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Press releases and commentary from Black organizations
Off Plantation Housing - by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - A good friend of mine recently gave me a unique perspective about most of America’s African American communities. He said Black neighborhoods in 2008 were little
Explosive Urban Drama "Days Of Wrath" to Screen At Hbo/NY International Latino Film Festival -- New York, NY - The movie rapper David Banner is calling, "this generation's 'Scarface,'" "Days of Wrath" will screen for one night only at at the HBO/NY International Film Festival
VCU to Park Cars on African Burial Ground -- Richmond, Virginia - July 12, 2008 - New research from the VCU advisory Equity & Diversity Committee shows that VCU has an unofficial white’s only policy with white people holding
EJCC to Launch“Green” Campaign Targetng Black College Campuses -- Rapper COOLIO and Jazz Saxophonist, JAREZ, among artists signing on to help engage black youth in the climate change discussion Rapper/ reality star Coolio and jazz saxophonist, Jarez are among
Listening to Obama - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- After months of being transfixed by empty slogans, supporters of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are finally listening and many do not like what they are hearing. Critics have
America's Black Power Conflict - Commentary by LuciusGantt -- The Gantt Report - Five hundred years after slavery days, America still has more love for the Negroes in the house than they do for the Black people in the
Barrett Laroda to Produce Thisday Music Fest in Nigeria Jay Z, Usher And Mary J. Blige To Headline -- Los Angeles, CA - Fresh from the success of the 4th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival Tobago, with headliners Whitney Houston, Rod Stewart and Shakira, Barrett LaRoda, CEO of the LaRoda
Wrong Answer - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has promised Americans a new kind of politics – “change we can believe in.” Who could’ve suspected that the change he was referring
Does The Cat Have Their Political Tongues? - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - When I was a child, my mother always had a question for me when I was reluctant to speak. “Has the cat got your tongue?” she
Our Obama Hopes Far Too High - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - I like Barack Obama and just like the majority of other African Americans, I will probably vote for him in the November elections. However, I, unlike
Liberty and justice for ALL is finally a reality in California -- LOS ANGELES - The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Chief Executive Officer, Lorri L. Jean, issued the following statement today regarding the California Supreme Court's ruling regarding marriage: "Liberty and
Pardon me if I don't throw rice - Commentary by Joseph C. Phillips -- This past Monday at 5:01 p.m., homosexual marriage became legal in California. Pardon me if I don’t throw rice. Last month, the California Supreme Court rode rough shod over the
“SnitchCraft” Included in Curriculum Guide at Yale National Initiative -- To Snitch or Not to Snitch, That is the Unanswered Question Atlanta, GA - SnitchCraft, an urban novel by Edrea Davis, recently landed on the required reading list in a
Should Barack Obama drive Miss Daisy? I think not! - Commentary by Lucius Gantt -- The Gantt Report - Minutes after Illinois Senator Barack Obama obtained enough delegates to become the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States, talk turned to who would
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Edrea Davis blogs on recent news. She is a communications consultant and the author of "SnitchCraft," a novel about a nightclub owner set up by a snitch.
read about SnitchCraft here
Joseph C. Phillips is an actor/writer based in Los Angeles. His column appears regularly in newspapers
and and he is a regular commentator on News and Notes with Ed Gordon on NPR. Phillips is the author
of "He Talk Like A White Boy" now available wherever books are sold.
Host Hussein Hill interviews a wide range of guests on his radio show
"The Oral Buffet." Celebrities Hussein has interviewed include comedian, Sommore, and actor/author Hill Harper
Read "The Gantt Report," hard-hitting, thought-provoking, commentary from journalist, author, and political consultant, Lucius B. Gantt.
