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Julia Press Simmons
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Charlotte Young-Foye
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Coach Coco
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Diane P. Rembert
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Braheim Gibbs
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Phoenix C. Brown, Shonda Mayes
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Karen E. Quinones Miller
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Stylist- Charlotte's Closet, Glasses- Vontelle
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Editors' note Issue 19 is here! The "Dog Days of Summer" are coming to a close, but the heat is still blazing. As everyone daydreams of the cool crisp days of autumn, Intellectual ink Magazine is focused on the vital role that "Black Bookstores" play in our communities. Issue 19 features Yona Deshommes CEO of Riverchild Media LLC, and her company's role in amplifying black authors. August/September is the season of transition, and it's a perfect time to reflect on the past year and set our sights on the year to come and the people and institutions who have our best interests at heart. As always, we've got our regular features: Charlotte's Closet takes you on her first adventure as a celebrity stylist in "Understands the Assignment." Erick S. Gray talks about "Guns in America." Haikeem Stokes takes you on a "Summertime High" with a walk-through of the Walters Art Museum, and Author Untamed invites you to "Grow and Glow with Indie Love!" In Write News, we have Naleighna Kai, and Carole McDonnell, and we're bossing up with Dawnyale Peeks. Karen E. Quinones Miller tells of the "Silent Protest March of 1917," and Coach Coco advises without judgment on the "Chat Line." We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we've enjoyed putting it together. Sending you Love & Light.
Julia Press Simmons EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Charlotte Young Foye CREATIVE DIRECTOR
CONTENTS 2. EDITOR'S NOTE 5. A&E ~ SUMMERTIME HIGH THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM AN OBSERVATION 9. WRITE NEWS~ NALEIGHNA KAI 12. EVENT ~ GROWING AND GLOWING WITH INDIE LOVE 17. WRITE NEWS~ CAROLE MCDONNELL 22. FLASH FICTION ~ THE LONELY MANOR 26. SUPPORT THE SOURCE ~ SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE BOOKSTORE 31. CHARLOTTE'S CLOSET ~ UNDERSTANDING THE ASSIGNMENT
37.YONA DESHOMMES A CONVERSATION ABOUT RIVERCHILD MEDIA LLC AND THEIR MISSION TO AMPLIFY BLACK AUTHORS 55. COACH COCO CHAT LINE
42. BOSS UP~ WITH DAWNYALE PEEKS OF BLACK PEOPLE DO READ 46. CULTURE ~ A LEARNING MOMENT 1917 SILENT PROTEST MARCH 49.BOOK REVIEW ~ THE 1619 PROJECT: A NEW ORIGIN STORY 51. OPINION ~ GUNS IN AMERICA
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SUMMERTIME HIGH The Walters Art Museum An Observation BY HAIKEEM STOKES
This seasonably comfortable morning in early July finds me traveling to Charm City. Upon arrival, I have breakfast at Saturday Morning Café located at 236 High Street. This place is so deep in the cut, that if you weren’t looking for it, you’d completely miss it, but you most certainly shouldn’t. As soon as I begin to miss it, I’ll be sure to make a return. After devouring a seafood omelet with potatoes, I travel a short distance to, The Walters Art Museum, located at 600 N. Charles Street, near the George Washington statue. It’s in a quaint pocket area that is a scenic walk from the beloved Baltimore Harbor. Once you step inside the vestibule, you feel as if you’re already inside the main hall of the museum due to its floor-toceiling glass doors and equally large marble columns. I proceed through and travel up the first flight of marble stairs, then enter the hall to my right which features weaponry and armored suits that I imagine are from the Middle Ages. The craftsmanship, intricate designs, and diversity in each piece leaves one to wonder how physically fit the wearer was to be able to walk and maneuver in such heavy apparel. Sweeping throughout the room which wraps around like a horseshoe, I observe items from the 1500-1600s such as paintings, detailing depictions of that day and time that seem quite hectic, to say the least. There’s also currency, insects, and animals on display that further draws you into the conditions of the atmosphere in that era. Making my way through the exhibit and back to the pristine marble steps, I continue up one more flight to the third floor. In the center of this room is a large statue of Adam and Eve in the