Aretha Franklin aka The Hummingbird (1942 - 2018). "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -Lori Holtz The following song was actually a hymn created (July 24, 1725) by a captain of a Negro slave ship who became a Christian and changed his racist occupation. Later, it would become the anthem of the southern KKK associations. Today, many Christian church members still sing the song during a funeral gathering or Sunday morning worship. From Ms. Aretha and the congregation, can you hear the 1970s community societal woes? Are you afraid of people-of-color preachers of the Gospel? "Why do we who are the intelligent human animals--homosapiens--fear, hate, dislike and despise other humans who are coloured differently from us?" -Michael Hollings "Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind." -William Sh...
Lifestyle Blog: Various Topics and Dear Sherlene Letters. Sherlene D. Stevens is a family appropriate blogger, and owns a help-services concierge company brand in Maryland, USA.