God, please let my next relationship be with someone who has the same heart for love that i do. somebody intentional, emotionally mature, loyal, affectionate, and genuinely ready to build something that lasts. 🤍
rest in peace to this beautiful soul, Morgen Gamble. 🕊️
Morgen was a student at Clark Atlanta University who tragically lost her life in a car accident Tuesday night.
she was majoring in television, film, and radio and had the opportunity to appear as an extra in A Different World. a young woman with so much life ahead of her and dreams she was working toward.
sending my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and everyone who had the pleasure of knowing her. may she rest peacefully. 🤍
Trust God with your love story. You don’t need to download dating apps. You don’t need to enter situationships. You don’t need to obsess about the whens and wheres. Just pray. Don’t close yourself to love & don’t hide from people either. Keep doing the things you love, but let God surprise you
Maybe God is delaying your love life because you have bigger things to focus on. There are places you need to go, lessons you need to learn, and goals you need to achieve.
A relationship requires time, energy, and emotional effort. Maybe this is not your season for love. Maybe it’s your season to build yourself.
On November 14, 1960, three six-year-old Black girls walked into McDonogh 19 Elementary School in New Orleans under federal protection. Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost were among the first Black children to enter the previously segregated school, six years after the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision had declared segregated public schools unconstitutional. Their arrival was met by an angry white mob, police on horseback, threats, and families removing their children from the school.
Inside, the girls were left sitting on a bench outside the principal’s office for hours because there was no classroom prepared for them. Eventually, they began playing hopscotch on the black and white floor tiles. By the end of the day, every white student had been withdrawn, leaving the three girls and their teacher, Mrs. Meyers, essentially alone in the building.
Their isolation was not accidental. The school covered its windows with brown paper after threats of sniper attacks. The water fountains were shut off because officials feared someone might poison them. The cafeteria and playground were unavailable to the girls, and even the pencil sharpener near a window could not safely be used. For roughly a year and a half, they learned together with Mrs. Meyers while much of the outside world was kept literally behind brown paper.
Their story is sometimes overshadowed by the better-known experience of Ruby Bridges, who integrated William Frantz Elementary in New Orleans on that same day. But Tate, Etienne, and Prevost were also at the center of the struggle to dismantle school segregation in Louisiana. Their courage helped force open a system that had spent years resisting the Brown decision.
McDonogh 19 later survived Hurricane Katrina and years of neglect before Leona Tate helped save the building. It reopened in 2022 as the Tate Etienne and Prevost Center, preserving the history of the three girls and the struggle for educational equality. The original black and white hallway tiles remain, connecting today's visitors directly to the six-year-olds who once played hopscotch there while waiting for a classroom.