Sunday, February 6, 2011

From 1977: President Richard Pryor

Watch this.

From "What Would You Do?"

This ABC News show staged a racial profiling scenario, complete with hidden cameras, in Arizona. Watch the reactions.

Martin Delaney, The Father Of Black Nationalism

Another Black History Month moment.

"Lift Every Voice And Sing"

The lyrics of the Negro National Anthem can be viewed here.

Elmo

Kevin Clash "is the heart and soul of Elmo," the Sesame Street puppet.

Zora Neale Hurston

A Black History Month moment.

Five Myths About President Ronald Reagan

Will Bunch identifies five myths about Reagan.

The Beating Of Chad Holley

This video shows Houston police officers beating 15-year-old Chad Holley.

Black History, Black Families

Colbert King writes that we are in another Black History Month, "[a]nother month of looking back with pride--as we ignore the calamity in our midst."

Saturday, February 5, 2011

"The 'Black History' Of America's White House"

From NPR.

Who Owns Harlem?

Read this.

John Parker, Rescuer Of Enslaved Persons

Steve Kemme reports.

"Posing Beauty: African-American Images From The 1890s To The Present"

This photography exhibition can be seen at the Newark Museum.

Barack Obama: Our First Hawaiian President

Check out this.

Black Musicians And The New York Philharmonic

Worth reading.

Going Incog-Negro

Actor Michael Fosberg discusses how his life changed after he learned, in his early thirties, that his biological father was a black man.

The McRib

Watch this.

The Civil Rights Movement Comic Book And Egypt

An interesting question: "did a 50-year old comic book about Martin Luther King help change the course of history in Egypt? Rep. John Lewis thinks so."

An Interview With Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Root talks with the director of the Rose Center at the American Museum of Natural History.

Racial Disparities In Health

This report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details certain racial disparities in health. For instance, babies born to black women are three times as likely to die during their infancy than babies born to women of other races, and Mexican-Americans have the lowest success rate in controlling high blood pressure. The NYT discusses the report here.

Five Black Players . . .

on the Atlanta Thrasher's National Hockey League team.

The Dakota Sued For Racial Discrimination

Read this.

"Is Oprah's Network Too White?"

Newsweek asks this question.

Tim Scott

The Grio takes a look at Tim Scott, an African-American Congressman and member of the Republican Party.