Culture
Go see Duke Ellington’s sweet, tangy “Queenie Pie”
February 14, 2014Ellington was one of the most versatile figures in music of the 20th century, but most people do not know that from the 1930s on, Ellington worked intermittently, all the way up to his death in...
Read moreWe Shall Be Free!: Black Communist Protest in Seven Voices
February 12, 2014In his preface, Walter T. Howard writes that, he hopes to "break new ground in the scholarship of the African American left."
Read moreFor Valentine’s Day, a love poem
February 12, 2014I wrote this poem while sitting at a bookstore in Rockford, IL. In a creative mood, I heard a woman's voice - the rest is history.
Read morePan African Film Festival opens Feb. 6 in L.A.
February 10, 2014One of L.A.'s leading annual cinema showcases and the biggest and most prestigious Black-themed film festivals, will take place February 6-17.
Read moreMovies you might have missed: “Sacco and Vanzetti”
February 7, 2014Awell-made, engrossing documentary that does something remarkable. It makes compelling viewing out of the retelling of the prosecution of a murder trial from 87 years ago, of which we already know the outcome.
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