Posts tagged with life

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: W.E.B. Du Bois (Day 22)

0 comments, 22/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Born in western Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a tolerant community and experienced little racism as a child. After graduating from Harvard, wher... Read more...

Dr. Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson Interview w/BlackStar Journal

0 comments, 17/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Interviews

Nationally certified school psychologist, kinsmen to abolitionist Frederick Douglas and a presenter in the renowned and widely acclaimed DVD “Hidden Colors,” Dr. Umar R. Abdullah-Johnson was jointly interviewed Thursday January 26, 2012 by this writer and First Work multimedia producer Warren Mu... Read more...

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@Twitter: Isn’t it Funny? By @LanaDot

0 comments, 16/02/2012, by Lana in A Truth Moment, I Am Not A Rapper, ipad, iphone, Rant, Stupititity All Stars, Technology, The Facebook Killer, twitter

By: Lana Adams My name is Lana Adams. I am a writer, by definition. I am a twenty-something year old, recent graduate of Temple University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and I am interested in helping people. I want to help people in whatever way that I can, whether it’s informing peop... Read more...

World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional Has Died

0 comments, 13/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, Technology, World News

Previously, 16-year old Pakistani computer prodigy Arfa Karim Randhawa, the world's youngest MicrosoftCertified Professional, had been hospitalized after a seizure and heart attack. She has since passed away, reports The Express Tribune. She will be buried in her family's village outside F... Read more...

Amy Winehouse’s Suicide Note

0 comments, 11/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in General

Honestly, I couldn't bring myself to post this any other time but after hearing about Whitney, I figured that since R.I.P. most people cant even fathom what its like to be trapped in the spotlight, reading this might help them out. Death, a shape, a thing. Death, a sound, a movement. Death ... Read more...

Mumia Abu Jamal – Toy Soldiers

0 comments, 08/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Audio, Exclusive

For MumiaAbu-Jamal, I am Ron Kovic author of Born on the Fourth of July. According to recent news accounts, shattered and shredded body parts and remains of U.S. servicemen were found in a landfill. Despite political spins, this sobering image is a telling, true-life metaphor... 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...

Catch Up: Devon Thompson – Ballers Girl

0 comments, 05/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Audio, Exclusive, Music

Devon Thompson is a Philadelphia born and raised artist/emcee that delivers the love, struggle, life, sound and hustle of Philly unlike any other artist before him. Imagine if Bill Withers, Bob Marley and Tupac Shakur were born into this new age of music, this new era of hip hop! Would they ... Read more...

Oprah Presents: The Women Of Brewsters Place (Full Series)

0 comments, 03/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Blair History Month, Movies, TV, Video

The matriarch and anchor for the women of Brewster Place is Mattie Michael. Her unselfish devotion to a ne'er-do-well son forces her to abandon her home, and try to make a new life in Brewster Place's dark and overcrowded tenements Kiswana organizes a tenant's union to improve the lives o... Read more...