#ageniusofthesouth

[debthelibrarian]

On the way home with my copy! #Barracoon, by #ZoraNealeHurston #AGeniusOfTheSouth #oralhistory #atlanticslavetrade #spiritualgodmother #myspiritualgodmother #cudjolewis #kossola #history

[trascapades]

📚✏🎨 #ArtIsAWeapon #Painting of the great #HarlemRenaissance #writer #activist Zora Neale Hurston by the great #artist Loïs Mailou Jones. Hurston was born on this day (January 7) in 1891. From @nmaahc: Hurston published novels, short stories, recorded African American folklore, briefly taught drama at North Carolina Central University, and worked for the Works Progress Administration. Hurston, known for her large imagination and charismatic personality, based much of her writing on life experiences, often creating characters similar to people she knew. Though Hurston had tremendous success as a writer, she passed without enough money for a burial. A neighborhood collection yielded enough for Hurston to be buried, but not enough for a headstone. It was not until 1973, when author Alice Walker, inspired by Hurston's literary work, helped arrange for a marker for Hurston’s grave that reads “A Genius of the South.” #ZoraNealeHurston #AGeniusOfTheSouth #LoïsMailouJones #BlackExcellence #BlackBrilliance #BlackWomenCreatives #HiddenHerstory #APeoplesJourney #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon

[rootedinchrist]

CRAZY FAITH:

rooted in Christ. inspired by the everyday.

minding my father’s business.

blooming quietly. a light that can’t that be dimmed.

evangelist. disciple. prophetess. kingdom builder.

anointed. called. chosen. vessel.

mother. wife. daughter. staple of my community.

spreading the gospel @rootedinchrist.

telling stories. connecting dots. covering money, wealth, innovation, economic opportunity + financial empowerment @cnnbusiness. @nytmag. + others.

adjunct faculty for journalism + comms @TBD.

advancing money + work for women @whathefem.

making women + girls feel cozy, comfortable and confident @cozygirlz.

@howard + @newmarkjschool + @columbia alumna.

honorary doctorate @howard + @TBD.

documenting southern culture + history (past, present and future) @ageniusofthesouth.

award-winning storyteller. best-selling author.

documentarian. filmmaker. DJ. producer. saxophonist. YouTuber.

anchor + host of my own show.

founder. serial entrepreneur. investor. venture capitalist.

NYT best-selling. Pulitzer-prize winning. Nobel-Peace winning.

MacArthur Genius Fellow.

Forbes 30 Under 30. Inc 30 Under 30.

key to the city: Columbia, SC.

a declared day in my name.

hometown scholarship + monument in my name.

creative arts center in my hometown to support the creative arts.

annual journalism symposium/seminar/workshop at my high school.

mentor and sponsor to young girls and women.

global citizen. servant-leader. orator. motivational speaker.

… more TK.