Book Review: Color, Sex, & Poetry: African American Lesbian Poet and Writer Angelina Weld Grimke Will never be forgotten

When people think about the Harlem Renaissance they usually think of Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Jean Toomer, Jesse Fauset, Wallace Thurman, Carl Van Vechten, Countee Cullen, Richard Bruce Nugent, and perhaps Alain Locke. One of the forgotten members of this elite group of black writers is Angelina Weld Grimke. I love [...]

Marion Jones tearful press conference and fall from grace

     Marion Jones is obviously a very shrewd young woman. Marion did not deny she was wrong and she begged the public’s forgiveness for her transgressions. The question is the public going to have sympathy for Jones given the fact she was so adamant in other press conferences of being innocent ?  Marion’s press conference [...]

Why are the “conscious” rap artists ignored? Are Rap Artists The new minstrels?

       
            I know I’m late writing about the whole Kanye West Vs 50 CENT record sales battle but I had to listen to both albums. I got to say Kanye wins by a landslide. I’m not really into rap music. I remember when I was a kid during the golden age of rap music in [...]