What African-American Inspired You?

[PeaceNHarmony]

I have several. A high school teacher and I regret I don't remember his name. Aretha. School friends Teena Walker and Quentin Evans. Diana. Adult-life friends Arthur Frazier, Daun, Javon. Harriet Tubman. Many current fiction and non-fiction authors. Tina. And more.

[sansradio]

My parents.

[marv2]

My Grandfather. Mr. Roosevelt Sherer!

[PeaceNHarmony]

My parents.
Doesn't get any better than that.

[tjl]

Mrs. Wilson, a pre-school teacher when I was very young. Esther Rolle & John Amos, Dr. King, Smokey & Claudette, Bobby and Pete, Richard Roundtree, Jocko Henderson, Bobby Jay and many friends everyday and throughout life.

[arr&bee]

My mom...every time she reached for that belt.

[Motown Eddie]

Too many to list them all but...

My Parents & My Family
Dr. Martin Luther King
Former President Obama
James Brown
Aretha Franklin
Stevie Wonder
Prince
The Temptations
Marvin Gaye
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Curtis Mayfield
Sam Cooke
Otis Redding

[luke]

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King

[glencro]

Definitely my parents

[nysister]

My parents!

Soul Brother Number One, James Brown. Words cannot describe what this little dark child felt upon hearing for the first time on the radio, "Um with your bad self, say it loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." Just writing about this brings tears to my eyes.