The following message comes from NABJ president Barbara Ciara: Don?t Question My Credibility Because I?m Black Letter to the FCC On Minority Media OwnershipBy Barbara Ciara When I was an aspiring journalist back in theContinue reading

Thanks to Jelani Cobb for sending this to me. (FYI: He and other friends of mine will attend the convention, and I should be posting guest blogs from Denver throughout this historic moment.) I believeContinue reading

Read this article, “Has Gen Y Transcended Race,” in its entirety by going to TheDailyVoice.com: Has Gen-Y transcended race?G’Ra Asim | Posted August 15, 2008 10:25 AM Race: the final frontier. Or is it? TheContinue reading

Thanks to Mosaic’s Ron Kavanaugh for sending this update to me: Please beg our pardon. Up South has moved tonights party & fundraiser to The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Inc. from Amy Ruth’s.Continue reading

A Notice From Malaika Adero’s UpSouth: Harlem Comes to BrooklynThursday, August 14th from 7 ? 10pm The Up South, Inc and Amy Ruth?s RestaurantCelebrate the Up South International Book Festival 2008 SeasonAnd Amy Ruth?s newContinue reading

We discuss it all on NPR’s “News and Notes” with Farai Chideya. Yesterday’s Bloggers Roundtable included John McCann of BookofJohn.com and Ron Scott of The Detroit News. Click and enjoy this 17 minute discussion.

Check out this great video I saw on the HuffPost. It’s from Brave New Films and is about three minutes long. In it, young people check out Bill’s The O’Reilly Factor for Kids and breakContinue reading

Thanks to Elise for this link. Check it out: http://www.imvotingrepublican.com/ (Go, Obama. Go!)

THE NARRATIVE DOES NOT END: A Response to ?The End of the Black American Narrative? Q: Mirror, mirror on the floor, How can we lock the racial door? A. Sorry. Race is always an openContinue reading

Kindred Cool: Portraits Inspired by the Jazz Friendship of Ralph Ellison, Romare Bearden and Albert Murray Photography by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn www.KindredCool.org presented with Up South, Inc. August 3 – September 14, 2008 Opening ReceptionSunday,Continue reading

Thanks to my amazing husband, Ralph Richardson, for sending me this. I love to get my free speech on, but these lyrics certainly won’t give a bump to Obama’s campaign. According to the HuffPost, Obama’sContinue reading

Many thanks to poet Patricia Spears Jones for sending this important American Scholar essay to me: The End of the BlackAmerican Narrative A new century calls for new storiesgrounded in the present, leaving behindthe painfulContinue reading

As always, Andrea King Collier is fun-ny! What follows originally appeared on the HuffPost: Andrea King Collier When I was a kid, a mean girl knocked the stuffing out of me and took my shoes.Continue reading

This comes from author Joyce Davis. Atlanta folk show some love!: Hey Folks,>> Some author friends of mine are participating in a fundraiser for a> College Park (ATL) -based organization called Boys Who D.A.R.E.. Money>Continue reading

Soledad O’Brien’s two-part documentary gave voiced expression to diverse African American experiences. “Black in America” was fair, balanced, and factually accurate. The biggest flaw was that the prodigious reportage and full spectrum of opinion presentedContinue reading

From MoveOn.org. Wear it with pride!: Hey, Want a free Obama button? MoveOn’s giving them away totally free–no strings attached. I just got mine, and wanted to share the opportunity with you. Click this linkContinue reading