The Color Purple
This movie has to be one of my all-time favorites. This is one of those movies More »
Memo to the NY Times: ‘Bring it on!’ (Roland S. Martin)
“Yet with the recent announcement that the New York Times plans to launch a “black†newspaper in Gainesville, Fla., black publishers nationwide are reacting with hostility to the “Old Gray Lady†trying to hone in on their turf.
The media’s obsession with skinny white girls
One of the most depressing things about grocery shopping is reading the headlines of the celebrity gossip magazines. Every issue of these More »
Demolition campaign ‘a disgrace on the continent’ (iafrica.com) PLUS a little something for the “debt forgiveness” crowd
Zimbabwe’s demolition blitz which has left hundreds of thousands homeless was a “disgrace on the continent”, Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka said Thursday, adding he would be in favour of sanctions against Harare. More »
4Evah partial to philly, baby!!
(Defected) What!? DJ Jazzy Jeff did a house mix? Time for a lesson in alternate history young children,
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) responds well to a diet change (homeschoolmath.net)
This is one of those articles that need to be sent to every parent that you know. Too many of our kids have a diet that consists of More »
Wi-Fi…in the air
from: Forbes.com
The ‘Connexion by Boeing’ high-speed in-flight Internet service has been unveiled by US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on a special Boeing 737-400 flight this week. (more…)
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Still will probably cost an arm and leg.
Building on Success (cincinnati.com)
Wilson Willard, a charter school superintendent, is expanding his Over-the-Rhine school into a charter district. The four new schools planned for fall are:
The Veritas Academy: A gifted program located in College Hill at Grace Episcopal Church, providing each student with an individualized education. More »
Friday brain dump for week of 7/22/05
This was yet another interesting week for me and this site. More »
More than a son of a famous baseball player
I heard of this venture some time ago, but I never got all of the details. The link to this business is provided at the end of this post.
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As the son of American baseball legend Jackie Robinson — who was the first African American ever allowed to play in the major leagues - David Robinson was expected by some to follow in the footsteps of his famous father. More »
Call me “Mister”
I grew up during a time of great transition in the country. One of those “transitions” was how children addressed adults. I will always remember as a child being told More »
Empty Children (John Taylor Gatto)
Not far to go now. Here is my recipe for empty children. If you want to cook whole children, as I suspect we all do, just contradict these stages in the formula: More »
Asian Ginseng
When you get some free time, check out the local herbal store in your area. Including natural herbs in your diet. You will be pleasantly surprised to see the overall improvement in your health. One thing, if you are going to incorporate herbs in your diet, you have to eliminate you daily dose of junk food (i.e. you cannot receive the full benefits of green tea while throwing down on a piece of fried chicken).
From time to time, I will try to highlight herbs that are beneficial to normalizing blood pressure and sugar levels in the body. More »
New Theatrical Distribution Company Aimed at Urban Filmgoers
LOS ANGELES — Entrepreneurs Nia Hill, D’Angela Steed and Duane Martin, with investors Will Smith and Tisha Campbell-Martin, today announced the formation of The Momentum Experience, a new theatrical distribution entity. More »
New African cable channel
1,200 Hours of Original and First Run Television Programming to Include Popular Genres: News and Information, Travel, and Lifestyle, Music, Feature Films, Documentaries, Soaps, Talk, Reality and Event Specials More »
Swingjugend
R&B music and hip hop were not the first forms of black music to gain international appeal.
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The German Swing Youth members were commonly called Swing Kids. Nazi authorities documented distinctive features of the Swing Kids in order to suppress them.
Homosexuality and the black church
Who knows? The men in the picture above could be one of your choir directors, ministry administrator, nursery worker, usher, or even your pastor. More »
BlackAmericaWeb.com throws its hat into the podcast world
PRESS RELEASE:
WHO: Best-selling African-American author Terry McMillan, Sybil Wilkes of the #1 rated, nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show More »
Sistah buys WNBA team for $10M
Sheila Johnson, who took over last month as managing partner of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, has come full-circle from her days as a high school and college cheerleader. More »
Reparations…for Hawaiians
I came across this story today this morning and found it interesting.
This movement has some of the same flaws as the reparations movement for black folk when the argument is tied to slavery. Making the case that every black person in the US has a distant relative who suffered from slavery is next to impossible because there are plenty of white out there who have at least one African slave in their lineage. On the other hand, tying reparations to those who financially suffered from Jim Crow I think has some validity. More »
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