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Tuskegee Airman Les Williams
Tuskegee Airman Captain Les Williams was the first Black bomber pilot commissioned by the Air Corps. Quite a distinction.
He talked to internationalmediatv.com about his challenges and victories in earning his wings and bars, and his right to fly. We were joined by his daughter, Penny Williams. Les and Penny's book is titled Victory: Tales of a Tuskegee Airman.
The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is told in the movie Red Tails, produced by George Lucas and starring Cuba Gooding and Terrence Howard, opening in theaters across the country on January 20.
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Related links:
Lucasfilm
Amazon.com
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PLANES FLOWN BY TUSKEGEE PILOTS: Upper left: P-51 Mustang with "RED TAIL" signifying a Tuskegee Airmen squadron.
Upper right: P-40 Skyhawk—chiefly flown by Tuskegee Airmen over North Africa.
Center: B-25 Mitchell medium level bomber piloted by Williams with a five man crew.
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Nelson George's The Plot Against Hip Hop
He's hip, and his book is hot.
Author, director, filmmaker, television producer, and critic Nelson George visited one of his favorite places in the country—Marcus Books in Oakland, California—to discuss his book The Plot Against Hip Hop.
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Related links:
nelsondgeorge.net
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From Nelson George's website. He writes:
"This is in front of 19 Willoughy Avenue in Fort Greene where I lived from 1984 to 1992 and wrote a ton of books and articles." |
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Nelson George with Marcus Book Stores owner Blanche Richardson.
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Tavis Smiley: Fail Up
Marcus Books, the oldest Black bookstore in the United States, hosts a book signing for television and radio talk show host, political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate, philanthropist, and book author Tavis Smiley. His new book, titled Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success from Failure, offers lessons on how to turn life's setbacks into successes.
Internationalmediatv.com takes you inside.
Click here to view part 1.
Click here to view part 2 (Q&A).
Related links:
www.tavistalks.com
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News for All the People
Juan Gonzalez, award-winning journalist and co-host of Democracy Now, has teamed up with Joseph Torres of the media reform organization Free Press to author a groundbreaking new book titled News for all the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. They spoke before a standing-room-only audience at San Francisco State University. Jon Funabiki, San Francisco State University professor of journalism and executive director of the Renaissance Journalism Center, facilitated the event. Their book is a must-read for all.
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Related links:
versobooks.com
rjcmedia.org
babja.org
nabj.org
democracynow.org
freepress.net
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Left to right: Juan Gonzalez, SFSU professor of journalism Jon Funabiki, Joseph Torres
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Macy's Passport Glamorama Benefit
Macy's and other sponsors have been at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS with their annual Passport GLAMORAMA fashion benefit. The 2011 event promised high fashion, fierce performances, and one unforgettable night. They delivered. Super-Model to Super-Mogul Kathy Ireland walked the Red Carpet and graced the stage to pay tribute to the Founding Chair of Macy's Passport GLAMORAMA, Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Her grandchildren also paid tribute, speaking from their hearts on San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre's stage. Special guest designer from San Francisco was Tracy Reese whose fashions flowed across the stage with the likes of Calvin Klein, Macy's Impulse, Tommy Girl, Kenneth Cole, and other designers. Bruno Mars and Far East Movement brought down the house with fierce performances, and the after-party that took place at the Asian Art Museum was ARTRAGEOUS.
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Elizabeth Taylor's grandchildren, Tarquin and Naomi Wilding
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Nina Simone — A Historical Perspective
This Emmy-nominated TV special highlights rare performance footage filmed between 1968 and 1969 at various U.S. venues and locations, including the Westbury Music Fair, The Village Gate, and RCA studios in New York City. Also featured are candid and personal interviews with Nina herself, revealing her unique views on music and life, and expressed with her trademark intensity.
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Related links:
ninasimoneproject.org
Artists' Television Access
Bay Area Video Coalition
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Photo by Henry Drewal
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Related links:
www.henrydrewal.com
www.moadsf.org
www.tastingcultures.org
www.schomburgcenter.org
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Africans in India—Patchwork Quilts
In this broadcast, we take you inside San Francisco's MOAD (Museum of the African Diaspora) to listen to the co-curators of Soulful Stitching: Patchwork Quilts by Africans (Siddis) in India, a traveling exhibition that features 32 striking patchwork quilts made by Siddi women, heirs to the culture and values of Africans brought to Goa on India's west coast beginning in the 16th century. While they have adopted and integrated many cultural aspects of the Indian peoples with whom they have lived for generations, Siddis have also retained and transformed certain cultural and artistic traditions from Africa. Soulful Stitching provides an opportunity to explore the African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean region through these colorful and vibrant quilts that demonstrate how cultural forms and traditions have been adapted throughout the Diaspora.
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Sapphire
Marcus Books held a book signing for Sapphire. She also read from her book.
In The Kid, bestselling author Sapphire tells the electrifying story of Abdul Jones, son of Precious, the unforgettable heroine of the novel Push. This generational story that moves with the speed of thought tells of a twenty-first century young man's fight to find a way toward the future.
Sapphire is a performance poet and author of the bestselling Push. The film adaptation of the book, Precious, received the Academy Award for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress, in addition to the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
In 2009, Sapphire received a United States Artist Fellowship. She lives in New York City.
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Click here to view Q&A session.
Related links:
Sapphire on Penguin Books website
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