Finding Your Wheelhouse

This was a subject I had been thinking about doing for a while, but blogging is really a task, and I’d much rather sit around and watch the television in my absolute free time–which really for the most part is non-existent, I just make what I have free.  So, I’ve been rather remiss getting around […]

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The Uppity Negro Has a Come-up

Just letting the saints know I just bought and iPod Touch. I was informed through email yesterday that I was “a millennial” –just like that and I immediately felt convicted.  I’m a musician and have been playing the piano my whole life.  I don’t listen to music like that, and I most certainly don’t own […]

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The State of the Black Union and Other Uppity Negroness

First some housekeeping stuff: I received two books to review and I’ve been quite remiss in doing so.  To the publicists of these books, if you’re reading this blog, I’ve not forgotten about you.  I’ve just been swamped with work–I am in grad school. ********************************* Text derives from the Latin textus (a tissue), which is in turn derived […]

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UNN Watches The 10 Annual State of the Black Union: Making America as Good as its Promise

  It’s been 10 years since the inception of Tavis Smiley’s brain child, the  State of the Black Union which has covered a range of issues over the past years from the economy, to the Black Church, the Black Family, Reclaiming Democracy and now this year “Making America as Good as its Promise.” Granted that’s […]

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Good Bye to February

This was an interesting month for me.   It was neatly situated into four compact weeks that were easily to know dates if you remembered your multiples of seven.  There wasn’t a leap year.  This year wasn’t marked by the campaign seasons, beginning back in February 2007 with Obama announcing his candidacy two years ago. […]

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