Archive for the 'New Orleans' Category
Nelson Mandela Memorialized With a Second Line Parade in New Orleans
• December 15, 2013 • Comments Off on Nelson Mandela Memorialized With a Second Line Parade in New OrleansPosted in African American History, African History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Exploration and Colonization, Health, Immigration, Love, Memoir, Music, New Orleans, Pneumonia/Respiratory Diseases, Race, Religion, Second Lines/Marchers, South Africa, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Africans, Blacks, Brother, Facebook, French Quarter, Jackson Square, Joyce Ladner, Louisiana, Love, Mandela, Nelson Mandela, New Orleans, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, South Africa, South Africans, St. Claire Adriaan, The Second Line, Trombone Shorty, United States, Zandi Ndebele Sutton
LeVar Burton Explains It All For Us When It Comes to “Driving While Black”
• July 3, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Actors and Actresses, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Drug Culture/Industry, Film, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, New Orleans, Race, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Burton, California, CNN, Geordi La Forge, Kunta Kinte, LeVar Burton, New Orleans, New York, Reading Rainbow, Roots, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tim Wise, United States
The Newtown School Massacre: A Black and Latino Child Died Too
• December 15, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Education, Health, Love, Mass Shootings, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Religion, Slavery, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, Ana Greene, Aurora CO, Biracial Children, Blacks, Children, Columbine, Connecticut, Domestic Violence, Elementary School, Facebook, Greene, Herald Sun, Jeff Tamarkin, Jimmy Greene, Jovan Belcher, Kassandra Perkins, Love, Marquez-Greene, Marriage, Murder, National Rifle Association, Nelba, New Orleans, Newtown, Newtown Connecticut, NRA, Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sandy Hook Elementary School, The Black Panthers, United States, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
So THIS Is The Video That Got Andrew Breitbart “Killed”??
• March 8, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Facebook, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, Shirley Sherrod, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: "Frontline", ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, Barack Obama, Breitbart.com, BuzzFeed, Conspiracy Theories, Derrick Bell, Harvard Law School, iPad, Obama, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rodney King, WGBH-Boston, YouTube
Louis and “Louis”
• January 22, 2012 • Comments Off on Louis and “Louis”Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Isaiah Coleman, Blacks, Boy, Documentary, Educational TV, Fictionalized, Film Documentary, Flushing Cemetery, Growing Up, Homage, Idiom, Kalamu, Kalamu ya Salaam, London Jazz Festival, Louis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana, Love, Lucille Armstrong, Melodrama, NeoGriot, New Orleans, Satchmo, Silent Film, Street Urchin, United States, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube
Japan to Offer 10,000 Free Trips to Foreign Visitors in a Bid to Bump Its Moribund Tourist Trade, But It May Not Help How Japanese Really Feel About Nuclear Power and Their Government
• October 31, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Food, Health, History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Political Malfeasance, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), World History
Tags: Aftermath of World War II, Bailout, Bilingual, Billions, Collusion, Compensation, Confidence, Distrust, Duplicity, Fukushima Daiichi, Homelessness, Japan, Japan Tourism Agency, Japanese, Japanese Politics, Kyushu Electric Power Company, Lies, Lying, New Orleans, Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation Exposure, Radiation Fears, Rick Steves, Sendai, Soka Gakkai, Tepco, The Katrina Diaspora, Tohoku Earthquake, Tourism, Trust, United States, Utility Companies, Yen, Yomiuri Shimbun
Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of Folding
• October 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Fantasia Blowing It Again: Mahalia Jackson Estate “Aghast” at Her Pregnancy; Film Runs Risk of FoldingPosted in Abortion, Acting, African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Distribution/Business, Fantasia Barrino, Film, Janet Jackson, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, Protestant Denominations, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Super Bowl, Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Bad Karma, Barrino, Bedridden, Black Women, Blacks, Child Out of Wedlock, Civil Rights Activist, Common Sense, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Gail Lumet Buckley, Gambling, Growing Up, Lena Horne, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, Missy Elliott, Motherhood, New York Post, Octavia Spencer, Pregnancy, Queen of Gospel, Secular Music, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Single Mother, Spending, Super Bowl 2004, Super Bowl Sunday, The Estate of Lena Horne, The Estate of Mahalia Jackson, United States, Wardrobe Malfunction
Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged Child
• May 19, 2011 • Comments Off on Schwarzenegger Puts Reviving His Film Career On Hold, Plus News Outlets Are Baying to Publish a Photo of His Newly-Acknowledged ChildPosted in American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Sexuality, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: "If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise", Apostasy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bakersfield California, Children, Creative Artists Agency, Drama, Evasion, Gray Davis, HBO, Katrina, Latinos, Lying, Maria Shriver, Marriage, Mildred Baena, Mildred Patricia Baena, New Orleans, Pants, RadarOnline, Spike Lee, Stalkerazzi, Terminator, Terminator (franchise)
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Here for a Limited Time Only
• May 13, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Awards, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cooking, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Environmental Crimes, Film, Food, Hate Crimes, Health, Hurricanes, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, People of Color, Political Malfeasance, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Congo Square", "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", Arguments, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Brenda Marie Osbey, Broken Levees, California Newsreel, Community, Documentary, Father Jerome LeDoux, Film Documentary, Film Festivals, Glen David Andrews, HBO, Hurricane Katrina, Lenwood Sloan, Levees, Lolis Eric Elie, Nature, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, San Francisco International Film Festival, South Madison Branch Public Library, St. Augustine Parish, The Mississippi River, Tribeca Film Festival, Wynton Marsalis
How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?
• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off on How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II
Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back Home
• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off on Black Chicagoan Edward Clemons Survived Japan Quake and Tsunami After Days Without Food or Water; Finally Able to Talk With Anxious Mom Back HomePosted in African American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Japan, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World History
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Chicago IL, Chicagoan, CNN, Cynthia Young, Earthquake, Edward Clemons, English, Epicenter, Japan, JET Programme, Junior High, Middle School, Mother, Nancy Grace, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Reporter, Sendai, Son, Students, Teaching English, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, The JET Program, The Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami, Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States
Why Should Black People Care About What Happens To Japan? Because Black People Live and Work in Japan, That’s Why
• March 16, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Homelessness, Japan, Joblessness, Love, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Who I Am, World History, World War II
Tags: "The African American Experience in Japan", "The Japan Times", 50 Cent, Aid, Ainu, Akafia, Alexandra Wallace, Assistance, Black Tokyo, Bush II, City, Country, Daimoku, Dear Life Japan, Dobashi's, Earthquake, Eric L. Robinson, Expatriates, Foreigners, Fulbright Fellow, Gai-jin, Gaijin, Gongyo, Gunjin, Homogeneity, Jackson Street, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Jero, Jerome White, Jerome White Jr., Kokujin, Living in Japan, Meltdown, Miyagi Prefecture, New Orleans, Nichi Bei Bussan, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Weapons, Okinawans, Outsiders, Payback, Pearl Harbor, Pioneers, Purity, Rastafarianism, Reggie Life, Sendai, SGI Buddhism, Takara in Tokyo, Takara Swoopes Bullock, The Katrina Diaspora, Tofu Factory, Tremors, Tsunami, UCLA, Working in Japan, 東北地方太平洋沖地震
Mardi Gras Highlights, March 8, 2011
• March 8, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Throw Me Something Mister", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Brass Band, Carnival, Coconuts, Courts, Floats, French Quarter, Half-Fast Marching Band, John Goodman, King of Carnival, Krewe of Rex, Krewe of Zulu, Krewes, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras 2011, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Membership, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Pre-Lenten Celebration, Rex Parade, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, SGI-USA Band, St. Charles Avenue, United States, Zulu Parade, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
It’s Mardi Gras
• March 8, 2011 • Comments Off on It’s Mardi GrasPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality
Tags: Big Chief Donald Harrison, Big Chiefs, Channel 4, Donald Harrison, Floats, Krewe, Krewes, Live Streaming, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Krewes, Masking Indian, New Orleans, Parades, Rex, The Krewe of Zulu, Times-Picayune, United States, WWOZ, WWOZ-FM 90.7, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
Beyoncé: White Face, Black Face? Whose Face?
• February 23, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Music, Music Videos, New Orleans, Nonfiction/Essays, People of Color, Race, Religion, Television, The Catholic Church, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "At Last", "Crazy in Love", "The James Brown of Nigeria", Beyoncé Knowles, Beyonce, Black Creoles, Black Panthers, Blacking Up, Cosmetic Alteration, Entertainer, Etta James, Fela Kuti, Jay Z, L'Officiel, L'Oréal, Michael Jackson, Nigeria, Nigerian Nationalism, Pallor, Passing, Pink, Popularity, Sammy Sosa, Singer, Skin Whitening, Skin-Lightening Treatments, The Black Panthers, Vitiligo, Whitening Up, Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Yoruba, Yoruba Religion
Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music
• January 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans MusicPosted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz
The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena Marie
• December 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ancestors Take The Ivory Queen of Soul, The Lady T, Teena MariePosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Stroke, Teena Marie, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Congo Square", "Fire and Desire", "La Dona", "Square Biz", "The Wall Street Journal", African Americans, Alia Rose Brockert, Alternative Medicine, American Academy of Neurology, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Blue-Eyed Soul, California, Children, Diazepam, Drugs, Family, Grand Mal Seizure, Herbal Remedies, Hindsight, Hood Pass, L.A. County, L.A. County Coroner, Lady T, Latin Music, Lenny Kravitz, Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, Love, Lovergirl: Teena Marie Story, Lynn Jeter, Mary Christine Brockert, Medications, MedPage Today, Motherhood, Motown, Neurologist, Neurology, NewsOne, Phoebe Snow, Portuguese, R&B, Rick James, Sapphire, Self-Medication, Side Effects, Singer, Singing, Soul Music, Stax, Teena Marie, The 2000s, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Tonic–clonic seizure, Valium, Venice CA
“Drumline Live” Touches Down in Madison’s Overture Center for Three Days, November 27, 28, 29
• November 25, 2010 • Comments Off on “Drumline Live” Touches Down in Madison’s Overture Center for Three Days, November 27, 28, 29Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Memoir, New Orleans, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Spirituality, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "Fights", "The Last Battle", African Americans, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Arts, Band Competition, Black Greeks, Black Women, Blacks, Debt, Don Roberts, Drumline, Financial Mismanagement, Florida A&M University, Fraternities, Growing Up, Halftime Live, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, International Tour, Love, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Morris Brown College, Music, Music Gods, Second Tour, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Black Church, The Overture Center, The Overture Center for the Arts, Tour, United Negro College Fund
“Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in October
• September 19, 2010 • Comments Off on “Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans” Comes to Madison in OctoberPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, The Catholic Church, Women
Tags: "Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans", "Treme", African American, African Americans, Birthplace, Black Creoles, Black Neighborhood, Black Women, Blacks, Brenda Marie Osbey, Children, Civil Rights, Creole Speaking, Creole Woman of Color, Creoles of Color, Documentary, Dr. Richard Davis, Eric Foner, Faubourg Tremé, French Speaking, Gens de Couleur, Glen David Andrews, Hurricane Katrina, Irving Trevigne, Jazz, John Hope Franklin, Lolis Eric Elie, Love, Madison Public Library, Marriage, New Orleanians, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Racism, South, South Madison Branch
Update: NOT AGAIN! Another Platform in The Gulf Explodes
• September 2, 2010 • Comments Off on Update: NOT AGAIN! Another Platform in The Gulf ExplodesPosted in American History, Class, Health, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Energy, Explosion, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gumby Suits, Oil, Oil Rig, Oil Rig Workers, Oil Sheen, Oil Spill, Platform, Production Platform, Spill, The Coast Guard, The Deepwater Horizon, Vermillion Bay
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
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
More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of Haiti
• August 8, 2010 • Comments Off on More Skepticism Voiced About Wyclef Jean Candidacy for President of HaitiPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Jamaica Observer", "The New York Daily News", Agriculture, Aiyiti, Ansel Herz, Bill Clinton, Blacks, Exploitation, Fanmi Lavalas, Former Ambassador to the United States, Garment Industry, Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Katrina, Kréyol Aïsyen, Kreyol, Middle-Class, Mining, New Orleans, Paternalism, Pras, President Preval, Preval, Raymond Joseph, Reconstruction, Rich, Sean Penn, South Africa, The Black Republic, Wyclef Jean
Vietnamese Fishermen, Shrimpers, Locked Out of Gulf Clean Up Efforts; Others Are Getting Sick
• May 26, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Environmental Crimes, Health, New Orleans, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: 911, Bobby Jindal, BP, British Petroleum, Bush II, Cajuns, Clean Up, Cleaning Up, Creoles, Dick Cheney, Eastern Europeans, Exxon Valdez, Father Vien The Nguyen, First Generation Immigrants, Fishermen, George W. Bush, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Jindal, Louisiana, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Mobile Baykeeper, New Orleans East, người Kinh, người Việt, Oil Spill, OilSpillVolunteers, Oxygen, Per Diem, Plaquemines Parish, Poisoning, President George W. Bush, Republicans, Save Our Seabirds, Shamrock Environmental Corporation, Shrimpers, The Deez, The Federal Government, The Gulf Coast, The International Bird Rescue and Research Center, The National Audubon Society, The National Wildlife Federation, The Twin Towers, The View, Vice President Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vietnamese, Vietnamese Community, Whoopi Goldberg
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