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
LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson Mandela
• December 13, 2013 • Comments Off on LIVE STREAMING: South Africa Says Goodbye to Nelson MandelaPosted in African American History, African History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, Black People, Cable, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Graca Machel, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Race, South Africa, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Women, World History
Tags: African National Congress, Africans, ANC, Bill Clinton, Children, eNCA, Funeral, Graça Machel, Hillary Clinton, Last Rites, Mandela, Marriage, Mthatha Airport, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, Oprah Winfrey, Pretoria, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Qunu, SABC, South Africa, South African National Defence Force, South Africans, Thembu, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Xhosa
The President’s Speech on Libya
• March 29, 2011 • Comments Off on The President’s Speech on LibyaPosted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, Arabs, Class, Democrats, Egypt, France, Hate Crimes, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Libya, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, Rape/Sex Crimes, Revolutions, Television, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Tunisia, United Kingdom, War Crimes, Women
Tags: African Americans, Africans, al Qaeda, Arab League, Benghazi, Blacks, British Petroleum, Europe, European Interests, Libya, Mideast, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Murder, No-Fly Zone, North Africa, Oil, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rape, Rebels, The Bill Press Show, The Mic, Torture, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Security Council, United States
The Sedona, AZ Sweat Lodge Tragedy: Why It Shouldn’t Have Happened
• October 12, 2009 • 9 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Abenaki, Africa, Africans, Ancestors, Angel Valley, Anger, Arizona, Asia, Asian American, Baron Samedi, Cow Hollow, Culture, Curios, Erzulie, Eucalyptus, Fasting, François Duvalier, French Quarter, George Harrison, Haiti, Haitians, Idols, Incense, James Arthur Ray, Joseph Bruchac, La Vieux Carre, Latino American, Legba, Loko Atison, Marie Laveau, Masks, Melanesia, Micronesia, Native American, Neighborhoods, New Age, New Orleans, Nichiren Buddhism, Noe Valley, Oshun, Pine Tar, Religion, Rituals, San Francisco, Sauna, Scandinavia, Sedona, Sioux, Sweat Lodge, The French Quarter, The Voodoo Museum, Turtle Island, Union Street, United States, Voudou, Voudou Flags, Yavapai County
Madonna Has Mercy
• June 12, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Race
Tags: "The Early Show", Adoption, African, African Culture, Africans, CBS, Celebrity, Celebrity Adoptions, Chichewa, Chifundo, Child Slaves, Child Soldiers, Children, Madonna, Malawi, Malawian, Mercy James, Money, Raising Malawi
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima, 74, Dies; Academic and Author of “They Came Before Columbus”
• May 30, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Education, History, Mexico, People of Color, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Black Women in Antiquity", "Journal of African Civilizations", "They Came Before Columbus", 1976, Africans, British Guyana, Caribbean, Christopher Columbus, Duke University, Europe, Europeans, Glyn Daniel, Guyana, Ivan Van Sertima, Rutgers University, Swahili, United States
