“I’d get off work and then go to her house and cook dinner,” she said.
It made for long, exhausting days.
“I kept thinking that if I had something like Nippy’s, that offered good home-cooked food, I wouldn’t have had to do all that.”
By Nippy’s, she means Nippy’s Soul Food Restaurant, currently located at 17th and Queen streets in Wilmington. She opened the business in 2018 with her brother, William Bordeaux, and husband, Russell Corbett.
Named in honor of her mother, Corbett wanted to provide other families in the community those same recipes that she made with love for years oxtails, turkey wings, fish and grits, liver and onions.
NEPTUNE - These four former Black-owned restaurants fed people across Neptune and Asbury Park, but the people behind them did so much more.
These owners fed families who couldn t afford to pay the bill, employed members of their community and encouraged others to open their own businesses.
Those four Black restaurateurs Clara Bowens, who owned Clara’s Place; Geneva Foreman of Geneva’s Soul Food Restaurant; Moses Keel of Moe s Greenhouse Luncheonette; and Frank and Mary Baity of Frank & Mary’s Luncheonette are being honored in Neptune s virtual Black History Month celebration. To say they helped others, yes, that’s a common thread, said Dianna Harris, chairwoman of Neptune s Black History Month Planning Committee. They were always willing to help the community whether they fed them or encouraged or employed them.
Cicely Tysonâs Harlem: Dance, Jazz, Faith and Waffles
Cicely Tyson, who died in January, was famous all over the world. But her heart was at home, in Harlem.
Cicely Tyson was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the 1972 movie “Sounder,” and won many other awards, but she never forgot Harlem.Credit.Bettmann, via Getty Images
Feb. 18, 2021
In her autobiography, âJust as I Am,â Cicely Tyson recalled arriving in the place she would consider home for the rest of her life.
It was the spring of 1927, and Ms. Tyson was a toddler when her family moved to East Harlem. âMy earliest memory is a street address,â she wrote. âThe memory is of arriving home and seeing the address on the building.â
SCLC Celebrates King Legacy Week 2021
By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion Editor
Published January 13, 2021
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (File photo)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California will host several events as part of their King Legacy Week 2021, which commemorates the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme is “A New Day!”
Among the highlights is the MLK Legacy Awards and Virtual Gala set for Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. Actress Anne Marie Johnson will serve as emcee for the occasion.
The honorees include Phil Washington, CEO of L.A. Metropolitan Transit Authority; the Rev. John Cager, pastor of Ward AME Church; Dr. Daniel Black, an author and professor; Erma “Granny” Hall Woods, a veteran union activist; and Wonman Joseph Williams of Black Lives Matter L.A.