Spring is almost here…the weather is getting warmer, the birds are singing and the bees are buzzing. It’s that time of year in which love is in the air and the wedding invitations flow freely. And Mo’Kelly is usually not at said weddings…at least not when the invitation comes from ...
“Dolemite,†the 1975 blaxploitation film to end all blaxploitation films, is about to get a 2007 upgrade. The remake rights to the film, created by comedian-writer-producer Rudy Ray Moore as a parody of the blaxploitation genre, were purchased by filmmaker Bill Fishman and will include Moore as an executive producer. ...
As expected, paparazzi was in place and waiting to capture images of supermodel Naomi Campbell Monday morning as she arrived at a Lower East Side Sanitation Department warehouse in New York to begin her community service. Campbell rolled up to the Manhattan District 3 Garage at Pier 36 on the ...
The image and behavior of black youth became a prime topic for discussion as more than 8,000 guests assembled at Hampton University for activist broadcaster Tavis Smiley’s eighth annual “State of the Black Union” symposium. Keying in on this year’s theme, “Jamestown – America’s 400th Anniversary: The African American Imprint ...
5 years ago, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind law. This piece of legislation was intended to improve the public school system by increasing the penalties for schools that didn’t meet academic standards. Schools were required to test students in math and reading and were held ...
On March 31, 2007, the first full quarter of fundraising will end for the announced 2008 Presidential candidates. Considering that the first primary is little less than a year away, this will be the first significant test of the 2008 Presidential candidates. It is estimated by most election experts that ...
The public reaction to Bloody Sunday in Selma – where civil rights marchers faced clubs and dogs in a police riot – led directly to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 42 years later, the anniversary of Bloody Sunday enjoyed national attention when the presidential campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Barack ...
Recently I was talking to a friend of mine who was, as they say, of the Caucasian persuasion. He and I have had political conversations over the years. He’s usually on the conservative side and I have what I consider to be a bonafide liberal, left of center point-of-view. We ...
When Ohio Congressman Tony Hall introduced two resolutions in 1997 and 2000 asking Congress to officially apologize for slavery, he was blasted from pillar to post. Irate whites called the resolution wasteful and racist. Many blacks ridiculed it as much too little and much too late. But the slavery issue ...
Kenneth Eng has been crucified for writing in Asian Week that blacks are weak-willed, Asian hating, and were complacent in subjection to slavery. But was he totally wrong? Did he have the right to say his hurtful words? Did Asian Week have the right to publish them? And was the ...