Cool School: James Brown Academy
James Brown Academy give back to the community whenever they can. This past winter, the academy collected toys for needy children during the holiday season.
June 18 – July 26, 2012
July 4 – 6, 2012 Holiday Weekend (No Class)
Jam Session July 27 10am – Noon
J.A.M.Pcert July 27, 2012 - The Augusta Museum of History
Education Encouraged
The pupils laughed and danced in their seats in the A. Brian Merry Elementary School cafeteria Thursday as they waited for a family member of music royalty to join them.
All month long, the students have been reading about pioneers of black history, from the political and social achievements of President Obama to the abolitionist work of Harriet Tubman.Now they got to see a link to history in person.
Deanna Brown-Thomas – a daughter of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown – spoke to third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at Brian Merry Elementary about the importance of education. She used her father’s life story as a lesson to inspire pupils to take learning seriously.
“Education was important to him,” Brown-Thomas said. “My dad didn’t get a chance to go to high school or college. He stopped at the seventh grade because the family was poor, and he had to go to work … Even though he was not able to finish school and go to high school and college and get all those great degrees, he still applied hard work.”
Brown-Thomas’ voice was loud and enthusiastic as she spelled out the word ‘Education’ and used each letter to represent a different idea.
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Mr. Don Cornelius! Rest in Love, Peace and Sooooooul!
The Legend Of James Brown In The Bay Area
Written by Story: George Livingston Jr. Posters: Livingston/Robinson Illustration: Deborah Yanez
In the early 1960s my cousin Ronnie Branch was reading the names of Posters in our garage on 15th street in Richmond. Ronnie was calling: Big Joe Turner, B. B. King, Etta James, Bobby Blue Bland, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, James Brown and The Famous Flames. These Posters were displayed in our garage by my father. A few years later our family was visiting our relatives in Los Angeles. My cousin Willease had some pictures of the current recording artist on the wall. The one that stood out was James Brown who she saw perform at the 54 Ballroom. Me looking at that picture James Brown looked so cool with his hair processed, white shirt & bowtie!
I heard the record Oh Baby Don’t You Weep which was gospel oriented with his piercing screams and background harmonies of The Famous Flames. On the James Brown album Showtime he was pouring out so much sweat that manifested the stage excitement of the man who would known as: The Explosive Mr. Dynamite.
Deanna Brown-Thomas appeared “Live” from the NAMM SHOW from Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 20, 2012
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Maze featuring Frankie Beverly shares well wishes!
I am so very proud of my BFF Deanna Brown -Thomas (Daughter of The Late "God-Father of Soul", James Brown) who was recently named by the Augusta Chronicle Newspaper (Augusta, Georgia) as one of the individuals Augusta should watch in the next decade.
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Deanna,
Giving is our mission. Helping is our service. Growing up "Brown" we learned the importance of never forgetting those who are less fortunate. There is always room to help somone thru service.After a tornado storm hit Beech Island, SC, where Mr. Brown resided for more than 30 years, in April of 2009 people in the area were devastated. The storm demolished homes and businesses. Even the local fire department was destroyed. The Brown Family Foundation donated bedding, bath and kitchen items to help the families effected start rebuilding their lives back.
