She Works Hard For The Money, And She Loves It

I was born into the rarefied world of moneyed, blue blood Mississippi Negroes…

MARCH IS FOR BIRTHDAYS & DAMES!

It’s my birthday month! And a Happy Birthday to me! Besides March being the month I strode into this world—never mind the year, folks—it’s also the month I took to the road at the tender age of 15 and six …

Tell Your Love Story Walkin’

  Kiddies, what with a hubby and a lover, you’d think I’d be all over love like two drunks fighting over a bootleg bottle of Cutty Sark, but what the wannamaker! I’m not one for all the lovey-dovey crap. I like to …

Welcome Guys & Dolls!

I was raised to glide across highly polished floors on the arms of well-heeled colored men of distinction before choosing the best one to wed, not to shimmy my ass across brightly lit stages to the syncopated rhythm of hot …