“I don’t fit into spaces. I add to spaces.” Maybe a quote from Melonie D. Parker (Google) but it is also the conundrum that so many black and brown people face in our consumer created world. This is one of the reasons I attended the ForbesBLK conference. ForbesBLK...
One hundred years ago J. Dallas Dort was Flint’s biggest hometown promotor and benefactor. Today the Dort family is mainly remembered for their contributions to the Flint Institute of Music and the St. Cecelia Society. However, in 1906 Dort paid for the services of...
Editor’s note: This month we welcome a new contributing writer to this publication. Many of you will recognize him if you frequented the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library over the past several years. Michael Madden has been a fixture in the genealogy room at the...
As the residue of Covid-19, “The Pandemic” begins to calm down, people are getting back to some form of normalcy. Weddings, parties and travel have picked up pace. During the pandemic, some names and faces became well known. Dr. Fauci was one of them. The book I...
Editors note: Many of you of “a certain age” will recall Timex watch commercials narrated by John Cameron Swayze back when television was often only seen in black and white. Here is a reminiscence. So, eight year old me had a bad habit of missing dinner. My family...
