Grover Washington

Saluting the Many Contributions and Talents of Bette Braxton

Alan Braxton, Staff WriterApril 21, 2022

Bette Braxton, longtime friend of the Brotherhood Crusade and Bakewell Media, recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a surprise party hosted by Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., because, he said, “We all love her!”

Entertainment Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Inspire With New and Classic Work

E. Mesiyah McGinnis, Staff WriterApril 26, 2018

Revelations  by Alvin Ailey is his classic American story about the Black experience in the South in the 1950’s and 60’s. The sections are historical and take us back to the Black churches of the South, to a people’s faith in God and a willingness to die for their devout beliefs.