All posts tagged "Aretha Franklin"
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#eulogizingaretha: In the Belly of the Feast & the Favor…
By Esther A. Armah I think the Ancestors call her ‘Queen Re Re’. This voice. Unsaid words and sounds that erupted, sometimes emerged, soothing, or...
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#eulogizingaretha: From a Daughter Whose Mother Loved Aretha
By Idrissa Simmonds There is a generation of Black girls born at a time when our mothers spoke the name Aretha in the house with...
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#eulogizingaretha: She was ours
By Crystal deGregory She was ours. So many of us called her simply, “Aretha.” For so long, there was only one person so singularly associated...
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#eulogizingaretha: For Aretha
By Frances Gaillard Parker In 1970, I considered myself a “supporter” of The Soledad Brothers and Angela Davis. I entered high school in the fall...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Final Good Word
By Janell Hobson On the day we gathered for the homegoing of Aretha Franklin, undisputed Queen of Soul, the Buckingham Palace guard paid tribute with...
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#eulogizingaretha: An Introduction (and contextualization)
A little over a week ago, after sitting through seven-plus hours of Black Church homegoing bliss fit for a queen, many of us sat in utter...
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In Our Solitude
By Tanwi Nandini Islam Let’s begin with a riddle: What’s something that exhausts itself, yet never disappears? A few answers: Self. Others. Identity. Love. I’m...