ATLANTA – For the fall 2023 academic year, law students will study the legal life of Grammy® award-nominated, multiplatinum recording artist and serial entrepreneur Rick Ross.

Ross, also known as the “Biggest Boss” will be the focus of the fourth installment of the “Legal Life Of…” course at the Georgia State University College of Law.

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It may have been the scooped-neck red dress with the big puffy sleeves, the white skirt, white lace socks, shoes, and bag that she wore on Christmas Day, or those high-waisted sassy bell bottom jeans with the white belt that made Myriam Belasse, a young girl from Barbados stand out among the crowd. 

Either way Belasse’s mom, a professional seamstress had an eye for fashion and served as an unofficial stylist for her daughters. She worked as a professional seamstress who created stylish clothing, paired with matching accessories for her children, especially during the bank holidays. And, they became the talk of the town.

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Displaying the glow of black and brown women...

I have never seen a 12-month calendar that only contains black, positive faces. But, there are annual calendars for sale in stores like Walmart and Target filled with the “perfect photos.” You know a Caucasian mom and dad, a son, a daughter, and a little dog—huddled together, cheesing hard behind a white picket fence. These types of calendars have been around for as long as I can remember, with primarily white families as the focal point, supposedly displaying a perfect life and the “American Dream.”
But now in 2020, it’s a different day. And, I’m proud to say my desk calendar displays an “African-American Woman’s Dream,” which can be found in the Glow Photo series 2020 calendar. It’s filled with candid shots of African-American women of beautiful brown shades, and all different shapes, and sizes.

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I just want to leave a legacy for little girls who look like me to know that loving yourself gives you the ability to truly love others. With that power, and what you are passionate about, [you] can change the world. My art activism is to encourage creativity.”

-Courtney Brooks

At one point, the ArtsXchange's Jack Sinclair Gallery Curator, Visual Artist and Art Instructor Courtney Brooks resembled the same little girls she hopes to one day inspire.

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