February 2012
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An Open Statement to the Fans of The Help: by the...
On behalf of the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH), this statement provides historical context to address widespread stereotyping presented in both the film and novel version of The Help. The book has sold over three million copies, and heavy promotion of the movie will ensure its success at the box office. Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of...
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WatchMelissa Harris-Perry On ‘The Help’: ‘Appalled At The Gross Historical Inaccuracies’ (VIDEO)
She accused “The Help” of whitewashing history, saying that, for many black women, the reality of their employment was “much closer to a horror film than a lighthearted drama. Just ask those who found themselves at the mercy of Jim Crow justice, at the end of the...
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“There must be something wrong with my flame…it seems I get all the wrong...”
– Y.Addie
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What's in a Name? →
I did notice that there was a slight error, which I do not think you will mind my calling attention to.
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Is The Help the Most Loathsome Movie in America? →
I’m not sure why so many people flocked to spend hours in this world of American apartheid. For me, watching The Help was like visual waterboarding. Still, Viola Davis should win the Oscar for Best Actress. By Toure’
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WatchVery candid conversation about life, racism, and everything in between featuring Dick Gregory & Paul Mooney. Hilarious conversation.
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“We are very cruelly trapped between what we would like to be and what we...”
– James Baldwin
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing. Autolatry - The...
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“Because love is too rare to make it a condition for sex. You could spend your...”
– What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, Pearl Cleage
Independent Lens . BANISHED . The Film | PBS →
A hundred years ago, in communities across the U.S., white residents forced thousands of black families to flee their homes. Even a century later, these towns remain almost entirely white. BANISHED tells the story of three of these communities and their black descendants, who return to learn their shocking histories.
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“The story of history informs us of who we were. How we tell that story conveys...”
– Shukree Tilghman
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WatchIndependent Film by Shukree Tilghman, about his campaign to end Black History Month.
Video available online online til 3/1.
More Than a Month - ITVS →
Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, sets out on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. He stops in various cities, wearing a sandwich board, to solicit signatures on his petition to end the observance. He explains that relegating Black History Month to the coldest, shortest month of the year is an insult, and that black history is not separate from...
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Maya Angelou Public Radio Special: Award-Winning... →
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Shadow Act Livecast Season 4 Episode 3 02/19 by... →
Interview w/ actor Roger Guenveur Smith…starting around the 20-minute marker.
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“There is no more doubt in my mind that we have ultimately to return to Africa...”
– Bishop Henry McNeal Turner
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First Listen: Robert Glasper Experiment, 'Black... →
“You cannot use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– ~Maya Angelou
Good fuckin’ tune
Usher—Climax
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WatchViola Davis & Octavia Spencer defend black artistry and counter Tavis Smiley’s ambivalence about “The Help.”
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“I’ll never forget talking to RZA about him watching Ol’ Dirty Bastard do crack...”
– Excerpt from an article by Toure’
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“I never knew color was going to get in the way.”
– Viola Davis
The sobering moment when she realized competence may not always be enough sometimes.
“Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.”
– Euripides
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop...”
– Ayn Rand
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“Chained together, prisoners on road crews became an icon of the...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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“Ninety percent interest rates were not uncommon on debt borrowed for...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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“Forty years after the Civil War, America becomes an global economic power, due...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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“After emancipation, industrialists replaced slaves w/ convicts, acquiring...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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“The state of Alabama earned $14,000 its first year of (black) convict leasing,...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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“According to the 13th amendment, slavery is abolished, except as punishment for...”
– Slavery By Another Name
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WatchBET Honors 2010
J Hud’s tribute to the late Whitney Houston. I can’t believe she’s “late” now.
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WatchAmaal Nuxx (Somali Singer) - Mufasa (A Song For Africa Freedom)
GREAT SONG…we de root fuh de Horn!!!!!!
