A Work in Progress Trailer of “Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth”
• March 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Alice Walker, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Fiction Writing, Film, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, British Film Institute, Danny Glover, Film Documentary, LGBT, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Love, March 2012, Movies, Pratibha Parmar, Racism, Rebecca, Rebecca Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, The Nineties, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, Walker
Preview of Bill Duke’s “Dark Girls,” A Documentary About Dark Skin Prejudice and How It Affects Dark-Skinned Black Women
• May 26, 2011 • 17 CommentsPosted in Acting, African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Slavery, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: "Dark Girls", African American culture, African Americans, Alice Walker, Attractiveness, Bill Duke, Black Black Man, Black Black Woman, Black People, Black Women, Bradinn French, D. Channsin Berry, Documentary, HBO, Human skin color, Kanazawa, Love, Physical attractiveness, Psychology Today, Satoshi Kanazawa, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Short Film, Skillet Blond, Sundance, Women
The First Lady at Spelman College, Atlanta, May 15, 2011
• May 16, 2011 • Comments Off on The First Lady at Spelman College, Atlanta, May 15, 2011Posted in African American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Education, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Alice Walker, Barack and Michelle Obama, Bill Cosby, Booker T. Washington High School, Commencement Speaker, Evelynn Hammonds, Evelynn M. Hammonds, First Lady, Graduating, Graduation, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Juris Doctor, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Memphis, Memphis TN, Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, Quantico Marine Base, Sidney Poitier, Spelman College, White House, You Tube
Howard Zinn, Author of “A People’s History of the United States,” Dies at 87
• January 28, 2010 • 3 CommentsPosted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cuba, Education, Haiti, History, Iran, Mexico, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A People's History of the United States", "Memory of Fire", "The People Speak", Alice Walker, Anti-War, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Civil Libertarian, Dresden, Eduardo Galeano, Heart Attack, Hiroshima, Historian, Howard Zinn, Iraq, James Bond, James Carroll, Jeff Zinn, Marian Wright Edelman, Matt Damon, Myla Kabat-Zinn, Nazis, Noam Chomsky, Royan France, Spelman College, The Greatest Generation, Tokyo, Vietnam
Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”
• November 15, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?