Category: Books

• Sermon: Alexander Crummell

  Honoring Our Saint: The Reverend Alexander Crummell UBE Sunday – Sunday, September 17, 2017, 8am and 10:15am St James Episcopal Church, Austin TX, USA Sermon by Simone Monique Barnes   I want Jesus to walk with me I want Jesus to walk with me All along my pilgrim journey I want Jesus to walk with…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  September 22, 2017

  Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Books, Church, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Regional and National Identity, Simone Monique Barnes

• Remembering Joy: RIP Maya Angelou

  Dinner with friends at a tiny restaurant in Tribeca on my birthday in 1996. It was before peak hours, so the restaurant was nearly empty. My bestie Kenya Unique Massey gave me The Complete Collected Poems (Maya Angelou). It had been on my birthday/Christmas/Kwanzaa wish list for a while, so I was surprised (thrilled) to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  May 28, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Books, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building, Performing Arts, Simone Monique Barnes, Wild Women

  Maya Angelou

• Beautiful Blackbird

  Art inspired by Ashley Bryan’s beautiful blackbird

  Simone Monique Barnes

  February 19, 2012

  Books, Literary Arts

  arts in education, artwork, ashley bryan, beautiful blackbird, children, elementary school, student, students