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James Lipton of “Inside The Actors’ Studio”: I Was a Pimp in Paris

• May 29, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, France, Late Night TV, Memoir, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women, World War II
Tags: Actors Studio, Barber, Black Panthers, Bordello, Hair Dye, Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, Lipton, Paris, Paris FRANCE, Pimp, Pimps, Post-World War II France, Prostitutes, Richard Pryor, Rite of Passage, Seine, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Snoop Dogg, The Beats, Tom Selleck, Virility

The Very Dead But Forever Beloved Richard Pryor is Coming Out With a New Compilation Album Soon and a New Documentary

• March 28, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Drug Culture/Industry, Facebook, Film, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Compilation Album, Compilation CD, DVD, Marsha Warfield, Pryor, Richard Pryor, Shout Factory, Tribeca Film Festival, Whoopi Goldberg, YouTube

Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Waking Up to a Fire Next Door

• June 30, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: Apartment, Apartment Fire, Fire, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Mifflin Street, Pinckney Street, Richard Pryor, Smoke Inhalation, United States, Walgreens, Webster Street, Wisconsin, YWCA

Tracy Morgan: It Wasn’t Humor or Free Speech, It Was Hate and An Apology Is Too Little Too Late

• June 13, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "30 Rock", "Bossypants", Aberration, African Americans, Anus, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Child Abuse, Chris Rock, Comedians, Comedy, Common Sense, Drug Culture, Emmy Award, Gays, Hate Speech, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Kevin Rogers, Lenny Bruce, LGBT, Lorne Michaels, Love, Murder, Penis, Prison Behavior, Racism, Rape, Richard Pryor, Ryman Auditorium, Saturday Night Live, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sin, SNL, SNL Alumni, Street Culture, Subjective, The Eighties, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, United States, Vaginas, Whiteness

In Case You Still Don’t Get It: A Word From Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney on The N Word

• August 23, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Maya Angelou, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The N Word
Tags: Africa, African Americans, Blacks, Chappelle's Show, Comedy, Comedy Writer, Common Sense, Dave Chappelle, Dialogue, Dr. Laura, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Electronic Urban Report, Howard Stern, Love, Mental Illness, Nita 'Jade' Hanson, Nita Hanson, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, The N Word, The Right Wing, The Seventies, Wingnuts

This is Your Mind on Drugs: Richard Pryor in Full Sail, Circa 1980

• July 25, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Comedy, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Late Night TV, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Television Series, Women
Tags: "Silver Streak", "Stir Crazy", Cocaine, Coke, Crack, Drug Abuse, Freebasing, Gene Wilder, Interview, Johnny Carson, Lily Tomlin, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Pryor, Richard Pryor, Suicide Attempt, Sunset Boulevard, The Eighties, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

After the Verdict on Mehserle, Black Oakland Largely Sits This One Out

• July 9, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Aftermath, Attitudinal Healing Connection, Black Youth, Blacks, Churches, Coffeehouses, Community Centers, Constables on Patrol, Drama, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Growing Up, Johannes Mehserle, Lake Merritt, Latinos, Mainstream Media, Mayor Ron Dellums, MSM, Murder, Oakland CA, Oakland Chamber of Commerce, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Racism, Rage, Richard Pryor, Rodney King, Ron Dellums, Shawn Gullatt, The Media, Verdict, Vigil, Youth, Youth Uprising, Youths of Color

Actress Pam Grier Has a New Memoir, and Is On the Book Tour Trail

• April 23, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Italy, Love, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, Pam Grier, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Philippines, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Foxy Brown", "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts", "Jackie Brown", "L.A. Times Festival of Books", "The Arena", African American Women, African Americans, Blaxsploitation Films, Denver CO, Frederico Fellini, Italy, John Lennon, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, Living Legends, Los Angeles CA, Native American Ancestry, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Pryor, Roger Corman, Sexy, Single Black Women, The Eighties, The Seventies, Womanly

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