achieve principal status. In addition O&A NYC Magazine includes Copeland’s 60 Minutes Interview. Continue reading
7/7/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Sacrifice to Succeed- Never Give Up – Follow Your Dreams
5/30/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: President Obama Delivers Clementa Pinckney Eulogy
President Barack Obama on Friday eulogized the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims in last week’s church massacre, calling him a “man of God who lived by faith.” Continue reading
6/23/15 Inspirational Tuesday: Everything Happens For a Reason
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away they were meant to be there.
6/21/15 O&A Father’s Day: My Dad And The Naked Lady (reprint)
By Walter Rutledge
Artist And Model by Romare Bearden
Happy Father’s Day! The day always brings back great memories of my Dad. One of my favorite stories I call My Dad And The Naked Lady. Continue reading
6/16/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: Robert De Niro New York University Tisch School of the Arts’ Commencement Speech
Robert De Niro gave a speech to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts’ commencement telling the students they would have a hard time finding jobs after graduation. Double Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro told NYU’s art school grads Friday congratulations and then quickly added, “You’re fucked.” Continue reading
5/9/15 O&A Inspirational Tuesday: You’ll Never Walk Alone- The Bluebelles
The Bluebelles, and later Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, the group found success with ballads in the doo-wop genre, most notably, Down the Aisle (The Wedding Song), You’ll Never Walk Alone and Over the Rainbow. The founding members were Patti LaBelle (formerly Patricia Holt), Sundray Tucker, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. Tucker left before the group cut their first record and was replaced by Cindy Birdsong. Continue reading
