Brown Unicorns: Azizi, Ugochi, Meghan, Melanie, Jessica
Lois Mailou Jones
Lois FlipSnip: Written by Brown Unicorns
Lois Mind: Quote excerpted from: “Out of the Shadows, A Black Painter Finds Her Place in the Sun”. https://www.nga.gov/stories/lois-mailou-jones-place-in-the-sun.html
Lois Soul: 22061_1990_FR_AfricanDrummers. Kevin Luce. https://freesound.org/people/kevp888/
Lois Body: Grossess, 1980 Bill Hodges Gallery. https://www.artnet.com/artists/lois-mailou-jones/
Lois Bio: Compiled by Brown Unicorns from various sources. 2024
Eve L. Ewing
Eve FlipSnip:
Eve Mind: “Testify”. https://poets.org/poem/testify. Originally published in Poem-a-Day on January 28, 2022, by the Academy of American Poets.
Eve Body: Picture from https://eveewing.com/. 2024
Eve Soul: “Freedom”, Beyonce Knowles-Carter
Eve Bio: excerpt from https://eveewing.com/about. 2024
Dr. Jessica Rush Leeker
Jessica FlipSnip: Jessica’s message to her daughter Mya
Jessica Mind: Jessica’s words
Jessica Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Jessica Soul: BGSaSc Water Beach Ocean Waves Constant Splashing Rocks Many Small Waves Greece 16. Profispiesser. https://freesound.org/people/Profispiesser/
Jessica Bio: Jessica's words
Melanie N. Latson, Ed.D. Scholar-Practicioner
Melanie FlipSnip: excerpt from Simple Ant: fugitive ecologies: finding freedom in the wilderness. https://www.rootworkjournal.org/simple-ant. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47106/11111521
Melanie Mind: Melanie’s words
Melanie Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Melanie Soul: “Ye Yo”. Erykah Badu
Melanie Bio: Melanie’s words
Ugochi Emenaha, Ed.D.
Ugochi FlipSnip: excerpt from the poem “Still I Rise”. Angelou, Maya. 1978. And Still I Rise. New York, Random House.
Ugochi Mind: Ugochi’s words
Ugochi Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Ugochi Soul: “Golden”. Jill Scott
Ugochi Bio: Ugochi’s words
Meghan L. Green Ed.D.
Meghan FlipSnip: excerpt from Parable of the Sower. Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. New York :Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.
Meghan Mind: Meghan’s words
Meghan Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Meghan Soul: “Weary”. Solange Knowles
Meghan Bio: Meghan’s words
Azizi Penn
Azizi FlipSnip: Azizi’s words
Azizi Mind: Azizi’s words
Azizi Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Azizi Soul: “Before I Die”. Kirk Franklin
Azizi Bio: Azizi’s words
Our Future Daughter
Daughter FlipSnip: Channeled through Azizi
Daughter Mind: excepted with permission and support from Thendral Uthaman's blog entry, 'A Letter to my future daughter'. https://www.thendraluthaman.com/blog/a-letter-to-my-future-daughter
Daughter Body: Image by Ekaterina Panova. https://www.dreamstime.com/panova_info
Daughter Soul: "Stranger Are The Days". Karen Gibson Roc
Site Construction Credits:
Design & Construction based on Brown Unicorns’ ideas: Azizi Penn
Bokeh Background: MIT License. Copyright (c) 2024 Kevin Levron (https://codepen.io/soju22/pen/rNREwzr)
Flip Quilt based on work by: Sandy Ludosky https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandyludosky/?originalSubdomain=fr
Stars Background: pexels-felix-mittermeier-957061. Felix Mittermeier. https://www.pexels.com/@felixmittermeier/