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Justice Sotomayor: Just call me "Sonia from the Bronx"

Maria Eugenia Alcón wrote 2 weeks ago: NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just … more →

Tags: People, Affirmative Action, Defense Marriage Act, doma, Gay Marriage, memoir, PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, Puerto Rico, Same- Sex

Friday Finds

radicalhope wrote 1 month ago: Should Be Reading Blog ‘s question for Friday is : What books have been added to your TBR pile … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Abby Wolf, The Richer The Poorer, dorothy west, new moon's arms, Nalo Hopkinson, How Toilets Work, ryan jacobson

Think About It, Take Two: April 4th, 2013

theblackview wrote 1 month ago: Whereas we have black and white or perhaps black, white, and mulatto as the three categories of race … more →

Tags: Think About It, identity, Race, ethnicity, Culture, History, film, Documentary

Winter Reads

theinfamousl wrote 1 month ago: Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness by Rebecca Walker Of the few books I’ve read ove … more →

Tags: Books 2, 50 black women who changed america, Afrocentric, Amy Alexander, bell hooks, Black Cool, Books, Buddhism, Buddhist Teachings

The 25 Greatest Essay Collections of All Time

emilystemple wrote 2 months ago: Today marks the release of Aleksandar Hemon’s excellent book of personal essays, The Book of M … more →

Tags: Books, zzz-mailer-ready-feature, aleksandar hemon, Annie Dillard, Christopher Hitchens, clive james, Cynthia Ozick, David Foster Wallace, david sedaris

My Sexy Symptoms

joblesswhore wrote 2 months ago: Another thing no one tells you about being laid off is the slew of sexy symptoms you’ll experi … more →

Tags: Unemployment, The Grind, i was laid off, laid-off, tips for stress, unemployement stress symptoms, what causes stress, Coping With Stress, Reducing STRESS.....

With a Father like that, he thought he died and went to Heaven. Forth Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2013 at ORLC

peterkrey wrote 2 months ago: Forth Sunday in Lent, March 10, 2013 Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-3 … more →

Tags: Selected Sermons, Luther, Bible Study, theology, parable of Jesus, parable of the prodigal son, prodigal father, jackie gleason, Downton Abbey

Book Review - Darell Fields' Architecture in Black

walden_lake wrote 2 months ago: It is somewhat curious that Architecture in Black has not received more recognition for its study of … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Darell Fields, Architecture in Black, Hegel, Heinrich Hübsch, In What Style Shall We Build?, black architecture project

Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on the Wall at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

goodblacknews wrote 2 months ago: A portrait of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. by artists Yuki Wang. (Smithsonian National P … more →

Tags: News, Education, Arts & Style, Fine Arts, Commemorations, Harvard University, Smithsonian, commemorations, National Portrait Gallery

"Exactly How 'Black' Is Black America?"

Starlette McNeill wrote 2 months ago: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. asks, “Exactly How ‘Black’ Is Black America?” on The … more →

Tags: Race, Teaching Racelessness, race and DNA, finding your roots, African ancestry in African Americans

Signifyin' in "I Hope My Mother Will Be There"

Kirk Ward wrote 2 months ago: “I hope my mother will be there in that wonderful world on high” This is the opening lin … more →

Tags: Church Musican, Following Jesus, Multi-cultural Ministry, Music You Should Listen To, Black History, Justice, Freedom, Signifyin', Spirituals

Reconsidering Our Priorities Through Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

victoriagarafola wrote 3 months ago: By Victoria Garafola Speaking as an African American Professor at Harvard University in the Early 19 … more →

Tags: reading responses

We've got bigger problems.

ktowens45 wrote 3 months ago: -Katie Owens Most of the time, I think people start arguments because they have nothing better to do … more →

Tags: reading responses

Lincoln: A President for the Ages, a book review by Bob Morris

Bob Morris wrote 3 months ago: Lincoln: A President for the Ages Karl Weber, Editor and Contributor PublicAffairs/Participant Media … more →

Tags: bobmorris, United Nations, Harry Truman, Theodore Roosevelt, Edwin M Stanton, harold holzer, Karl Weber, Douglas L. Wilson, Steven Spielberg

Black History=American History

Dana Walters wrote 3 months ago: Today is the first day in “Black History” month also known as African American History month and is … more →

Tags: History 2, photography by Dana Walters, Black History, American History, African-American, stay focused, History, Life Upon These Shores

PBS Celebrates Black History Month With Special Programs & New Website1 comment

Thomasena Farrar wrote 3 months ago: What’s up Music Movie Family?  Last February, I shared a few of my favorite movie and tv progr … more →

Tags: Mind on Movies, TV thoughts, Luv! ;), Dennis Haysbert, pbs, berry gordy, motown, roots, Steve Harvey

Lies My Body Tells Me120 comments

girl in the hat wrote 3 months ago: Lies My Body Tells Me (a list-in-progress): 1. I have cancer. Why does my back hurt? Must be the tum … more →

Tags: Body Talk, Personal Essays, Anna Fonte, Barrington Hall, girl in the hat, hallucination, lies my body tells me, memoir, Memory

Education Reform Straight From the Source

martinkerrymartin wrote 3 months ago: I published a very revised version of this post in The Water Tower. This country provides its citize … more →

Tags: The Nation, united states, racism, Education, Public School, Homeschooling, reform, curriculum, Interdisciplinary Studies

FLIGHT10 comments

adetokunbohr wrote 4 months ago: (C) historyfiles.co.uk The gods are weary of my exile I hear echoes of the lapping Nile I see in my … more →

Tags: Poetry, Africa, arabia, black, Black Pharaohs, Brown, Civilization, COLOR, Dreams


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