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Friday, August 30, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The Black Panther Sequel Arrives In 2022
According to the website Deadline.Com, Black Panther 2 will be in theatres on May 6, 2022. So mark your calendars. The first one grossed $1.35 billion at the box office worldwide.
I thoroughly enjoyed Black Panther and I'm looking forward to seeing the sequel.
According to the website Deadline.Com, Black Panther 2 will be in theatres on May 6, 2022. So mark your calendars. The first one grossed $1.35 billion at the box office worldwide.
I thoroughly enjoyed Black Panther and I'm looking forward to seeing the sequel.
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
A Black Heritage T-Shirt
Last week, on the M5 city bus traveling uptown on Amsterdam Avenue, in Manhattan, I saw a very interesting and unusual sight--a portly, middle-aged white man wearing a black heritage-themed T-shirt. As he stood in the aisle talking to the lady seated next to me and her husband who stood next to her, I was able to jot down what was printed on the shirt:
"Dream Like Martin
Challenge Like Rosa
Inspire Like Barack
Write Like Maya
Build Like Oprah
Educate Like W.E.B.
Fight Like Malcolm
Believe Like Thurgood
Speak Like Frederick
Stand Up Like Colin
Lead Like Harriet
Champion Like Ali"
Obviously this was a man with respect for black historical figures and was not shy about showing it.
I have a co-worker at the call center who proudly shows his afrocentricity by wearing T-shirts with photos of such icons as Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, and Malcolm X. But I've never seen him wear a T-shirt like the aforementioned one.
I'm not much for wearing logos, slogans, and photos on clothing. But the T-shirt I saw on the bus is worth owning if only to display it as an alternative and a corrective to the profane and narcissistic ones I've seen people wear on the streets of Harlem and elsewhere.
"Dream Like Martin
Challenge Like Rosa
Inspire Like Barack
Write Like Maya
Build Like Oprah
Educate Like W.E.B.
Fight Like Malcolm
Believe Like Thurgood
Speak Like Frederick
Stand Up Like Colin
Lead Like Harriet
Champion Like Ali"
Obviously this was a man with respect for black historical figures and was not shy about showing it.
I have a co-worker at the call center who proudly shows his afrocentricity by wearing T-shirts with photos of such icons as Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, and Malcolm X. But I've never seen him wear a T-shirt like the aforementioned one.
I'm not much for wearing logos, slogans, and photos on clothing. But the T-shirt I saw on the bus is worth owning if only to display it as an alternative and a corrective to the profane and narcissistic ones I've seen people wear on the streets of Harlem and elsewhere.
Monday, August 12, 2019
Friday, August 9, 2019
Remembering Novelist/Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison
Earlier this week, Toni Morrison died at age 88. My longtime friend, Armando Alleyne, an artist who lives in Brooklyn, sent me a text message regarding her passing:
"A great great sister scholar professor and Pulitzer Prize winner has moved on [.] Toni Morrison I pray that she's in the angel wings in the great great palace [.]"
(Sent @ 04:54 AM, 08/07/2019)
I responded:
"I heard the sad news of Toni Morrison's passing. I have three of her books [Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved]. Maybe we should honor her by reading one of her books."
(Sent @ 03:12 PM, 08/07/2019)
R.I.P. Toni Morrison (1931-2019).
"A great great sister scholar professor and Pulitzer Prize winner has moved on [.] Toni Morrison I pray that she's in the angel wings in the great great palace [.]"
(Sent @ 04:54 AM, 08/07/2019)
I responded:
"I heard the sad news of Toni Morrison's passing. I have three of her books [Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved]. Maybe we should honor her by reading one of her books."
(Sent @ 03:12 PM, 08/07/2019)
R.I.P. Toni Morrison (1931-2019).
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Commemorating James Baldwin's Birthday
Yesterday, August 2nd, as I walked near the world-famous Apollo Theatre, its electronic marquee reminded me that it was James Baldwin's birthday. The fiery novelist/essayist, a son of Harlem, would have been 95 years old this year.
If Baldwin were still alive, no doubt his voice and pen would be highly critical of the Trump administration as well as the white supremacist alt-right movement, who are among Trump's avid supporters. And no doubt Trump would be on Twitter criticizing, perhaps ridiculing, Baldwin's comments. But Trump would be no match for Baldwin's eloquence and penetrating intellect.
If Baldwin were still alive, no doubt his voice and pen would be highly critical of the Trump administration as well as the white supremacist alt-right movement, who are among Trump's avid supporters. And no doubt Trump would be on Twitter criticizing, perhaps ridiculing, Baldwin's comments. But Trump would be no match for Baldwin's eloquence and penetrating intellect.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
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