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
Where Have I Been, and Where Am I Going?
• February 7, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Memoir, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Suicide
Tags: Barack Obama, Bishop Eddie Long, California, Detroit, Don Cornelius, Eddie Long, Employment, General Motors, Louisiana, Minimum wage, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Republicans, Richard Tee, Super Bowl, Tom Scott, Unemployed, United States, Wage
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
Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: The Murder of R Place on Park
• October 7, 2011 • Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Madison, WI: The Murder of R Place on ParkPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Discrimination, Drug Culture/Industry, Gang Violence, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, ALRC, Annie Weatherby-Flowers, Blacks, Business, California, City Council, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Derrell Connor, Drugs, Fillmore District San Francisco, Funk, Gangbangers, Ignoble Wray, Improvisation, Jazz, Louisiana, Madison, Madison City Council, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Madisonians, New Orleans, Noble Wray, R Place on Park, Racism, Rick Flowers, San Francisco, Shootings, Small Businessman, Soul Music, The Madison Police Department, The Sixties, Wisconsin
Posting New Articles This Weekend
• June 10, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, Labor Relations, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Eddie Long, Eman al Obaidi, Eman al Obeidy, Eman al-Obeidi, Louisiana, Minimum wage, Mrs. Eddie Long, New Orleans, The Black Men of Labor, United States, Walkerville, Weiner's
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
Fantasia Barrino To Play Mahalia Jackson?
• February 9, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Diabetes, Health, Mahalia Jackson, Music, New Orleans Music, Protestant Denominations, Race, Spirituality, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "American Idol", Chicago IL, Civil Rights Activist, Color Purple, Euzhan Palcy, Fantasia Barrino, Fish and Bread Singer, Gospel Music, Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., New Orleans, The Hollywood Reporter
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
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
The Slo-Mo Oil Sludge Will Make Landfall Friday; Another Louisiana-Gulf Coast Disaster in the Making?
• April 30, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Health, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Science, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Times-Picayune", Alternative Energy, Booms, British Petroleum, Burning Oil, Cementing, Depressed Economy, Drilling, Dubai, Environmental Disaster, Fisheries, Fishermen, Flora, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Hydrofracking, Louisiana, Natalie Roshto, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Odor, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill, Oysters, Reduced Air Quality, Sarah Palin, Shane Roshto, Shrimpers, Shrimping, Smell, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Wildlife
Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 16, 2010, w/Updates
• February 16, 2010 • Comments Off on Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 16, 2010, w/UpdatesPosted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Music, New Orleans
Tags: Cold, Fat Tuesday, Frankie Laine, Home Cooking, John Goodman, King Cake, King of the Krewe of Rex, King of the Krewe of Zulu, Lent, Louisiana, Lundi Gras, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Phil Harris, St. Charles Avenue, The Crescent City, The Curve, The French Quarter, The Golden Comanches, The Half-Assed Walking Club, The Half-Fast Walking Club, The Mardi Gras Indians, The New Orleans Saints, Walking Clubs, Walking Krewes, Wussies
The Ain’ts They Aren’t – Saints Win The Super Bowl
• February 8, 2010 • Comments Off on The Ain’ts They Aren’t – Saints Win The Super BowlPosted in Class, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Super Bowl
Tags: "The Interception", "Who Dat?", After Katrina, Broadway Joe Namath, Carnaval, CBS, Champagne!, Chris Reis, Drew Brees, Garrett Hartley, Hangovers, Hurricane Katrina, Jeremy Shockley, Jonathan Casillas, Katie Couric, Katrina, King Cake, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, National Champions, National Football League, National Football League Champions, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Paper Bags, Partying, Pierre Thomas, Reggie Bush, Saints 31 Colts 17, Somebody, The Crescent City, The New Orleans Saints, The Super Bowl, Thomas Morstead, Tracy Porter
Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and Green
• October 8, 2009 • Comments Off on Brad Pitt Unveils “Floating House” for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward–and It’s Affordable and GreenPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Homelessness, Hurricanes, New Orleans, Race, The Ninth Ward, Wisconsin
Tags: 12 Feet, African Americans, Brad Pitt, Flooding, Green Houses, Green Muze, Green Technology, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, Make It Right, Morphosis, Mother Nature Network, New Orleans, Ninth Ward, Post-Modern, Property, Santa Monica CA, Shotgun House, The FLOAT House, The Make It Right Foundation, Thom Mayne, Wisconsin
The Katrina Pain Index
• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off on The Katrina Pain IndexPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Joblessness, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Economy, The Stimulus Bill
Tags: "Katrina Pain Index 2009", After Katrina, Bill Quigley, Bobby Jindal, Counterpunch, Davida Finger, FEMA, FEMA Trailers, GNOCDC, Governor Bobby Jindal, Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, Homeowners, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Survivors, ICF International, Louisiana, New Orleans, Renters, The Brookings Institution, The Road Home, The Stimulus Plan
This is the Week of Katrina, Year Four
• August 24, 2009 • Comments Off on This is the Week of Katrina, Year FourPosted in American Politics, Black People, Education, History, Hurricanes, Obama Administration
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Survivors, Levee Breaks, Louisiana, New Orleans
GOP Holding Up HHS Secretary-Designate Sibelius’ Confirmation During Flu Crisis
• April 28, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Health, Obama Administration
Tags: Abortion, AIDS, Al Franken, Alaska, Bird Flu, Bobby Jindal, Fear, GOP, Health and Human Services, Kansas, Kathleen Sibelius, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mitch McConnell, Mt. Redoubt, Norm Coleman, Pyrrhic Victory, Ralenza, Republicans, Rhodes Scholar, Ronald Reagan, Susan Collins, Swine Flu, Tamiflu, The Right, U.S. Geological Survey, Virus, Volcano Preparedness
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