Posts tagged with book

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: John Langston Gwaltney (Day 12)

0 comments, 12/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

John Langston Gwaltney John Langston Gwaltney was a writer and anthropologist focused on African American culture, best known for his book Drylongso: A Self Portrait of Black America. He was a professor of anthropology at the University of Syracuse in New York. Drylongso is a collection of... Read more...

The Express (Full Movie)

0 comments, 05/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Movies, Video

A drama based on the life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Director: Gary Fleder Writers: Charles Leavitt, Robert Gallagher (book) Stars: Rob Brown, Dennis Quaid and Clancy Brown Read more...

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Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Virginia Hamilton (Day 4)

0 comments, 04/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

Virginia Hamilton Virginia Hamilton was an award-winning author of children's books. She wrote 41 books, including M. C. Higgins, the Great, for which she won the National Book Award in 1974 and the 1975 Newbery Medal. Hamilton's first book, as a child was "The Novel". Then came Zeely... Read more...

African Children’s Book Fair Returns to the CCP Tomorrow Feb 3rd

0 comments, 03/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, Books/Magazine, Do The Knowledge, E-Book, Edu-tainment

LIBRARIES MAY seem obsolete when compared with digital media but there are still many who believe that giving a child a real book can make a difference in his life. Of those people, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati stands proudly as the founder of a once small book fair that is celebrating its 20th yea... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily Knowledge: Sterling Allen Brown (Day 3)

0 comments, 03/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General

Sterling Allen Brown Sterling Allen Brown was a professor, author of works on folklore, poet and literary critic. Some of his works are Southern Road, Harcourt, Brace and company, and Negro Poetry. In the early 1980s his Collected Poems won the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for the bes... Read more...

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (Full Video)

3 comments, 17/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Documentary, Video

The classic Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent based on the Noam Chomsky/Edward Herman book by the same name. Explores the the propaganda model of the media. Read more...

(Untitled) Free Writing By: Eric Blair

3 comments, 16/01/2012, by Mr. Blair in A Few Of My Favorite Things, A Truth Moment

I write about a lot of things and lately I have been writing heavy but today I actually don’t want to write about one particular topic. I just want to free write and reflect on a few things in my life, if you don’t mind. One of my earliest memories as a human being/child was my grandmother com... Read more...

Wisconsin Police Arrest Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop

1 comment, 10/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, World News

Here's a tale that Dr. Seuss never wrote: the man formerly known as Jeffrey Drew Wilschke has been arrested again by Madison, Wisconsin police, who'd received phone calls from concerned residents. It seems the former Mr. Wilschke had been prowling around a local park, not far from the state�... Read more...

How The Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 (Full Movie)

5 comments, 24/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in ::Drop Zone::, Movies, Video

Based on the book by the famous Dr. Seuss. Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Who's, an almost mutated sort of munchkinlike people. All the Who's love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature... Read more...