Black Books, Black Voices

My Reaction to "Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons calls for an end to "offensive words" in rap music"
I guess the following could be considered a rant: This is just one of my posts to a popular topic of discussion on one of my discussion baords. The subject of the post was: Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons calls for an end to "offensive words" in rap musicRead the rest of the reactions here: http://www.thumperscorner.com/discus/messages/179/26266.htmlThe genie is out of the bottle…If
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Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources
The Kaiser Index to Black Resources is drawn from the handwritten notes of the staff of the Schomburg Center at New York Public Library. It indexes journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, pamphlets and reports published between 1948-1986.The actual clipping file is available in Wilson Library Reference, 1st floor, in reference microfiche sets 34 and 34A, covering 1924-1974 and 1975-1988.

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African American Newspapers
This collection of African-American Newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s. It also contains large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements, all of which embody the African-American experience.This database will ultimately contain the complete text of seven African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century, including Freedoms Journal, The Colored American, The National Era, and The Christian Recorder. See Database Description for detailed information about individual newspapers.

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Two Years Ago - Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passion
Black New Yorkers: Booklover hopes to profit from his passionby Tanangachi Mfuni, Amsterdam News StaffOriginally Published Vol. 97 No. 40 September 28-October 4, 2006 2006, Amsterdam NewsWhen Harlemite Troy Johnson launched a website dedicated to Black books nearly eight years ago, it came out of a passion for Black people, he said.Today, Johnson s African American Literary Book Club (
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Who’s who among African Americans

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Barack Obama at Harlem’s Apollo Theater, November 29th 2007
Barack Obamahttp://aalbc.com/authors/barack_obama.htmBarack Obama hosted a fund raiser at Harlem’s "World Famous" Apollo Theater on the evening of November 29th 2007. The event featured supporters; comedian Chris Rock, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West, and New York State Senator Bill Perkins.Obama spoke to a standing room crowd of approximately 1,500 people. The video was taken by
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Humanities&Social Sciences Retrospective
Humanities&Social Sciences Retrospective searches nearly 1200 of the most important journals in these subject areas. Updated, uniform subject headings facilitate your search, with the original subject headings also provided.

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OK y’all this is big. Cheryl Woodruff, founder and former associate publisher of One World, Random House s multicultural imprint, has been named president and associate publisher of SmileyBooks.This will be an opportunity for Us to publish the kind of Black books we’ve all be claiming that the German conglomerates will not publish. Now I know it will not be easy and Smiley Books is not going to
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Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

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