CONGRATS To Hazel Trice Edney……….
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008…..for winning a “National 2008 Role Model Award” from the National Baptist Congress of Christian Education!
Hazel has always been my hero.
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The Forgotten: Re-issued Book Tells The Story Of Newark’s 41-Year-Old Insurrection, And The Reporter It Swallowed
Monday, June 30th, 2008
The following book review was originally published in the May/June 2007 issue of The Crisis magazine, right before the 40th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion.
This was the last article my great friend and mentor, Judy Dothard Simmons, helped me with before she became an Ancestor. I miss her. Much thanks also to Phil Petrie, who was Acting Editor-in-Chief of The Crisis […]
Twice In Three Months!
Sunday, April 13th, 2008A 4-D(!) Movie, Touch-Screens All Over The Place……
Sunday, April 6th, 2008…..you’ll just have to see the Newseum for itself. I just can’t do it justice.
Congrats To………
Sunday, March 9th, 2008…..my friend and mentor Herb Boyd, who was honored Feb. 19 by Anheuser Busch at Hue Man Bookstore in Harlem.
Herb’s an author, journalist and historian. The managing editor of The Black World Today and a longtime freelancer for The New York Amsterdam News, he’s the author of about a gazillion books. He also is a […]
Benjamin Todd Jealous, the NNPA and the NAACP
Friday, March 7th, 2008
So I see my old boss is a candidate for the NAACP’s top slot. George Curry has weighed in, so as someone who’s worked for both George and Benjamin Todd Jealous at NNPA, I think it’s my turn.
Prologue: I’m not the best employee in the world , so of course I had my share of run-ins […]
In The Spirit of Multiculturalism…….
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
………….I have to offer this, tongue firmly in cheek. Happy African Heritage Month! LOL!
P.S. I gave up watching “Friends” reruns a couple years back when I realized I had memorized every other line, so……
Heard About………..
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008……..this?
Well, so much for the “new” South Africa.
Okay, Here We Go :)
Monday, February 25th, 2008Wow! What a coincidence! This photo was given to Matt Drudge today. He says the Clinton campaign sent to to him. Surprise, surprise!
And now it’s revealed that Obama’s crowds are not being fully frisked? Is this a rehearsal for an assassination attempt? The issue is never going away.
P.S. Yes, I thought the “Saturday Night Live” skit […]
Is It Over?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008No, not necessarily. (But some smell blood.) The little sister here does not seem really impressed with Hillary’s tactics thus far.
While I typed this, I watched Hillary Clinton go on the attack on CNN. She might be right, but it still looks desperate.