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Jeff Huntington, "You Are What You Eat (Chloe)", Magazine clippings and acrylic on masonite, 34" x 30".  Courtesy of Porter Co… | Portraiture drawing, Painting, Art

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Oct 12, 2013 - Jeff Huntington, "You Are What You Eat (Chloe)", Magazine clippings and acrylic on masonite, 34" x 30".  Courtesy of Porter Contemporary.

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Hey black child, by: Useni Eugene Perkins

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COUNT ON ME-Whitney Houston

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Whitney Houston - Count On Me [MP3_Download Link] + Full Lyrics

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Watch Whitney Houston - Count On Me [MP3_Download Link] + Full Lyrics - KoKoYO on Dailymotion

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The artist's identity is portrayed as being transgender. And having body dysphoria.
The artist used photographs of men dressed up in women's clothing these pictures were taken in the 19th century.
We have similar cultures even now we still deal with society trying to quiet the people who are different when all we want to do is embrace ourselves for who we are.
-koren havard
I like this artwork because it shows a part of history many people act like transgender people are a new thing when in reality we have been around since even before the 19th century. This artist gives many photos and interesting stories in this article.

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I was keen to find out what visitors made of these images, especially because some of them are rather mysterious and there is so much we do not know. The studio shots of a man posing in women's clothing, for instance, were found randomly among Krafft-Ebing's papers after the sexologist's death. The photographs must have been taken in the second half of the 19th century, but they were never published or discussed in writing. Visitors immediately noted the elaborate studio setting and the careful selection of props and costumes - we talked a lot about the beautiful shoes in particular!
MORE: The Transvengers travel back in time to challenge Hirschfield and other key sexologists
Looking at large-scale reproductions of the images, we also noticed how the photographs had been manipulated: if you look closely, you can see what can best be described as 19th-century Photoshopping. In several of the images, the contours of the hips, bottom and feet are redefined, so as to make the body appear more 'feminine'.

What do we make of these images? It is impossible to know who the man in these pictures was and we can only speculate as to why they were taken in the first place. Given that cross-dressing was heavily regulated and even criminalised in many European countries at the time, visitors discussed whether these photographs offered the subject an opportunity to try out and capture a different side of himself or herself, one that could possibly not have been expressed publicly.

Public images or private interests?

Yet we also wondered how private these images really were. Perhaps they were circulated among a small group of people with similar interests or desires. After all, how did they end up in Krafft-Ebing's possession? Did the sexologist purchase them or did a medical colleague or patient pass them on?

What might Krafft-Ebing have made of these pictures? Based on what he wrote about cross-dressing in his book 'Psychopathia Sexualis'(1886), he might have thought that the individual had a "dress fetish" and was sexually aroused by wearing female clothing. He might also have looked at the pictures and wondered whether the individual was expressing homosexual desires or a wish to be a woman.

Discussing these questions in the exhibition, it became clear that it is impossible to offer definitive answers. After all, some visitors cautioned, the images might not have anything to do with the expression of innermost desires or a deep-rooted sense of self at all. Perhaps the subject was just having fun testing out or trying on different gender roles?

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Photographs as evidence of gender identity and sexuality

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Intriguing photographs from sexologists' archives suggest they could have helped people explore their gender identity and sexuality.

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Leon Richardson -  Cover Me
He is a gospel singer who has receive the Gospel Choice award.
This gospel song demonstrates the trials and tribulations that you go through to get closer to the lord. It speaks the volumes how to you should live as a Christian.

He mentions in his song that he wants God to cover him with his blood. He wants to hide behind the cross that the Lord died on.
Something that stood out to me noticing how could play the piano. He values his family and friends.
He values his family and friends.
I really enjoy his music because it brings me a sense of peace

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Leon Richardson - Cover Me Official Music Video

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Marvin Sapp- Never would have made it.
1,The song represents his ups in downs with God and how God changed his life.
-It shows  his personal relationship with God.
In Marvin's song he states-"I never could have made it without you
Yeah yeah yeah
Oh I, good God almighty" this is why I think that.
-I think Marvin feels his relationship with God is important.
-In Marvin's song he states he never would have made it without God so I believe he wouldn't want to loose the relationship with God.
-No I do not believe that his culture is different mines.
-How he is similar to me is because we both grew up in America, and he is a African American man and so am I. This is why I say are culture is the same.
-I like his music is because his life kind of resembles mines and how I found God.

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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou
What part of the artist’s identity is portrayed? The artist identity is strength
What colors, objects, or words do you see/hear that makes you think that? “Still I Rise”

What do you think this person values or thinks is important? Maya values life and being able to push through it without a care in the world.
What do you see that makes you think that? “You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.” This shows that you can say all the bad in the world about her but in the end she will still rise above it all.

Is this person from a culture similar to or different from your culture?  Very similar
How is this person similar to or different from you? Very similar to me.

Why do you like this artwork? I love Maya Angelou, she is one of my favorite poets because she show us her life and shows us that we can still make a life out of whatever you go through.

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Tyissha McKinney

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Pandora Whittier-Shepard
Similar to my culture because of our skin color and passion for music
She values her relationship just like her music

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Quanita Jackson                     Betty Wright                            "no pain no gain"

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Quanita Jackson                     Betty Wright                            "no pain no gain"

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Music i listen to coming up as a kid.
She was a soul and rhythm &blues singer she has many grammys for her hits she was a black intelligent woman she values her music and love her fans.No Pain No Gain is one of the songs i love the most.i like this art because, It's been time i have hit rock bottom and i will listen to this song.It will make me feel better nothing is easy if you want to have something.In life the trails you go through make you have the courage to keep going.

Betty Wright is similar to us as women and culture because we go through things.In relationships,job,family members or just on a day to day basic.

Betty identity portrayed whatever you was going through.She wrote down and put it in her songs and gave us.The ability to understand and take what she sing and do better are become better.As a person.

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Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 - May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as " Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night". Wright was also prominent in her use of whistle register.

Born in Miami, Florida, as Bessie Regina Norris on December 21, 1953, Wright was the youngest of seven children of Rosa Akins Braddy-Wright and her second husband, McArthur Norris. Wright began her professional career at the age of two when her siblings formed the Echoes of Joy, a gospel group. Wright contributed to vocals on the group's first album, released in 1956. Wright and her siblings performed together until 1965, when she was 11 years old.

Following the group's break-up, Wright, who was already using the name Betty Wright, decided to switch musical styles from gospel to rhythm and blues, singing in local talent shows until she was spotted by a Miami record label owner, who signed her to her first label (Deep City Records) in 1966, when she was 12. She released the singles "Thank You Baby" and "Paralyzed", which found Wright local fame in Miami. In 1967, the teen was responsible for discovering other local talents such as George and Gwen McCrae, helping them sign with the Alston Records label TK Records, part of Henry Stone's recording and distribution company. Her first album, My First Time Around, was released when she was age 14. Her first hit single was " Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do". In 1970, while still in high school, she released "Pure Love" at the age of 16.

About a year later, Wright released her signature song " Clean Up Woman", written by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke and recorded when she was 17. The record reached number two on the R&B charts, where it stayed for eight weeks. It crossed over to the pop charts, peaking at number six and staying on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks. It eventually sold over 1 million copies and was certified gold on December 30, 1971, nine days after the singer turned 18. Wright struggled with a successful follow-up until 1972 when the single "Baby Sitter" (one of Wright's first compositions) reached the top 50 of the Hot 100 and peaked at number six on the R&B charts. Another hit that emerged during this early period was 1973's "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker", which peaked at number 55 on the Hot 100 and number 10 on the R&B chart, it was the first instance (after "Baby Sitter") where Wright showed off her powerful whistle register vocals. Another successful composition was the proto- disco number "Where Is the Love" (co-written by Wright, with producers Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, from KC & The Sunshine Band). This peaked at number 15 on the R&B chart, number-two on the dance charts and crossed over to the UK, peaking at #25, leading Wright to perform overseas. Wright later won the Best R&B Song Grammy Award for composing "Where Is the Love".

A second prominent overseas hit was another proto-disco number "Shoorah! Shoorah!", issued on Alston and written by Allen Toussaint. Both songs appeared on one of Wright's most popular albums, Danger! High Voltage!, released in late 1974. It was on this album that Wright had her most successful composition, with the smooth soul ballad "Tonight Is the Night", which Wright attributed to her first sexual experiences. The original version peaked at number 28 on the R&B chart. Four years later, Wright released a "live" version of the song. The remodeled version, which included a now-famous monologue and portions of Wright's 1970 hit "Pure Love", peaked at number 11 on the R&B chart in 1978.

In 1977, Wright discovered musician Peter Brown and sang background on Brown's hits "You Should Do It" and "Dance with Me" (where her vocals were prominently featured alongside Brown's) from the successful LP A Fantasy Love Affair. In 1978, she performed a duet with shock rocker Alice Cooper on the song "No Tricks", and a year later, opened for Bob Marley on the reggae star's Survival Tour.

Wright's other albums at the end of the 1970s were less successful, and by 1981, as TK began to struggle, she moved to a bigger label, signing with Epic, where her self-titled album was released. The album was notable for the minor Stevie Wonder-composed hit, "What Are You Gonna Do with It". The same year, she contributed vocals on Richard "Dimples" Fields' Dimples album, especially on the hit "She's Got Papers on Me". In 1983, she released the album Wright Back at You, which featured compositions by Marlon Jackson of the Jacksons. In 1985, Wright formed her own label, Miss B Records, issuing the album Sevens the following year. In 1988, Wright made history as the first black female artist to score a gold album on her own label, when her 1987 album, Mother Wit achieved that certification. The album was notable for the come-back hits "No Pain, No Gain," which returned her to the top 20 on the R&B chart for the first time in a decade, and "After the Pain".

In 1990, she had a hit duet with Grayson Hugh on the remake of Champaign's 1981 hit " How 'Bout Us", and later arranged the harmonies for Gloria Estefan's " Coming Out of the Dark", which hit number 1 in 1991. Continuing to release solo material into the 1990s, her 1994 album B-Attitudes featured a remixed duet of Marvin Gaye's " Distant Lover". She then self-released several more recordings while still performing successfully as a live act.

In 2001, the compilation album The Very Best of Betty Wright was released, along with Fit for a King, her first studio album for several years. In 2008, Wright was featured on a Lil Wayne track titled "Playing with Fire". However, due to a lawsuit, the song was removed from the album online. In 2006, Wright appeared on the TV show Making the Band, appointed by Sean Combs as a vocal coach for new female group Danity Kane. She mentored several young singers and did vocal production for such artists as Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez and Joss Stone. Along with co-producers Steve Greenberg and Michael Mangini, Wright was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award in the Best Pop Album category for producing Joss Stone's album Mind Body & Soul.

Wright, Greenberg and Mangini also produced two tracks on Tom Jones's 2008 album 24 Hours: a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The Hitter" and "More Than Memories", written by Stax legend Carla Thomas. The trio also produced the debut album by Diane Birch in 2009. In December 2010, Wright was given another Grammy Award nomination for the song "Go" on the Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. The album Betty Wright: The Movie, credited to Betty Wright and the Roots, produced by Wright and Ahmir Questlove Thompson was released November 15, 2011 on Ms. B Records/ S-Curve Records. Betty Wright: The Movie also included collaborations with Joss Stone, Snoop Dogg, Lil Wayne and Lenny Williams. "Surrender", a track from the album, was nominated for a 2011 Grammy in the Best Traditional R&B Performance category. On New Year's Eve 2011, Wright appeared on the UK's BBC Two television channel, on the Jools's Annual Hootenanny show, backed by the Jools Holland Rhythm & Blue Orchestra. She performed her singles "Clean Up Woman" and "Shoorah! Shoorah!" alongside "In the Middle of the Game (Don't Change the Play)" from Betty Wright: The Movie. In 2017, Wright was honored with the National R&B Music Society Unsung Heroine Award at their Black Tie Gala & Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia, Pa. Paul Anthony and Bowlegged Lou of Full Force presented the award to her. Her last appearance was on the TV show Unsung on April 5, 2020, which was a month before her death.

Wright was married three times and had five children. In 1976, Wright married Jerome McCray and together they had a daughter. Wright and McCray divorced in 1981. Wright was married to Patrick Parker from 1982 until 1983 and together they had two children. Wright was married to Jamaican musician Noel Williams, better known as King Sporty, from 1985 until his death in 2015. Together Wright and Williams had two children.Her son Patrick Parker Jr. was killed on Christmas Day in 2005 in a shooting incident.

Wright died from cancer, on May 10, 2020 at her home in Miami. She was 66, and news of her death was first announced by her niece. Just two days earlier, fellow singer Chaka Khan had made a plea on Twitter saying "Calling all my #PrayWarriors. My beloved sister, Betty Wright @MsBettyWright, is now in need of all your prayers."

Several of Wright's works have been sampled over the years by hip hop, rock and R&B musicians. In 1992, Wright sued the producers behind Color Me Badd's breakthrough hit " I Wanna Sex You Up" after claiming they used the sample of her live version without clearance and without permission, and sued for royalties. Wright won her case, winning 35% of royalties for writing the song.

Wright won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song award for composing "Where Is the Love" at the 18th Annual Grammy Awards in 1976. She received one award from six nominations.

As lead artist

1966: "Mr Lucky"

1966: "Good Lovin'"

1968: "Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do" (#33 U.S., #15 R&B, #46 Can.)

1968: "He's Bad Bad Bad"

1968: "The Best Girls Don't Always Win"

1969: "After the Smoke is Gone" (with Steve Alaimo)

1969: "The Joy of Becoming A Woman"

1969: "Soldier Boy"

1970: "Pure Love" (#40 R&B)

1970: "I Found That Guy"

1971: "I Love the Way You Love"

1971: "Clean Up Woman" (#6 U.S., #2 R&B, gold US, #39 Can.)

1972: "Baby Sitter" (#46 U.S., #6 R&B)

1972: "Is It You, Girl?" (#18 R&B)

1972: "I'm Gettin' Tired Baby" (#42 R&B)

1973: "It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When It's Good to You)" (#72 U.S., #11 R&B)

1973: "Let Me Be Your Lovemaker" (#55 U.S., #10 R&B)

1973: "It's Bad for Me to See You" (#66 R&B)

1974: "Secretary" (#62 U.S., #12 R&B)

1975: "Tonight Is the Night" (#28 R&B)

1976: "Slip and Do It" (#21 R&B)

1976: "If I Ever Do Wrong" (#23 R&B)

1977: "Life" (#64 R&B)

1977: "You Can't See for Lookin'" (#73 R&B)

1978: "Dance with Me" (with Peter Brown) (#4 Disco, #5 R&B, #8 pop)

1978: "Tonight Is the Night, Pts. 1 & 2 (live)" (#11 R&B)

1979: "Lovin' is Really My Game" (#68 R&B)

1979: "My Love Is" (#48 R&B)

1981: "What Are You Gonna Do With It?" (#42 R&B, #61 Dance)

1981: "Goodbye You Hello Him" (#65 R&B)

1983: "She's Older Now" (#22 R&B)

1986: "Pain" (#42 UK)

1988: "No Pain, No Gain" (#14 R&B)

1988: "After the Pain" (#57 R&B)

1989: "From Pain to Joy" (#39 R&B)

1989: "Quiet Storm" (#88 R&B)

1989: "Keep Love New" (#71 R&B; #71 UK)

1990: "How 'Bout Us" (with Grayson Hugh) (#30 R&B, #67 pop, #15 adult contemporary)

1994: "For Love Alone" (#98 R&B)

2007: "Baby" (with Angie Stone) (#22 R&B, #3 Dance)

2011: "Grapes on the vine" (with Lil Wayne and the Roots)

2013: "Mama" (with Ace Hood)

2014: "Save Us" with Ace Hood

As featured artist

As a studio background vocalist

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Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 - May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as " Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night".

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Paris Jordan
02/24/2021
1. His skin color.
2. Word spoken, "I'm a young black man."
3. Life. wanting to live and not be killed by the police because of his skin color.
4. Seeing him down on his knees with a gun pointed in his face in the hands of a police officer.
5. Yes this person is from a similar culture.
6. We share the same skin color and we share the same struggle for as trying to live in a place that was built to hate our skin color.
7. I love this artwork because I am a BLACK WOMAN with 3 BLACK SONS and like he stated in his lyrics "I just wanna live, God protect me." I just want my sons, brothers and nephews to not be killed at the hands of no one especially the police, while praying that God protect us all.

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Is this person from a culture similar to or different from your culture? This person is from a culture that is similar to my culture.

How is this person similar to or different from you? The way that this person is similar to me is because we share the same ethnicity, culture values, culture identity, belong to the same social class, have some of the same experiences when it comes to racial injustice, racism and prejudice.

Why do you like this artwork? The reason why I like this song  was a tuneful work of consciousness-raising American music. What's going on looked at the forces shaping American culture  at the beginning of the 1970s, that moment when hippie-era idealism crashed into the realities of poverty, of mystifying war, drug abuse and racial misunderstanding.

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Marvin Gaye - What´s Going On - 1971 (With Lyrics)

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Linnie Williams
2/24/2021
K.Ponder
1- Is this person from a culture similar to or different from your culture? Similar culture.The way that this person is similar to me we are both celebrate the baptist faith.We are both African-American.
2- Clay Evans did not do the art work but he always had an input what would be on his album cover.I choice this album cover because even though it seems like we are a small ship we can withstand the huge waves some times life hands us.
3-What colors,objects,or words,do you see/hear that make that.
The colors i see are blue,black,and white.Blue symbolizes stability and serenity healing powers of God.Black means strength and power.White is innocent and purity. The even some time our life maybe presented with a storm we can make it though with God's help.Linnie Williams

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Jacob Wright
1) That something bad may have happened in the past to them because they use the word hero a lot.
2) I think that these people value making music because when I see one of their music videos or one of their concerts on youtube I see that they enjoy what they do.
3) They come from a different culture because they enjoy making music while I just enjoy hearing their music.
4) I like this artwork because when I feel sad I play this song and it cheers me up.

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Reading his poem of the memories of his life and his love ones allowed me to reflect on the same historical memories as well.

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/14WX1gdICAe0Fb3Ye2m1EOAZynYjYN9koTt0UyxBTCtA/edit

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LaShona Hugghis