Five Lit Girls (2019) Original The emerging African American middle

The emerging African American middle class bought automobiles but faced various dangers along the road

It's a journey filled with feelings of inadequacy and an obligation to appear to be something other than themselves

The Keyboardist celebrates the Black innovators who shaped jazz through rhythm

the surface carries traces of time—what is recorded

blowing flowers from my childhood

Five Lit Girls (2019) Original The emerging African American middle"Five Lit Girls" in a dynamic urban neighborhood where they are merged as one with their environment, i. e., their culture, their history, and their futures. The girls are rooted in the historical experience of African American people both distinct and enormously influential on American culture as a whole.