‘Arts’ Archives
By Any Means (2026)
from the series Movie Corner… 3.5 Stars Out of Five Howard McQuitter II Period Piece/ Political Thriller/ Action/ True Crime Paramount Pictures By HOWARD MCQUITTER II As the summer comes to an end along with the summer blockbusters (The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, etc.) there's usually a hiatus between the summer blockbusters and the upcoming films with Oscar aspirations. However, early in September I decided to see By Any Means, directed by Elegance Bratton (The Inspection - 2022), a film set in 1966 in the heart of the Civil Rights struggle in the volatile state of Mississippi where murders, beatings and expulsions of Blacks and sympathetic whites occurred with the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. The film leads its audience to Mississippi NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer, promoter of voting rights for Blacks, who is murdered by Ku Klux Klan members. What's fresh in the minds of Black people is the murders of three civil rights workers: James Chaney, [...]
Remembering Generation 9/11:
“Children of the Ash and Light”
By Brad Trom Born into shadows cast before their firstbreath,They grew in the footprint of sudden loss anddeath.Children of a morning when the sky felldown,Carrying a quiet weight through every town.No memories of the sirens or the dust in theair,Only a framed portrait, a father not there,A mother’s steady voice when the story wastold,An aching gap left where a hand was meantto hold. Yet they are more than the tragedy thatmarked their start,They are voices of resilience, each a beatingheart.Woven through the fabric of a worldtransformed,Navigating the era where the modern stormwas formed.A global aftermath written in their blood andbone,Finding common strength in never standingalone.From the ashes of September came a risinglight:A generation stepping forward into the opennight.
GROWING UP
by Shelia Bland Growing up isGoing from Blank slateTo Everybody knows but you To Nobody knows but you To Nobody knows including you ToBlank slate
