Friday, March 14, 2008

Laila Ali! The Million Dollar Woman!











Laila Ali is the daughter of Heavy Weight Champion Muhhamud Ali. She herself is an undefeated Heavy Weight Champion, Model, Television Show Host and Co-host as well, and the Co-author of her own Book "Reach." Laila wedded former NFL Quarterback Curtis Conway in the summer of 2007. She is another Dream Girl because she allows her light to shine in many ways and continues to do so by *reaching (refer to her book) out to others who need her courage and inspiration, as well as those that are less fortunate and she has a special place in her heart for the less fortunate.

Unlike so many celebrities in the spotlight, Laila refuses to take people and what she does for a living for granted and she proved that when she opened up to the world, truely like no other, leaving her audiences and fans driven to reach. She reached out to those who have been in her shoes and are there now, but with a touch of love; she did this by sharing her most intimate life learned lessons. The Book is beyond all of that and more! Laila is a beautiful, jazzy, intelligent, intriguing, vibrant, and vivacious woman who has the talent to reach even higher heights, and at the same time, she dares those from all walks of life to believe in themselves and stick to what you want out of life with grace, poise, dignity, humility, love, and patience. What other celebrity, regardless of status and direction from which their fame comes, wants you to succeed at whatever you touch? NO BODY at all comes close to her. She not only talks the talk, but she walks the walk! Like it was stated earlier, NOT ONE NAME comes to mind, but hers! You go girl, with your bad self!

Monday, March 10, 2008

ROSA PARKS

Rosa Parks is the woman that started the Civil Rights Movement. Becuase of her profound prophetic act of refusing to give up her seat to a White Passenger on a bus, a 381 day Bus Boycott was started in Montgomery, Alabama, after she was arrested and made to pay a $14.00 fine for civil disobediance, landing her the title of "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." Rosa Parks had no idea that her refusing to give up her seat would make African Americans free today to sit anywhere they want to on any bus, nationwide. She is another Dream Girl because she dared any black person to feel as though they were as equal as the next person and dared you to believe that you deserved to be treated as a Child of God and not Dirt in the woods. She went home to the lord, taking her final rest, in the City of Detroit, Michigan on Monday October 24, 2005 after a job well done.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Leo Frank Exhibit


Visiting this museum was a new experience for me. I had heard about the Holocaust many times but it became a reality to me while visiting the William Breman Jewish Museum. Blacks as well as Jews have much more in common than I realized.


Just in observation, it seems to me whites hated Jews as much as they hated blacks. This was an eye-opener to me. To know that they would take the word of a black man over a white man, even though he was a Jew, is something to phathom. It is wonderful learning new things and visiting new places and just allowing myself to think outside of the box.





Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973) is a former American supermodel, television personality, talk show host, actress, and singer.[2][3][4] She first emerged to prominence on the catwalks of Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, and New York, but her work in the commercial world was her breakthrough. She is best known as hostess/judge of the reality television show America's Next Top Model since its 2003 debut, and is currently hosting her own Daytime Emmy Award-nominated talk show, The Tyra Banks Show. Banks is one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine.




Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player, former World No. 1, and the reigning Wimbledon singles champion. As of January 28, 2008, she is the top ranked American woman.
Williams has won the Olympic gold medal in women's tennis and 14 Grand Slam titles, including six singles (four at Wimbledon and two at the U.S. Open), six women's doubles, and two mixed doubles titles. She is the older sister of fellow former World No. 1 tennis player Serena Williams. The Williams sisters are noted for their power games: Venus currently holds the record for the fastest serve ever recorded in a professional WTA tour main draw match (129 mph).[1