“Dark Girls” Documentary by Bill Duke and Channsin Berry Comes to the East Coast
• January 11, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film
Tags: African Americans, Apollo Theater, Appearances, Baltimore, Bardavon 1869 Opera House, Bill Duke, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Channsin Berry, Children, Color Politics, Colorstruck, D. Channsin Berry, Dark Skin Prejudice, Documentary, Facebook, Film Documentary, Growing Up, Harlem, Light Skin Privilege, Love, Marriage, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, New York, New York City, One Night Only, Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie New York, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Showings, United States
Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for Themselves
• May 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Author Walter Dean Myers: It’s Back to The Fifties with Every (Black) Man/Woman for ThemselvesPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Fiction Writing, Gang Violence, Health, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: "In These Times", American Library Association, Barack Obama, Black Community, Books, Civil rights movement, Harlem, James Baldwin, President, United States, Walter Dean Myers, Writing, Young-adult fiction
Christmas Songs: “Happy Xmas, War Is Over (If You Want It),” John Lennon, Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, and The Harlem Community Choir
• December 22, 2010 • 2 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Holidays, Love, Music, Music Videos, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Rest of the World, Women, Yoko Ono
Tags: "Stewball", African Americans, Alcoholism, Anthony Cox, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abduction, Child Stealing, Children, Christmas, Crack, Custody, Demons, Divorce, Drama, Drug War, Drugs, Growing Up, Happy Xmas (War Is Over), Harlem, Harlem Community Choir, Heroin, John Lennon, John Lennon Collection, Julian Lennon, Kyoko Cox, Lost Weekend, Love, May Pang, Memories, New York City, Parental Child Abduction, Phil Spector, Record Plant Studios, Sean Lennon, The Beatles, The Plastic Ono Band, The Record Plant, The Seventies, Union Scale, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam War, Wall of Sound, Yoko Ono
The Word on Harlem’s Streets About Tiger Woods
• December 17, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Consumerism, Education, Film, Gossip, Homelessness, Joblessness, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Economy, Women
Tags: 125th Street, Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Common Sense, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Growing Up, Harlem, Interracial Relationships, Jobs, Marriage, New York City, NYC, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, The Apollo Theater, The Hotel Theresa, The Theresa Hotel, Tiger Woods, White Women
“Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13-Year Jail Term
• November 15, 2009 • Comments Off on “Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13-Year Jail TermPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, People of Color, Political Malfeasance
Tags: "Cold Cash" Jefferson, "Dollar Bill" Jefferson, Adam Clayton Powell, Africa, Barack Obama, Bribery, Cameroon, Constituents, Corruption, Democrats, Ego, Ghana, Graft, Greed, Harlem, Illinois, Jr., Nigeria, Philip and John Burton, Politics, Reconstruction, Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, Rep. Charlie Rangel, Rep. Jane Harman, Rep. John Murtha, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. William Jefferson, Republicans, Rod Blagojevich, Speaker of the House, Willie Brown
Owning My Hair When Chris Rock’s “Good Hair” Opens in October
• September 6, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Rest of the World, Who I Am
Tags: "Essence Editor-in-Chief Syndrome", "Good Hair", 125th Street, 1B, African Americans, Black Hair, Blacks, Braids, Catholic School, Chicago, Chris Rock, Curly Natural, Da Folks, Daily Cream Moisturizer, Dandruff, Glasses, Grades of Hair, Growing Up, Hairdressers, Harlem, Hysterectomy, Jheri Curl, Layaway, Nichiren Buddhism, Nuns, Pantene for Women of Color, Pantene Relaxed & Natural for Women of Color, Perms, Premature Baldness, Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Brush, The Eighties, The Hot Comb, The Lena Horne, The Seventies, Weaves, Wigs
Reverend Ike, 74, Joins the Ancestors
• July 30, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, History, People of Color, Religion, Televangelists, Television
Tags: "Think and grow rich.", "Thinkonomics", African American, African Americans, Biracials, Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, Harlem, Indonesia, Indonesian, Interracial Marriage, New York, Prayer Cloth, Rev. Ike, Reverend Ike, South Carolina, Televangelism, Televangelist, The Palace Cathedral, The Seventies, Washington Heights
The Question Damon Weaver Wanted to Ask Barack Obama
• May 3, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Economy
Tags: African Americans, Albany State University, Barack Obama, Blacks, Colin Powell, Constables on Patrol, Damon Weaver, Gangs, Harlem, Jertavius, Joe Biden, Kid Reporter, National Football League, No Snitching, Pahokee, Pahokee FL, Street Violence, Terrorism
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