African American

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• The School of Our Lorde: Poetics, Pedagogy, and Political Practice

  
  feminist blogs — Authority: 162
  [image is from the cover of the first edition of Sister Outsider, seen here] Excerpt of post:School of Our Lorde: Poetics, Pedagogy and Political PracticeThe School of Our Lorde is comprised of 3 weekly evening sessions that allow participants to deeply engage and build on the work of Audre Lorde as transmitted ...
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• Happy Kwanzaa 2009

  
  Keepingitreal — Authority: 129
  Happy Kwanzaa 2009
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• It is Frightening to Think the Terrorist Almost Won

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 435
   The Nigerian terrorist would have been successful if he had been able to detonate his bomb. The frightening part is he was able to pass through the system while carrying this fatal substance. Now the airlines are on special alert. The horse has run off and now they are putting a new lock on the barn door. This guy ...
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• Percy Sutton, activist, Tuskeegee Airman, lawyer, politician, and media mogul dies at 89.

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 128
  Percy Sutton a son of a former slave who at times in his life was an activist, Tuskeegee Airman, lawyer, politician and media mogul. As a media mogul he saved the Apollo Theater in Harlem and owned several black radio station throughtout the US. As  a lawyer he defended Malcom X. As  a politician he served in the NY ...
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• Tyra Banks saying goodbye to her talk show.

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 128
  After a 5 year run Tyra Banks is announcing the end of “The Tyra Show Banks will focus on the launch of Bankable Studios, a N.Y.-based film production company currently reviewing possible projects. Sticking to her mission, Banks aims to bring “positive images of women to the big screen,” says an industry ...
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• A Gift for his Sister

  
  Alease Michelle - A Mixed Media Artist — Authority: 120
  Over the holidays, I was commissioned to create a mixed media collage for a co-workers sister. Well of course I completed it before Christmas, but I did not want to post it, caused I feared that maybe his sister would view my post from his blog. So I decided I would post it today. I going to send you to my new blog ...
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• Man of Fate

  
  Writers of Color Blog Tour — Authority: 129
  Man of Fate Rochelle Alers. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009. 355 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. ISBN-10:  0373831609 ISBN-13:  978-0373831609 Heres the blurb: This first entry in a new series introduces close friends Kyle, Duncan, and Ivan, who have become the rich, successful co-owners ...
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• January Programs at the N.C. Museum of History

  
  NC Cultural Resources Newsroom — Authority: 125
  You can always count on the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh for free music performances, festivals, children’s programs and more. January’s programs will be a welcome treat after the budget-busting holidays. The African American Cultural Celebration on Jan. 30 is one of the museum’s largest annual events. ...
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• “Why are so many successful black women unmarried?”

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 127
  ABC Nightline News investigates, “why are so many successful black women unmarried?”…Related Posts:Tom Joyner announces 2010 foundation funding for 11 HBCUsTom Joyner Foundation accepting applications for ‘Full Ride’Tyler Perry gives $1 million to NAACPHBCU Forces Overweight Students To Lose Weight To ...
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• Tom Joyner announces 2010 foundation funding for 11 HBCUs

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 127
  The Tom Joyner Foundation(r), a major driving force in raising money for historically black colleges since 1998, today announced the 11 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that it will raise money for in 2010.The foundation, formed by the nationally syndicated radio personality, unveiled the names of ...
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• US civil rights attorney Percy Sutton dies

  
  AlumniUnit.com — Authority: 127
  President Barack Obama on Sunday marked the death of legendary civil rights lawyer and politician Percy Sutton as that of “a true hero to African Americans.”“His life-long dedication to the fight for civil rights and his career as an entrepreneur and public servant made the rise of countless young African ...
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• Holiday Invite: Kwanzza on the Net

  
  Holiday Rap - Holidays on the Net Holiday Blog — Authority: 146
  Kwanzaa yenu iwe na heri! Happy Kwanzaa! Holidays on the Net is delighted to invite you to join us for our Kwanzaa celebration. Kwanzaa is a seven-day festival, celebrating African American people, culture and history. It is a time of community gathering that begins on December 26th and continues through New ...
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• The Return of Slavery to America...ironically ushered in by a black man, an African-American!

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 142
  The next eleven months will be critical for America. America will live or die depending upon the results of the election of 2010...We can save America. But we cannot save America with the government we have now. The Socialist government America has today is a death sentence for the country. It will be a slow ...
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• Who Was Rude: Mary J Blige For Punching Her Hubby Or His Roving Eye?

  
  Seriously McMillan's "She So Ghetto" — Authority: 125
  Women do make jokes about knocking out their man if he’s checking out another woman. “If I catch hom looking at another woman I will knock his ass out…Do you hear me?” I guess Mary J. Blige joked so much about it that she made it a reality, at least, according to the New York Post. It’s really funny ...
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• The Emperor Jones at the SoHo Playhouse

  
  Blog-AroundHarlem.com — Authority: 120
  Eugene O’Neill’s brilliant groundbreaking play, The Emperor Jones , is the story of Brutus Jones, an African-American man who sets himself up as monarch of a Caribbean island following a prison break in the Unites States. When the natives rebel after years of exploitation, Jones’s mesmerizing journey into ...
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• Jesse Jackson has something to say about the death of Mark Anthony Barmore

  
  Black Politics, Black Voters, Black People — Authority: 106
  The Rev. Jesse Jackson said a “miscarriage of justice” was performed by a Winnebago County grand jury Wednesday, when it decided two Rockford officers were justified in fatally shooting an unarmed man inside a day care. The civil rights leader and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition has taken up the cause of Sheila and ...
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• Percy Sutton, Harlem Politician and Radio Mogul Dies at 89

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 572
  Percy Sutton, one of the first pioneers in media, and attorney of Malcolm X died at the age of 89 New York. Initially born as son of a slave, Percy Sutton did his military service with the Tuskegee Airmen in the second world war and lived most of his life in Harlem. Already in the 70ies, he built a business and ...
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• The Seven Principles Of Kwanzaa

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  By Madhuri DeyDec. 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Dec. 26 marked off the first day of Kwanzaa. The ceremony was kicked off at Oklahoma, in the Youth Uprising. It is not a festival that is widely celebrated, and for most of the time, the celebrations are drowned out in the Christmas rush. On the other hand, it [...]
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• Renowned Civil Rights Activist Percy Sutton Passes Away

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  By Gina GomezNew York, Dec.27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Much acclaimed civil rights activists Percy Sutton, who was known to be one of the most competent black political leader, passed away on Saturday, sources reveal. The reputed politician who played a significant role in the fight for equal rights of the African American ...
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• “Say It, Say It Anyway You Can” by Vievee Francis

  
  RATTLE: Poetry for the 21st Century — Authority: 473
  Vievee Francis SAY IT, SAY IT ANYWAY YOU CAN He hit her in the back of the head. Truth—finds its own coarse measure. Not long out of diapers I wore purple hot pants and danced a funky chicken. There was the boogaloo, and my aunt’s red wig that went over her hair. I knew men, even then. I had uncles. And a ...
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