The Minstrel’s MelodyBy: Eleanora E. TateMelissa WhiteThe Minstrel’s Melody is a story about a girl named Orphelia Bruce in 1904. She is twelve years old and wants to perform like the famous Madame Merrita, a famous lady with a traveling troupe, but, for some reason, her mom will not let her perf...
Praise God for my good health. April arrived in Harlem still so chilly I fixed echinacea and goldenseal teas each morning to ward off colds, pneumonia, and croup, after walking home every night in wet clothes. After three weeks here I hadn’t seen a single show in New York, but I did know that Har...