The Boy Who Learned to Fly, an animated film based on the life of Usain Bolt. This is the story of the fastest man in the world, who almost never was. Continue reading
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Tag: Inspiration Tuesday
8/16/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: O&A NYC Inspirational Tuesday: When you don’t give up..You cannot fail!- The Derek Redmond Story by Connie Lynne
It was Monday night, August 3, at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. At the track and field stadium, the gun sounded for the 400-meter semifinals. About 100 meters into the race, Britain’s Derek Redmond crumpled to the track with a torn right hamstring. Medical attendants rushed out to assist him, but as they approached Redmond, he waved them all aside, struggled to his feet, and crawled and hopped in a desperate effort to finish the race. Continue reading
8/2/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: President Barack Obama’s 2016 Democratic National Convention Speech
President Barack Obama painted an optimistic picture of America’s future and offered full-throated support for Hillary Clinton’s bid to defeat Republican Donald Trump in a speech that electrified the Democratic National Convention.
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6/19/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Inspiring words from Oprah Winfrey
6/28/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Jesse Williams BET Speech
Actor Jesse Williams discusses race relations and equal rights in America at the BET Awards. The actor, who received the network’s humanitarian award from BET chairman and CEO Debra Lee, for his prominent role in the Black Lives Matter movement, dedicated his award to “the activists, the civil rights attorneys, the struggling parents, the families, the teachers, the students that are realizing that a system built to divide and impoverish and destroy us cannot stand if we do.” Continue reading
5/17/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: President Obama Delivers Commencement Address At Howard University
United States President, Barack H. Obama, delivered the keynote address during Howard University’s 2016 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 7, 2016. Continue reading
5/10/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: Loretta Lynch’s Statement On North Carolina Bathroom Law
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch held a press conference Monday to announce legal action the Department of Justice is taking against the state of North Carolina because of the so-called bathroom bill, also known as HB2. Continue reading
5/3/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY: President Obama White House Correspondents Dinner 2016
The 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner was President Barack Obama’s final run as comedian in chief. President Obama closed his speech with “Obama out” and a mic drop before receiving a standing ovation from Washington and Hollywood bigwigs. Continue reading
4/26/16 O&A NYC INSPIRATIONAL TUESDAY- REMEMBERING PRINCE: The Beautiful Ones- Prince and Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland first came to the general public’s attention in 2009 when she appeared in Prince’s video Crimson and Clover. Then a soloist and nine year member of American Ballet Theatre, Copeland received a phone call one morning “I was asked if Prince could have my cell number…I was literally still waking up. ‘What? Prince who?'” The next day she headed to Los Angeles for the video shoot. Continue reading
