Archive for August, 2010
Trainwreck: Fantasia Barrino
• August 31, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Gossip, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music Videos, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Race, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", "The Mo'Nique Show", "The National Enquirer", Adultery, Alicia Keys, Antwaun Cook, Aspirin, Bossip.com, Creepin', Creeping, Diane Barrino, Divorce, Evangelists, Fantasia Barrino, George Lopez, Jenice Armstrong, Jodeci, Joe Barrino, Laura Trice, Love, Mo'Nique, Mt. Zion Children's Choir, North Carolina, Okey-Dokey, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Psychology, Radar Online, Rape, Rape Victim, Rapist, Secondary Victimization, Separation, Sleeping Pills, Swizz Beatz, T-Mobile Store, Tasia, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Therapy, TMZ.com, Zion Quari Barrino
Two Replies to Glenn Beck and The Tea Party Movement
• August 30, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Music Videos, Obama Administration, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, The N Word, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Alveda King, Bernice King, Cojones, Conservative, Faux Noise, Field Negro, Fox News, Glenn Beck, GOP, Imam, Kumbaya, Liberal, Martin Luther King III, Nazi Party, Reverend Al Sharpton, Sarah Palin, The Executive Mansion, The March on Washington, The Million Man March, The Republican Party, Vietnam War Demonstrations
The Fifth of Katrina – The Community at Large
• August 30, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: "When the Levees Broke", Affordable Housing, African American, Bennie Pete, Bounce Music, California, Children, Civil Rights, FEMA Trailers, Harry Cook, Homeless, Homelessness, Housing Projects, Hurricane Katrina, Low-Cost Housing, Mardi Gras Indians, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New York, New York City, NYU, Oklahoma, Rental Property, Rentals, Rents, Sandra Bullock, Tennessee, The Great Recession, The Hot 8 Brass Band, The Lower Nine, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Ninth Ward, Tulane University, United States, Warren Easton High School, Young Urban Redevelopment Professionals
Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”
• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?”Posted in African American History, Billie Holiday, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, Race, Television, Women
Tags: "Make Room for Daddy", Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday, Danny Thomas, Film, Golden Age of Television, Hollywood, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Mutt Carey, New Orleans, TV Sitcom, Woody Herman, Zutty Singleton
Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi Won
• August 30, 2010 • Comments Off on Only One Black Emmy Winner This Year; But Archie Panjabi WonPosted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Drama, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Late Night TV, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Bend It Like Beckham", "Inspector Lewis", "The Good Wife", Acting, Actress, African Americans, Americans, Andre Braugher, Archana Kaur Panjabi, Archie Panjabi, Blacks, British, Britons, Camera Operator, CBS, Columbia, Daniel Craig, Hector Elizondo, Hector Ramirez, Inclusiveness, Isaiah Mustafa, James Bond, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Smits, Latinos, NBC, Old Spice, People of Color, Person of Color, Record Nominations, Ricky Gervais, Sikh, Sofia Vergara, The Emmys, Wanda Sykes
The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President at The Fifth of Katrina, Xavier University, New Orleans, August 29, 2010Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Homelessness, Hurricanes, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Women
Tags: Ben Franklin High School, Broken Levees, Dr. Regina Benjamin, Emergency Plan, FEMA, Floods, Harry Shearer, HBCU, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Levees, New Orleans, New Orleans Housing Authority, New Orleans LA, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Roman Catholic, St. Bernard Project, Stranded, The Big Easy, The Big Uneasy, The Fifth Anniversary, The Gulf Coast, The Musicians' Village, The President, The President of the United States, Xavier University
The Fifth of Katrina – The People
• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Fifth of Katrina – The PeoplePosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Hurricanes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Race, Spirituality, Stroke, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Frontline", "The Nation", "The Old Man and The Storm", "When the Levees Broke", 5027 North Roman Street, AK-47, Algiers Point, Aligiers Point Ferry, Architectural Critics, Architecture, Artistry, Building Artisans, Bushwhacked, Catastrophe, Cheryl Gettridge Steele, Chris Collins, Common Ground, Communities, Cox News, Danny Brumfield, Donnell Herrington, Effort, Gun Nuts, HBO, Henry Glover, Herbert Gettridge, Hurricane Katrina, Interview, Katrina, Killings, Looters, Louisiana, Love, Lydia Gettridge, Madison WI, Marcel Alexander, Mardi Gras, Martial Law, Master, Mental Health, Middle Class Blacks, Milvirtha Hendricks, Milvirtha Knight Hendricks, Mississippi, Nathan Roper, Neighborhoods, New Orleans, New Orleans Police, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, Order to Shoot to Kill, PBS, Plasterer, Police Shootings, Race War, Racist, Right Wing, Roland Bourgeois, Shoot to Kill, Shootings, Shot, Spike Lee, Survivalist, Sweat, Texas, The FBI, The Lower Ninth Ward, The Road Home Program, Trauma, Truck Stop, Ugly, Ugly Ways, Vigilantes, Vinnie Pervel, Wayne Janak, WDSU, White Vigilantes, Whites, Wisconsin
Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s Journals
• August 27, 2010 • Comments Off on Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s JournalsPosted in Afghanistan, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bangladesh, Cultural History, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Ahmed Sharif, al Qaeda, Alcoholism, Attempted Murder, Bangladesh, Bellevue Hospital, Bhairavi Desai, Cab, Cabbie, Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Cordoba House/Park 51, Drunk, Drunkenness, Fear, Fearmongering, Governor David Paterson, Hatemonger, Hatemongering, Imam Shamsi Ali, India, Islamic Culture Center, Knifing, Michael Enright, Muslim, Muslims, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Pakistan, Psychological Crisis, Psychological Wounds, PTSD, Ramadan, Religion, Rikers Island, Terrorists, The Indian Subcontinent, The Marines, Waliur-ur Rehman, World Trade Center
Blockbuster Video to Declare Bankruptcy In September
• August 26, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Arts, Comedy, Cultural History, Distribution/Business, Drama, Film, Television, The Economy
Tags: "The Los Angeles Times", Bankruptcy, Blockbuster Video, California, Digital Distribution Space, DVDs, Film Industry, Films, Movie Studios, Movies, Netflix, Redbox, Rentals, Videos
Isaiah Mustafa, “The Old Spice Guy” Got An Emmy; Will Star in “Madea” Film and Workplace Comedy
• August 26, 2010 • Comments Off on Isaiah Mustafa, “The Old Spice Guy” Got An Emmy; Will Star in “Madea” Film and Workplace ComedyPosted in Acting, Arts, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Television
Tags: "Chuck", "Horrible Bosses", "Madea's One Big Happy Family", "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like", Acting, Actor, African Americans, Blacks, Commercial, Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Emmy, Emmy Award, Isaiah Mustafa, Madea, NFL Wide Receiver, Old Spice, Sex, The Guy in the Old Spice Commercial, The Old Spice Guy, TV Commercials, Tyler Perry, Winner
Mitrice’s Funeral
• August 26, 2010 • 23 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Rape/Sex Crimes
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", African Americans, Anne Soble, Attention Hog, Black Women, Blacks, Butterflies, California, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Constables on Patrol, Display, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Jasmyne Cannick, Jeff Peterson, Larry Sutton, LASD, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Love, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu Canyon, Michael Richardson, Miiah Sutton, Missing Black Woman, Mitrice Richardson, Moe Dubois, Motherhood, Murder, Racism, Sheriff Lee Baca, Single Black Woman, Spat, Special Prosecutor, The FBI
One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…
• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on One More Thing Before I Go Tonight…Posted in Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drama, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Reality Shows, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "American Idol", Attempted Suicide, Black Motherhood, Boys, Breaking Point, Child Murder, Children, Daughters, Death, Fantasia Barrino, Funeral, Latice Sutton, Little Black Boys, Little Boys, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Morality, Motherhood, Mothers, Murder, Religion, Shaquan Duley, Single Black Mother, Single Black Women, Suicide
Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was Muslim
• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Now They’re Attacking Muslims Over Park 51: Queens Cab Driver Stabbed in The Neck by Passenger Because He Said He Was MuslimPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Bangladesh, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed H. Sharif, Arabic, Attempted Murder, Bangladesh, Bellevue Hospital, Brewster NY, Cab, Cab Driver, Cabbie, Checkpoint, City Hall, Cordoba House, Dweebs, Facebook, Greg Ball, Hate Crime, Immigrant, Indian Subcontinent, Intersections International, Islam, Leatherman, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Enright, Muslim, Muslim Immigrant, NYPD, Park 51, Patient, School of Visual Arts, Sleeper, The Tea Party Movement, World Trade Center, WTC
Well, We’re Not Going to Claim THIS Ancestor: DNA Study of Adolf Hitler Shows He Had Jewish and African Roots
• August 25, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Africans, Cultural History, European History, Germany, Hate Crimes, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), War Crimes, Women, World War II
Tags: Adolf Hitler, African, Alexander Stuart-Houston, Alois Hitler, Alois Schickelgruber, Ancestors, Anti-Semite, Anti-Semitism, Arab, Austria, Brigitte Hamann, Der Fuhrer, DNA, Dollersheim, Eva Braun, Forebears, Genocide, Goebbels, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Ian Kershaw, Jean-Paul Mulders, Jewish, Josef Stalin, KGB, Leopold Frankenberger, Marc Vermeeren, Maria Schickelgruber, Origins, Race, Racism, Russia, Self-Hating Jew, SMERSH, Systematic Murder, The Anschluss, The Gestapo, The Wehrmacht
Ms. Nordegren Regrets…
• August 25, 2010 • Comments Off on Ms. Nordegren Regrets…Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love, Memoir, People of Color, Sexuality, Sweden, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "People Magazine", "The National Enquirer", Alimony, Charlie Woods, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Eldrick Tont Woods, Elin Nordegren, Ex-Wife, Jumpoffs, Love, Marriage, Motherhood, Radar Online, Sam Woods, Sex, Shared Custody, Single Mother, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com
The Ancestors Summon “The Godfather of the Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of The Gap Band, 53
• August 24, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Summon “The Godfather of the Bass Guitar,” Robert Wilson of The Gap Band, 53Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Gap Band, The Heart
Tags: "Magician's Holiday", "The Godfather of Bass Guitar", ?uestlove, African Americans, Ahmir Thompson, Bassist, Blacks, Brenda Wilson, Charlie Wilson, Coronary, Funk Bassist, Guy and Aaron Hall, Heart Attack, Keith Sweat, Leon Russell, Love, Memorial, Myocardial Infarction, Palmdale CA, R. Kelly, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, The Black Church, The Eighties, The Gap Band, The Roots, The Seventies, The Timeless Music Festival, Tulsa OK, Wayman Tisdale
The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” Controversy
• August 23, 2010 • Comments Off on The Lynch Mob Mentality Enters the “Mosque at Ground Zero” ControversyPosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Rest of the World
Tags: 911, Atlas Shrugs, Bahasa, Bahasa Indonesia, Balloon Juice, Black Muslims, Blogger, Brigitte Bardot, Burlington Coat Factory, Conks, Cordoba House, Criollo, Daisy Khan, FBI, Glenn Greenwald, Ground Zero, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Islam, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Kenny, Kufi, Little Rock Nine, Manhattan, Masjid al-Farah, Masjid Manhattan, Mestizo, Mouth Breathers, Muslim, Muslim Americans, Muslims, New York City, NIMBY, NYC, OKbomb, Pamela Geller, Park 51, People of the Book, Portugal, Racial Profiling, Robert Spencer, Sheikha, Skullcap, Spain, State Department, Stocking Caps, Sufism, The Iberian Peninsula, The Moors, The Pit, The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), Under Armor Caps, World Trade Center
Saying Goodbye to Mitrice Richardson
• August 23, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Aretha Franklin, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Hate Crimes, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Bridge Over Troubled Water", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Autostraddle, Black Women, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Dr. Ronda Hampton, Faithful Central Bible Church, Grief, Inglewood Park Cemetery, Jordan Allen, Justice Department, Larry Sutton, Latice Sutton, Lauren Sutton, Lez Get Real, LGBT, Love, Malibu Canyon, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Ricardson, Murder by Cop, Park Rangers
Ten Store Chains Closing More Stores or Going Out of Business
• August 23, 2010 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Consumerism, Fashion, Joblessness, People of Color, Race, Store Closings, The Economy, Women
Tags: Access, African Americans, Bank Loans, Blacks, Bodega, Convenience Store, Debt, DVDs, Fashion, Food, Grocery Stores, Mergers, Over-Extended, Store Closings, Supermarkets, The Economy, Variety, Videos
In Case You Still Don’t Get It: A Word From Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney on The N Word
• August 23, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Maya Angelou, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The N Word
Tags: Africa, African Americans, Blacks, Chappelle's Show, Comedy, Comedy Writer, Common Sense, Dave Chappelle, Dialogue, Dr. Laura, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Electronic Urban Report, Howard Stern, Love, Mental Illness, Nita 'Jade' Hanson, Nita Hanson, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, The N Word, The Right Wing, The Seventies, Wingnuts
“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
Memorial Services for Mitrice Richardson Open to the Public Starting Tomorrow, Friday, August 20
• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Memorial Services for Mitrice Richardson Open to the Public Starting Tomorrow, Friday, August 20Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Health, Latice Sutton, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Mitrice Richardson, Murder/Manslaughter, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Malibu Surfside News", "The Pasadena Weekly", African Americans, Anne Soble, Black Women, Blacks, California, Constables on Patrol, Gays, Inglewood, Inglewood CA, Inglewood Park Mortuary, Jasmyne Cannick, L.A. County Sheriff, L.A. Sheriff's Deputies, Larry Sutton, Latice Sutton, Leimert Park, LGBT, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Malibu Agoura-Lost Hills Sheriff's Department, Malibu CA, Malibu Canyon, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station, Memorial Services, Michael Richardson, Mitrice Richardson, Mother, Motherhood, Police Killing, Police Misconduct, Racism, Sheriff Lee Baca, Southern California, Stepfather, Vigils, Whitewash
Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBO
• August 19, 2010 • Comments Off on Spike Lee Returns with a New Documentary About New Orleans (and the Oil-Soaked Gulf) Five Years After Katrina on HBOPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Democrats in Name Only, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Cancer Alley", "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", "Treme", "When the Levees Broke", African Americans, Alabama, Barack Obama, Big Oil, Blacks, BP, Brown, Bush, Cable TV, Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Debut, Dick Cheney, Documentary, Environmental Disaster, Florida, George W. Bush, Haiti, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Louisiana, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Michael Brown, Mississippi, Neighborhoods, New Orleans LA, NOLA, NOLA.com, Phyllis Montana LeBlanc, Premiere, President Barack Obama, Rep. Joseph Cao, Seafood Industry, Sean Penn, Simonize, Spike, Spike Lee, The BP Oil Spill, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf Coast, The Mahalia Jackson Theatre, Vietnamese Community, Wendell Pierce, William "Cold Cash" Jefferson
There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their Kids
• August 17, 2010 • Comments Off on There Must Be Thousands of Other Shaquan Duleys, But They Would Not Have Killed Their KidsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Bill O'Reilly, Black Boys, Black Children, Black Motherhood, Black Mothers, Black Women, Blacks, Boys, CBS, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Devean, Devean Duley, Domestic Violence, Education, Extended Family, Faux Noise, Growing Up, Ja'van Duley, Javan, Jennifer Aniston, Job Loss, Latinos, Love, Mother, Motherhood, Murder, O'Lielly, Orangeburg County, Orangeburg SC, Resources, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Shaquan Duley, Single Black Mother, Single Black Woman, Single Black Women, South Carolina, The Edisto River, The Nineties, Unemployed
The Ancestors Claim Singer/Actress/Songwriter Abbey Lincoln, 80
• August 15, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in Abbey Lincoln, Acting, African American History, American History, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, Womanism
Tags: "Mo Better Blues", "Nothing But a Man, "The Freedom Suite", Abbey Lincoln, Acting, Activism, Actress, Africa, African Americans, Anna Marie Wooldridge, Billie Holiday, Black Nationalist, Black Women, Blacks, Braided Hair, Chicago IL, Corn Rows, Divorce, Drama, Glamour, Ivan Dixon, Jazz, Jazz Singer, Kinky Hair, Love, Marriage, Max Roach, Michael Jackson, Natural Hair, Racism, Sidney Poitier, Songwriter, Spike Lee, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Sixties, Thelonious Monk, Vitiligo