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Tuskegee Airmen and the P51Mustang become “Red Tails”

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15,000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses; and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces. SEGREGATION IN THE ARMED FORCES During the 1920s and ‘30s, the exploits of record-setting pilots like Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart had captivated the nation, and thousands of young men and women clamored to……
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I never would have made it without you!

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Someone once said, “Tyra what would you do if you knew you could not fail?” I said I would make my impossible dreams possible. First, I would create a virtual, global community of intergenerational women, and those who love them, who are fearsome and generous, humble and honest, in pursuit of possibilities and purpose. A place to come together and create beautifully rendered intimate moments. Because of you, this impossible dream came true. The Frankly Speaking with Tyra G radio show launched in September 2017. Happy First Year Anniversary! I never would have made it without you. Every week, we……
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Your story has already been written.

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off … a designer’s original, fearfully and wonderfully made. Two hundred to six hundred million sperm fought to see who would become you! Your eyes can see 10 million shades of color. Your ears can hear 20 – 20,000 Hertz. Your body can withstand 60 degrees Celsius. Your tongue can taste 100,000 flavors. Your nose can smell 1 Trillion scents. You have a unique thumbprint, a unique heartbeat, and unique tongue print. Know your label. You are not a markdown. You are a one-off. You have no……
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Are you a closet “creative”?

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Elizabeth Gilbert’s name is synonymous with her fantastically bestselling memoir, Eat Pray Love. Eat Pray Love was borne of a moment of total collapse in her life. And you can call it “chick lit,” but it’s inspired millions to move forward with their lives, differently. Through the disorienting process of becoming a global celebrity, Elizabeth Gilbert has reflected deeply on the gift and challenge of creativity. She defines creativity, in life as in art, as choosing the path of curiosity over the path of fear. This has resonance for our common life too. And, she says, it’s not to be confused with……
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Would you believe Maria Shriver’s mirror has cracks?

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Maria Shriver’s life is often summarized in fairy tale terms. A child of the Kennedy clan in the Camelot aura of the early 1960s. Daughter of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who founded the Special Olympics, and Sargent Shriver, who founded the Peace Corps. An esteemed broadcast journalist. First lady of California. She opened up with Krista Tippett during a conversation on her show, On Being, about having a personal history that is also public history — and the ordinariness that is her life and any life, however glamorous on the outside. We experience the toughness for which the women in Maria……
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A Gift for Graduates

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“This morning I was reading a book at my favorite beach-side coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, ain’t it?” So, we started chatting. He told me he was getting ready to graduate from high school in a couple of weeks and then immediately starting his college career in the fall. “But I have no clue what I want to do with my life,” he said. “Right now, I’m just going with the flow.” And then, with eager, honest eyes, he began asking me one question after the next: “What do you……
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5 Hard Things You Need to Start Doing for Yourself on Hard Days

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

“On particularly hard days when I feel that I can’t endure, I remind myself that my track record for getting through hard days is 100% so far. And, I remind myself that hard days are necessary, to live through and to learn from. The hardest days make us who we are, inside and out. So many of us are afraid of ourselves, of our own truth, and our feelings most of all. We talk about how great the concepts of life and love and passion are, but then we subconsciously hide from them every day. We hide from our truest……
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EARTH DAY! … April 22, 2018 … End Plastic Polution!

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

I’m Done! (With Disposable Plastic) “How do you make a lasting change in your behavior? How do you take a desire to be and do better and turn it into action? In the past months, you may have been exposed to powerful information and imagery, showing the drastic tolls that plastic pollution is having on our environment, our health, and the health of the other organisms that we share the planet with. You may have even gone to the effort of finding out ways you can stop contributing to the problem, by refusing plastic straws and shopping bags, or by……
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It’s Women’s History Month: From slave to four years in the White House.

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Elizabeth Keckley was born a slave in Dinwiddie, Virginia, in February 1818. After purchasing her freedom in 1855, she became a dressmaker for the wives of the political elite in Washington. In addition to her sewing skills, Keckley was an excellent networker. By 1860, she had moved to Washington, D.C., and established her own dressmaking business. She was soon styling the Washington elite, including the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and Stephen Douglas, Lincoln’s former political rival. She had a spare style in contrast to the Victorian norm and was an expert with fit. She also scored the……
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Its Women’s History Month: What did the first woman to present a case to the United States Supreme Court wear?

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Tyra Garlington • 0 Comments

Mrs. Jewel Stradford Lafontant was the first woman of any color to present a case before the United States Supreme Court. That occasion presented her with an unusual problem. Lawyers presenting cases before that august body have always, by tradition worn white tie, striped trousers, and tailcoats. Mrs. Lafontant consulted with various males in her profession, but none of them had the slightest idea of what a woman in that position might wear. One suggested that she appear before the Supreme Court in a long white evening gown. In the end, Mrs. Lafontant solved the problem herself by designing an……
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