My Gosh! π Is there such a thing as good Black objectification? Ladies, I’ll let you answer this one. π
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When A Local, Independent Bookstore Dies………….
…..that booksigning you were going to have one day at your “home” when your book was finally going to be published is now not going to happen.
…..that great friend or SO you were going to meet there you now won’t.
…..you lose a fun, save haven for children.
…..that important fact or truth you were going to learn from the special guest, there shilling his or her book, you now are not going to learn.
……that great book you accidently found while searching for something else you will now never read.
…..you lose another place where the owners remember your name.
……you again are reminded that habits change and they don’t change back.
…..you lose another place where your worldview is affirmed.
……life becomes a little bit less filled with a sense of community.
Thanks, Todd and Bridget (the couple on the right), for fighting The Good Fight for so long!
Asante Sana, John Hope Franklin
John Hope Franklin aided Thurgood Marshall in the Brown case and wrote a definitive history of African-Americans. If that was all he did, it would be enough. But he was a very productive scholar who was serious squared about (African-)American history.
A Slow Death?
It’s going WAY too fast for me. My friend Wayne Dawkins explained to me that the Great Recession has turned what was a 10-year transfer away from print into a one-year shift, which is why it’s so painful for soΒ many. I think he’s right.
Presenting…… "In Blackest Night: Rise of the Lantern!"
I’m happy to say that I know several Morgan State University students who are involved in this short. π This student project—which reimagines how John Stewart became Green Lantern—stars three students I had the honor of teaching, and one of our (Department of Communications Studies) faculty members.
The sequel is in post-production. I think I caught a scene being filmed in the hallways a couple of weeks ago.Β π
Fiore Has Done It Again!
What a GREAT way to show the problems in Darfur!
Why We Still Need Mainstream (Print) Journalism
An important story on important work.
Did You Read………..
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….this interview with Manning Marable about his upcoming biography of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)?
Did You Watch………….
I Watched The Watchmen :)
…..and my quick verdict is this: it’s a great adaptation of the famous graphic novel. Now, as a movie….. dunno. I’ve seen it twice now, and I’d put in the Top 5 of the Best Superhero Movies ever just for effort. But it would probably be No. 5.
So, to sum:
APDAPTATION=A
MOVIE=B










