Helping our neighbors: St. Vincent de Paul gives hot meals and baskets for Easter By Chris Rosato | April 4, 2021 at 7:28 PM CDT - Updated April 4 at 10:44 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The pandemic, brought unexpected misfortunes to families across Louisiana. And with some families not having the money to host Easter celebrations, St. Vincent de Paul stepped in, like they always do, to lend a hand.
“I think it’s going to be better. Today is a better day to have a barbeque and just live life”, said Baton Rouge resident Floyd Norman.
With a lot of our states elderly and most vulnerable already vaccinated, and with COVID-19 restrictions recently easing up a bit, this Easter was different for many people.
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Brenda Banks, One Of The First Black Women Animators In America, Dies At 72
Brenda Banks, who has died aged 72, blazed a quiet trail through the animation world, building up an impressive résumé in an industry where few Black women had succeeded before. As an animator, she worked with directors such as Ralph Bakshi who claimed, erroneously, to have discovered her and on iconic characters like the Looney Tunes and The Simpsons. Known as a private person, Banks shied away from the spotlight, but her talent spoke for itself.
Although Banks passed away on December 31, 2020, the industry is only now learning of her death. This is largely thanks to historian and animator Tom Sito, who shared the news via Facebook, noting that he’d learned of her passing through the Animation Guild. It’s in this post particularly the comments left by others that we are now seeing a much clearer picture of the artist Banks was.
In
The Souls of Black Folk, written in 1903 by W.E.B. DuBois, the author describes the African American experience as a Double Consciousness, a psychological condition brought on from living in a world as a Black person through the eyes of racist white people. Comic historian Ken Quattro was profoundly affected by DuBois work while he conducted research for IDW s
Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books, his new book chronicling the lives and work of 18 Black men the comic book industry not only forgot but barely acknowledged existed.
Men like Matt Baker, Elmer C. Stoner, Orrin C. Evans, and E. Sims Campbell may not be household names, but they are part of the group introduced in
Walt Disney World Celebrates Black History Month Soulfully
February 11, 2021
February is Black History Month and there are a few ways that Disney is participating around the Walt Disney World resort. With installations at both Disney Springs and EPCOT, “
Celebrate Soulfully” honors Black heritage through the history of jazz, plus some tasty treats. Here’s a quick look at what you can find!
Celebrate Soulfully at Disney Springs
Scattered around Disney Springs, there are art displays that are inspired by the most recent Disney-Pixar film, Soul. The art from this installation is created by up and coming Black artists, and their own unique interpretation of the movie’s main character, Joe Gardener and his connection with jazz.
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