For Dreamers, Thinkers and Achievers
By Cheryl Mattox Berry This Mother’s Day my daughter, Jasmine, flipped the script and surprised me by saying how proud she was of me for fulfilling my dream – writing “Memphis Blues,” my first novel. For the last 27 years, I’ve been her biggest cheerleader for everything she’s done – from her championship tennis days […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry SMH at the stupid conversations people allow themselves be sucked into every day. I spend quite a bit of time on the internet, researching ideas and topics. It amazes me that so many people believe everything they read. Their comments are hilarious, sad, unbelievable and downright ignorant. Some people have lost […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry To people fighting injustice and oppression in the United States and around the world, I heard the perfect song to serve as your anthem when I visited Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. The song is “Make Them Hear You.” It’s from the Broadway musical “Ragtime,” which tells the story of […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Here we go again. New allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced against R&B crooner R. Kelly. This time, Kelly is accused of holding several young women – all of them legally adults – in a cult-like environment at homes in Atlanta and Chicago. The parents of these young women claim Kelly […]
Continue ReadingBy Cheryl Mattox Berry Who needs the “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street to show that women are courageous? I don’t. We saw millions of fierce women at the Women’s March on Washington and around the world the day after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration. The 4-foot, 250-pound bronze girl, who is facing down a charging […]
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