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Daughter of a aristocratic WASP and Haitian Songbird, Susan Fales-Hill presents a rewarding novel of her adventures.

The memoirist-philanthropist-TV producer talks about her debut novel, Bill Cosby, Lena Horne and the philanthropic life.
By: The Root.com
The intrigue in One Flight Up, the first novel by Susan Fales-Hill, begins before the story does. Just after the title page, [...]

In 1990, Activist and Legendary actors, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis visited Fort Wayne, IN to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Gingerbread House Preschool center. A portion of their Panel Discussion appeared on a talks show entitled “A New Generation”.
Via www.SoulVisionTV.com

Rev. Jesse Jackson joined local NAACP leaders and clergy members in Detroit on Tuesday evening, suggesting the need for a new federal economic stimulus plan while pushing for job creation and racial parity in the automotive industry.
Jackson spoke at Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church as a prelude to Detroit’s upcoming “Rebuild America: Jobs, Justice and [...]

Can Black women tell their own stories? This article gives us a interesting look at just how far we have come in Hollywood when it comes to racisim,sexism, and the future of film production.

“Now I am an illusion, just like the films. They see me but they can’t recognize me.” –Mignon Duprée (played by Lonette [...]

Clayton Hardiman | Muskegon Chronicle
For more than 20 years, it sat dormant — an empty storefront whose significance as a community voice was barely a whispered memory.
But 1877 Peck is back, this time with a name.
And the whisper is now a roar.
Friends, neighbors, dignitaries, well wishers and listeners, more than 100 strong, crowded around [...]

Mark Winston Griffith, a nationally recognized economic justice advocate and co-founder of the Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union, is now a executive director of the Brooklyn Movement Center, a community-organizing group based in Central Brooklyn. He was born in Brooklyn and has lived there all of his adult life.
I came across Mr. Griffith in [...]

Character-driven satirical drama about a young, extraordinarily intellectual black activist wannabe who is discovered as the political critic sending out anonymous emails that criticize todays black leadership. Instead of holding it against him, the black leader who finds him out hires his worst critic as a second adviser.
(Via Youtube)

NBC Interview with the Filmmaker Clayton [...]

The NAACP’s Head brother in Charge addresses members of the nations’ largest Teacher Union in Seattle! Jealous has to step his game up. The recent dust up with the Tea Party, lackluster speeches, and a few bad PR moves have hurt the young leader in his early tenure at the Nation’s oldest Civil Rights Organization. [...]

Princeton Professor Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr is quickly emerging becoming one of the countries’ top scholars. His book “Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America” received a great amount critical acclaim and is a must read. Below Glaude speaks at the “It Ain’t All Good In My Hood” Forum organized by [...]

Author Walter Molsey and columnist for the Nation Magazine is interviewed on GriTtv in a piece called “Gesturing Towards Redemption”.
Via GRITtv: “Walter Mosley joins us in the studio to discuss the late West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd’s varied career, quite possibly one of redemption. Byrd was known for shifting his politics in accordance with [...]