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Saturday Night Music, August 10, 2013: Jesse Johnson Revue, Featuring Sly Stone, “Crazay,”

• August 10, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Morris Day and The Time, Music, Prince, Sly and The Family Stone
Tags: "Soul Train", African Americans, Blacks, Growing Up, Jesse Johnson, Morris Day and The Time, MTV, PBS, Prince, Purple Rain, Sly Stone, The Eighties, The Time, White House

Kevin Clash: Making Sense of a Tragedy

• November 24, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Politics, Arts, Black Nerds, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Film, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Being Elmo", "Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey", "My Life as a Furry Red Monster", "Sesame Street", African Americans, Andrew Vachss, Big Bird, Bishop Eddie Long, Blacks, Cecil Singleton, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Elmo, Facebook, Grooming, Growing Up, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, Jerry Sandusky, Jim Henson, Katherine Franke, Kevin, Kevin Clash, LGBT, Love, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Marriage, Michael Jackson, Mitt Romney, PBS, Puppetry, Rape, Sesame Workshop, Sex, Shannon Clash, Sheldon Stephens, The Closet, The Muppets, The New York Times, TMZ.com, United States

Trailer(s) for “The Central Park Five” Which Debuts Next Week

• November 15, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Memoir, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Shadow and Act", "Wild Thing", African Americans, Beating, Birtherism, Blacks, Central Park Jogger case, Combover, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Crack, DNA, DNA profiling, Drugs, Growing Up, Ken Burns, Kevin Richardson, Latinos, Left to Die, New York City, PBS, Racism, Rape, Raymond Santana, Sarah Burns, The Eighties, Trisha Meili, United States, Wilding

The President Sings Again

• February 22, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Arts, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Buddy Guy, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Music, Public Television, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I'm Still in Love With You", "In Performance at The White House", "Sweet Home Chicago", African Americans, Al Green, Barack Obama, Blues, Buddy Guy, East Room, Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Music, New Orleans, Obama, PBS, President Obama, Reverend Al Green, Rolling Stones, Shemekia Copeland, Trombone Shorty, White House, WPT.org

Racism at The BBC: “Top Gear” Hosts Castigated for Derogatory Remarks Against Mexicans

• February 6, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, European History, Immigration, Mexico, National Issues, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "Top Gear", Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Mexican, BBC, Globalization, Immigrants, James May, Jeremy Clarkson, Labor, Laborers, Latinos, Mastretta MXT, Mexican Americans, Mexican Labor, Mexicans, Mexico, NAFTA, PBS, Racism, Richard Hammond, Stereotypes, United States

The President’s 2011 State of the Union Address

• January 25, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, Health Care/The Public Option, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, C-Span, Children, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Hulu, PBS, President Barack Obama, Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, SOTU, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Tucson Arizona, United States, United States Marine Corps, West Philadelphia High School, White House, You Tube

That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot

• December 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II

Forty Years Since George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” Released; Nine Years Since George Left Us

• November 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, Memoir, Music, Public Television, Religion, Spirituality, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "All Things Must Pass", "Rubber Soul", "The Concert for George", Anniversary, Assassination, Beatle, Britain, David Crosby, Death, George Harrison, High School, India, Indians, Jim Croce, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Knife Attack, Los Angeles California, Lung Cancer, Memorial, Music, Paul McCartney, PBS, Phase, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Religious, Singer Songwriter, Sitar, Solo Album, Spiritual Rock, The Beatles, The Seventies, Tribute

The Fifth of Katrina – The People

• August 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted 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

Blacks in Britain Alert: Masterpiece Theatre, “Foyle’s War VI: Killing Time” Presents Black GIs in Post-World War II Britain

• May 6, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drama, European History, Fiction Writing, Hate Crimes, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Public Television, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II
Tags: "Killing Time", "Masterpiece Theater", "Midsomer Murders", A&E Network, African Americans, Anthony Horowitz, Black Yanks, Blacks, Bolshie, Britspeak, Charlotte Riley, Children, Christopher Foyle, DCS Foyle, Desegregation, Detective Chief Superintendant Christopher Foyle, Doctrinaire, Drama, East Sussex, Foyle, Gabe Kelly, Great Britain, Greenlit Productions, Mandy Dean, Michael Kitchen, Morality, Murder, Obi Abili, PBS, Racism, Segregation, Sexual Rivalry, The British Empire, U.S. Army, Winston Churchill

Another View of The Origins of AIDS

• May 1, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, American History, Class, Cultural History, Documentaries, Documentary, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Health, HIV Positive, Memoir, Race, Science, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Frontline", "The Age of AIDS", African Americans, AIDS, Albert Sabin, Blacks, Channel 4, Children, Chimpanzee Kidney Culture, Drugs, Fear, Growing Up, Heterosexuality, Hilary Kaprowski, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Jonas Salk, Jones Generation, Mistakes, Monkey Meat, Oral Polio Vaccine, PBS, Polio, Racism, Research Laboratory, Sabin, Salk, Sex, Sexual Transmission, Sexuality, The Belgian Congo, The March of Dimes, The Nineties, Tom Curtis, Vaccine, W.D. Hamilton

Don’t Believe The “Frontline” Update, “The Quake,” about Haiti

• April 27, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Frontline", "The Quake", Aristide, Ayiti, Corruption, Deals, Destinies, Distortion, Elites, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haitians, National Public Radio, Neo-Colonialism, Oil, PBS, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Self-Determination, The Black Republic, The Haitian Blogger

“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday

• April 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II

Aretha’s “Amazing Grace” Gospel Documentary From 1972 May Finally See General Release

• March 7, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Aretha Franklin, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Music, Race, Religion, Spirituality
Tags: "Amazing Grace", Academy Award, African Americans, Alan Elliott, Albertina Walker, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records, BBC, Blacks, Carolyn Franklin, Church, Clara Ward, Columbia Records, Direct-to-DVD, Erma Franklin, Genius, Gospel, Los Angeles California, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, Muscle Shoals, New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, One Lord One Faith One Baptism, PBS, Queen of Soul, Quincy Jones, Roberta Flack, Soul Sister No. 1, Sydney Pollack, The Seventies, Theatrical Release, Warner Bros., Young Gifted and Black

Singer Bill Withers on Tavis Smiley’s PBS Show

• February 8, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Bill Withers, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Television
Tags: "Still Bill", "The State of the Black Union", "Use Me", African Americans, Bill Withers, Blacks, Denise Nicholas, Documentary, Domestic Violence, Drama, Egomania, Film, Gatekeeper, Interview, Kori Withers, Late Night TV, Leader, Marcia Johnson, Marriage, Music, PBS, Relationships, Sex, Singer Songwriter, Tavis Smiley, The Eighties, The Seventies, Todd Withers, Washington Mutual, Wells Fargo

PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان

• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Documentaries, Education, Film, History, Iran, Neda Soltani, Obama Administration, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A Death in Tehran", "Frontline", Death, Demonstrations, Dictatorship, Documentary, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Islamic Republic, Killings, Neda Agha-Soltan, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, PBS, Protestors, Puiblic Broadcasting System, The Basij, The Twitter Revolt, The Twitter Revolution, Twitter, ندا آقا سلطان

The Star of Ken Burns’ “National Parks” Documentary: Ranger Shelton Johnson

• September 28, 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Animals, Black People, History, Love, Public Television, Science
Tags: "Gloryland", "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", African Americans, Blacks, Conservation, Ken Burns, Love, National Parks, Nature, Park Service Ranger, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, Ranger Johnson, Ranger Shelton Johnson, Shelton Johnson, The Buffalo Soldiers, The Grand Canyon, The Park Service, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park

Rest in Peace, Mollie Sugden of “Are You Being Served?”

• July 4, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Memoir, Mollie Sugden, Women
Tags: "Are You Being Served", "Masterpiece Theater", Brit TV, Frank Thornton, Grace Bros., ITV, John Inman, Mike Berry, Mollie Sugden, Mrs. Betty Slocombe, Mrs. Slocombe, Nicholas Smith, PBS, Tiddles, Trevor Bannister, Wilberforce Humphries, William Moore

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