Saturday Night Music, March 26, 2011: En Vogue, “(My Lovin’) You’re Never Gonna Get It,” 1992
• March 26, 2011 • 7 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, En Vogue, Fashion, Jody Watley, Love, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "(My Lovin') Never Gonna Get It", "Funky Divas", African Americans, Alameda County, American Music Award, Arts and Entertainment, Baltimore, Billboard (magazine), California, Children, Dawn Robinson, EnVogue, Foster & McElroy, Girl Group, Jody Watley, Love, MTV Video Music Awards, Music, New York, Oakland, Oakland CA, Rufftown Records, The Nineties, United States
Technical Difficulties…and Some Updates on Long Running Stories: Mitrice, Oscar Grant
• November 8, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Fashion, India, Indonesia, Islam/Sufism, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, South Korea, Stroke, Television, The Economy, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Alameda County, Anne Soble, Aretha Franklin, Barack Obama, BART, BART Police, Black Women, Blacks, Blue Screens, California, Constables on Patrol, Coroner, Error Messages, Indonesia, Jack and Jill Politics, Johannes Mehserle, Laptop Computer, Latrice Sutton, LGBT, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County California, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant III, Police Cover-Up, Police Murder, Police Shooting, Protesters, Rebooting, Republicans, Sheriff, Sheriff Lee Baca, Technical Difficulties
“Dr. Laura” Caller Nita ‘Jade’ Hanson on “Larry King Live”: Next Time, Sista, Go to a Qualified Shrink to Work Out Your Problems, Especially Not a Wing Nut Radio Talk Show Host
• August 20, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Larry King Live", "Strawberry Letter", "Two Mules for Sister Sara", African Americans, Anonymity, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Cheap, Clint Eastwood, Confrontation, Consumer, Consumerism, Cowards, Dr. Laura, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Ed Schultz, Faux Noise, Fox News, Hate Speech, Howard Stern, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Love, Madison WI, Marriage, Nita 'Jade' Hanson, Nita Hanson, Oakland CA, Oaktown, President Barack Obama, Psychologists, Psychology, Racism, Radio Talk Show, Randi Rhodes, Rush Limbaugh, Self-Respect, Shrinks, Snakes, Southside Madison, Stereotypes, Steve Harvey, Stranger, Talk Radio, The First Amendment, The N Word, Therapists, Therapy
Johannes Mehserle Sentencing Delayed to Find Grounds for Appeal
• July 17, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Appealing, Barbara Rodgers, BART, BART Police, Beating, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Excuse, Fruitvale Station, Grounds for Appeal, Guilty, Indefinite Delay, Innocent, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Justice Delayed, Latinos, Michael Rains, MSM, Murder, New America Media, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Officers, Racism, Reckless, Sentence, Sentencing Delay, Shooting, Stalling, Tasering, The Grio, The Media, White Supremacy
Defense Attorney Releases Mehserle Letter Apologizing for Shooting Grant
• July 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Apology, BART, BART Police, Blacks, Blaming the Victim, California, Cephus Johnson, Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, Constables on Patrol, Defense Attorney, Gall, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Killing, Letter, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Police Killings, Shooting, The Banality of Evil, Tony Coleman
After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One Out
• July 9, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Aftermath, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Black Youth, Blacks, Churches, Coffeehouses, Community Centers, Constables on Patrol, Drama, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Growing Up, Johannes Mehserle, Lake Merritt, Latinos, Mainstream Media, Mayor Ron Dellums, MSM, Murder, Oakland CA, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rage, Richard Pryor, Rodney King, Ron Dellums, Shawn Gullatt, The Media, Verdict, Vigil, Youth, Youth Uprising, Youths of Color
Oscar Grant’s Family and Supporters Respond…
• July 8, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Dateline", "Nightline, African Americans, BART, BART Cop, BART Train, Black Women, California, Cephus Johnson, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Death by Cops, Google News, Johannes Mehserle, Latinas, Latinos, LeBron James, Los Angeles CA, Murder, New Year's Day, Oakland CA, Oakland City Hall, Oakland Police Department, Oscar Grant, Racism, Verdict
Bill Cosby “Had His Own Language” with Robert Culp
• March 28, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, American Foreign Policy, Awards, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, History, Love, Race, Television
Tags: "I Spy", "The Los Angeles Times", Acting, African Americans, Alexander Scott, Bay Area, Bill Cosby, Blacks, Bro-Mance, Drama, Hugh Hefner, Intelligence, Kelly Robinson, Madison WI, Maleness, Man-Love, Oakland CA, Retro Television Network, Robert Culp, RTV, Spies, Spying, Tennis, Tennis Players, The CIA, The Playboy Mansion, The Sixties, Trainer
Woman BART Cop Who Helped Nab Oscar Grant is Fired
• March 26, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Pirone, BART, BART Cops, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Interim BART Chief Dash Butler, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Marysol Domenici, Meyers Nave Law Firm, Meyers Nave Public Law Firm, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III
Tyler Perry Announces Film Cast for Ntozake Shange’s Play, “For Colored Girls”
• March 23, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Film, Health, History, Love, Ntozake Shange, Race, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "For Colored Girls, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Shadow and Act", Actresses, Berkeley, Berkeley CA, California, East Bay, Janet Jackson, Jurnee Smollett, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise, Macy Gray, Mariah Carey, Ntozake Shange, Oakland, Oakland CA, Phylicia Rashad, Roles, The Seventies, The Women, Tyler Perry, Whoopi Goldberg
New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” Discussed on Democracy Now!, December 4, 2009
• January 3, 2010 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Books, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Documentaries, Education, Hate Crimes, History, Journalism and Ethics, Murder/Manslaughter, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Public Television, Race
Tags: "Big Brother", "Book TV", "Democracy Now!", "Eyes on the Prize", "Talking Book", Activism, Amy Goodman, Attica, Black Nationalism, Black Youth, C-Span, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Coalition Politics, Deborah Johnson, Edward Hanrahan, Empowerment, FBI, Fred Hampton, Fred Hampton Jr., Jeffrey Haas, Jr., Latino Youth, Malcolm X, Mark Clark, Maywood IL, Media PA, NAACP, Oakland CA, Police Brutality, Stevie Wonder, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Black Panthers, The Red Guard, The Young Lords, William O'Neal, Young Gifted and Black, Youth, YouTube
Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego
• November 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, California, CBS, Cephus Johnson, Constables on Patrol, District Attorneys, East Bay, East Bay Express, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Judge Morris Jacobson, Los Angeles County, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Racism, San Diego County, The Oakland Tribune
Lovelle Mixon Raped Two Women Day of Final Shootout with Cops, and Yet…
• May 8, 2009 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Journalism and Ethics, Race
Tags: BART, Cedric Daniels, Enjoli Mixon, J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor, Latressa Gary, Lovelle Mixon, Modesto, Modesto CA, Oakland CA, Oakland Police Department, Oakland Tribune, Oscar Grant III, Reynete Mixon, San Francisco Chronicle, SWAT, The Mac Arthur Shootings, The Oakland Tribune
Guns Going Off All Over the Country
• April 7, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Race, Obama Administration, American Politics, The Economy, Joblessness, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Mass Shootings
Tags: Alex Jones, Angela Harrison, Asian Americans, Assassination, Assault Rifles, Binghamton NY, Blacks, California, Carthage NC, Constables on Patrol, Depression, Domestic Violence, Elderly, English, Eric Kelly, Glenn Beck, Graham WA, Guns, J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, James Harrison, Jesse Jackson, Jiverly Voong, Jiverly Wong, Justin Garner, Latinos, Lovelle Mixon, Michael McLendon, New York American Civic Association, Oakland CA, Oakland Police Department, Paul Sciullo, Pinelake, Pitsburgh PA, Richard Poplawski, Robert Stewart, Samson AL, Seattle Times, Semi-Automatic, Stanton Heights, Stephen Mayhle, Sue Griffin, SWAT, Syracuse NY, The Po-Po, Vietnamese, Wanda Gay Neal Luck, Work, WRAL
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