Archive for the 'american history' Category

The Return Of Tavis Smiley’s Negro Bowl?!?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Well, that was quick! LOL! I just wrote here that The Negro Bowl was over, and now it’s back—kinda. More like a remix, I guess! LOL!
I think I got the story straight: Tavis is mad that civil rights leaders visited the White House and asked for nothing. Not only that, but [...]

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…..the upcoming return of this legendary comicbook! Neal Adams’ best art ever! (Lookit how much an original in good condition can cost!) Can’t wait!

The list of 1970s celebrities on the cover (along with much of the comicbook) is here.
And anybody remember this homage ESPN magazine cover Neal did back in the day? [...]

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Ten Cents vs. $1,000,000! Faster Than An ATM!

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Not surprised at all.
(FEBRUARY 27th UPDATE: And not surprised by this, either.
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Was much more interested in this. Looks like Geoff Johns is the new Stan Lee.

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Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.
Written By Himself.
A New Criticial Edition by Angela Y. Davis.
CityLights Books.
256 pp. $12.95.
What, to the feminist, is the life of Frederick Douglass? It is a life that reveals to him and her the power of a man attempting to achieve freedom and finding that to be [...]

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Monday, February 15th, 2010

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Farewell, Negro Bowl

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Under all of the topics I’ve happily listed under “love to hate,” I must admit that Tavis Smiley’s “State of the Black Union” was at the very top. I am more upset than I thought I’d be with Smiley’s announcement a couple of days back that he is not continuing these annual forums. I think [...]

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Happy 115th Birthday, Mr. Segar!

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Thanks, Google, for linking to this article. Popeye was a great part of my childhood. And of course I loved this particular cartoon.

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40 Years Later, Never Forget!

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Never.

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On the one hand……
On the other hand…….
On the one hand and the other hand…….

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NOOOOO!!!!!! *SNIFF*

Friday, November 13th, 2009

First Ebony on the rocks, and now this? It’s like all my dreams are dying a slow death….. Poor Chicago magazines….. *sniff*

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