A 2Pac musical play is coming to Broadway in New York City possibly as soon as the end of this year, the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation confirmed with XXLMag.com. “It’s based off the music of Tupac,” Vernal Cambridge, Executive Director of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, told XXLMag.com... Read more...
Thanks to America's overwhelmed oil pipelines, some lucky drivers in the Rockies are getting a big discount on gas. Right now, it's very, very good to be a commuter in Colorado. Gas prices have been on the rise for the past two months, as the international game of chicken between the West and Ira... Read more...
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29/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
General,
my people
Annie Spencer Annie Bethel Spencer was a poet and active participant in the New Negro Movement and Harlem Renaissance period. Anne was the first Virginian and first African-American to have her poetry included in the Norton Anthology of American Poetry. Also an activist ... Read more...
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28/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
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Dorothy West Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family. Dorothy,s principal contribution to the Harlem Renaissance was to publish the maga... Read more...
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21/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
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Alain Locke Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke a writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance". His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy a... Read more...
(This article is excerpted and is not the complete article. Click Here to view complete article) American education has problems, almost everyone is willing to concede, but many think those problems are mostly concentrated in our large urban school districts. In the elite suburbs, where w... Read more...
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20/02/2012,
by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness,
Black People,
Blair History Month,
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my people
John Henrik Clarke John Henry Clarke was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. He was Professor of African World History and in 1969 founding chairman of t... Read more...
Harper's autobiographical novel is almost out, his girlfriend Robin desires commitment, and he's best man at the wedding of Lance, a pro athlete. He goes to New York early (Robin will come for the wedding) to hang out with Lance and other friends, including Jordan, his former almost-lover, now i... Read more...