NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Motown Museum

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part II
DAY 3: The Motown Museum / KICK's 2nd Annual Boat Ride

I'm on the road late at night with my friend going from Ann Arbor to Detroit. I was just fooling around with light and shadow pics using a slow shutter blur on the highway...

All Photography

The next morning I was treated to breakfast in big by my good ADODI brutha and friend Yes. What more could a brutha want to start off his morning in Detroit?...

This time I got to do the Motown Museum Tour, DAMN IT!! Growing up with Marvin Gaye as a kid we played his albums all the time in our household. As awesome and memorable as Marvin's 1976 album "I Want You" is because of the artwork by African-American artist/painter Ernie Barnes, it's his socially conscious 1971 album "What's Going On" with his qool stance in the raincoat that stands out for me...

I Really Like This Picture:

Because Of The Iconic Picture Of Marvin In The Raincoat
And Then The Irony Of The Cloudy Overcoat Day
To The Left And The Motown Sign
Which Compliments This Shot Pretty Well

My Friend Calvin

The Outside Of The Motown Museum Has Marvin Gaye
Featured This Time Around

NEXT... After the Motown Museum we go to the 2nd Annual KICK Boat Ride (A Pre-Black Pride "Hotter Than July" Celebration) later that evening...

Official Website: e-kick.org

KICK
The Agency for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender
African-Americans in Metropolitan Detroit
A Michigan Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization
Serving the metro Detroit community since 1994

41 Burroughs Street
(between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue)
Suite 109
Detroit, Michigan 48202
GOOGLE MAPS

Phone: (313) 285-9733 | E-mail: info[at]e-kick.org

Official Website: e-kick.org

Mission Statement

To increase awareness of and support to Detroit's dynamic lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, culture through education and advocacy with integrity and pride.

Friends Walter, Stephen And Calvin
Sharing A Laugh

ADODI/KICK Brutha Anthony And
KICK Executive Director Curtis Lipscomb.
Curtis Does Some Outstanding Work in Detroit
And KICK Is The Largest Black SGL Advocacy
Organization In The State Of Michigan

Walter

Sistah Alfreda.
She Is So Sweet And Very Good People

Alfreda

Friends Yes and Sangoma

I LOVE How The Glow From The Industrial Plant
Glowed Orange On The Exhaust

Yes And Calvin

Levar And Ja'briel.
Too Great People I Met On The Boat Ride

Beautiful...

Brutha Levar

My Great Friends Calvin, Alfreda And Yes

Friends Sangoma And Calvin

SEE PREVIOUS
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part I
DAY 1: 1917 American Bistro /
Dabl's African Bead Gallery / Ruth Ellis Center

SEE NEXT
ROD's Summer Trip To Michigan (2011) - Part III
DAY 4: The Charles H. Wright African American Museum /
Traffic Jam Restaurant