……my friend Ericka Blount-Danois, who produced this great article on one of my all-time favorite television shows!
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Call It A Comeback!
I hope this works. I always wanted to write an article for Ebony. Lerone Bennett Jr., a journalist-turned-historian, is my role model. And it was great to hear Richard Prince here!
A Poem By Rudwaan AmenRa Lumumba: "I Am Troy Davis Today"
I AM TROY DAVIS TODAY
Yesterday I was Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo
So many others how far will this go
How long will we gag on this diet from he who oppresses
Hold the presses, this just in, another African killed by injustice
I am Troy Davis
Today
No doubt about it their system is unjust
But that’s not the only thing killing us
Black people wake up we’re killing us
The shame and pain of the maafa is still in us
Black boys filled with self-hate are stealing us
I am Troy Davis today
But who will stand now and say I am Tayshana Murphy
She was only 15 they say it was mistaken identity
He was black, she was black, where’s the mistake in that
Stop lying to yourselves Black people
If we really be Troy Davis then the frequency should ripple
Predominantly Black hoods should be the safest place for Black people
But instead we’re hunted by the hunter and the hunted
bars on windows, triple deep dead bolts got imaginations stunted
I am Troy Davis today
Tomorrow I’ll go back to being the demon that haunts the hood
that crack dealer dealing death to Black wombs
Black woman stripping her soul on poles paying rent in private rooms
I’ll be that black pimp for whom that little black girl walks in the moon
The gang-banger gang banging black boys into black men too soon
but until the needle hits the vein
I’ll respond and say
I am Troy Davis
today
Don't Worry, Conan…….
……no (male) jury would convict you. CLEARLY entrapment. 🙂
Troy Davis' Next-To-Last Words
Randall Kennedy on Barack Obama
Watch the full episode. See more Tavis Smiley.
Is Tavis getting to be a better, more skeptical interviewer (I guess he should be, after seven years 😉 ), or is he just hatin’ here because of the subject? Either way, good interview.
(And it’s interesting to me that a well-known retired Black journalist who has always believed in being critical of Black leadership is smacking Tavis because he gave a tough interview about a president who has gone out of his way to not serve Black people. Who is the hater, really? :))
Wow! "Doonesbury" Is Being Talked About—And Tossed Out of Newspapers—Again! Thanks, Sarah!
It will surprise no one who knows me that it was “Doonesbury” that got me into following the worlds of the White House Press Corps and national politics as a teenager. So I enjoyed chuckling over this whole thing.
"Doctor Who," Meet "The Today Show"
Glad to see NBC’s “The Today Show” decided to match the silliness of its subject. Even though, alas, I have left “Doctor Who” behind with David Tennant, I was happy to see this.
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WALTER RODNEY’S HOW EUROPE UNDERDEVELOPED AFRICA BACK IN PRINT AND AVAILABLE
Black Classic Press is pleased to announce publication of the groundbreaking study, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, by the late historian and political activist Walter Rodney. The title was previously published by Howard University Press. For orders and review copies, contact Black Classic Press at 1-800-476-8870.
On a related note, in May the Provost of Howard University announced the transfer of HUP publishing contracts and assets to Black Classic Press. We were recently informed by the Provost that the transfer has not been reviewed by the HU Board of Trustees, but it is on the agenda for the September Board meeting. At this time, we cannot provide any information on titles formerly published by HUP with the exception of Walter Rodney’s title mentioned above.
W. Paul Coates
Black Classic Press/ BCP Digital Printing
3921 Vero Rd Ste F
Baltimore, MD 21227
410-242-6954
bcpdigital@yahoo.com / blackclassicbooks.com
Mini-Reviews of "The New 52!": "Batwing," No. 1 and "Static Shock," No. 1
Interestingly enough, these two comics read almost exactly the same. Is it because they’re Black characters? Nope. It’s because “The New 52” seems to be following a specific—1990s?—pattern of storytelling for No. 1: start with alotta action, then introduce plot, characters, etc. and end with an action-packed cliffhanger. (Batwing’s ending is, ah, sharp. ;)) I hope someone 12 is hooked. Because I want to support Black superheroes AND because I really like these characters AND because I see really good potential with Batwing, I’ll be following—and collecting—their entire respective runs.
Drums in the Global Village 