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There Is Diversity at Occupy Wall Street
Filmmaker Obatala Mawusi said that the days he spent documenting the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City were “eye-opening.” In particular, the diversity he saw among the protesters belied the images of the movement in mainstream media. In early October 2011, Mawusi spoke to some of the black participants about why the Occupy…
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VIDEO: Exclusive MLK Dedication Footage
After Hurricane Irene derailed plans for an August ceremony, the dedication for the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., finally took place on Oct. 16. A series of luminaries — including Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), Andrew Young, Cicely Tyson and President Barack Obama — spoke, and singers such as…
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Live From the Black Girls Rock! Awards
The 2011 Black Girls Rock! award show, hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Regina King at the Paradise Theatre in the Bronx, N.Y., Saturday night, celebrated the work and contributions of black women in the arts, business, activism and philanthropy. Shirley Caesar, Taraji P. Henson, Tatyana Ali and the incomparable Angela Davis were among the…
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Keith Clinkscales to Leave ESPN
Keith Clinkscales, who had supervised ESPN’s publications and a media incubator that produced such prize-winning movies and specials as “30 for 30,” is leaving the network after six years, an ESPN spokesman confirmed Friday. Crystal Howard, a spokeswoman for Clinkscales, said it was his decision, citing Clinkscales’ entrepreneurial temperament. Clinkscales, 47, was president and CEO…
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Catching Up With Books for the Fall
Amy Alexander Mervin Aubespin Howard Bryant Ellis Cose Belva Davis John W. Fountain Juan González and Joseph Torres Michele Norris Rochelle Riley Eugene Robinson Carole Simpson Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Mark N. Trahant Isabel Wilkerson Two new books on race and the news media — Amy Alexander’s “Uncovering Race: A Black Journalist’s Story of Reporting and…
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Unity Smoothly Integrates Gay Journos
NABJ Is Gone, but Some Influence Will Remain The Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc., board of directors met face-to-face for the first time this weekend without the National Association of Black Journalists as a partner and with the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association as a new member. The group smoothly integrated the NLGJA members…
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Another Black Columnist Bids Farewell
Cary Clack, columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, wrote his farewell column to readers for publication on Sunday, joining at least 10 African American newspaper columnists who stopped writing their columns this year, in most cases leaving the newspaper entirely. An email to Clack’s newspaper address brings this reply: “I’m out of the office for…
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New NPR Boss Wants Low-Income Listeners
Gary Knell, Network’s New President, Commits to Diversity The new CEO of NPR says, “I made diversity a key part of my pitch to the NPR board” to get the job and that “this is a big part of my agenda.” He even wants to reach low-income listeners. Gary E. Knell, appointed Sunday to a…
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Perry's Racist Rock Was 'Common Knowledge'
Mixed Reactions to Revelation About Racist Name In the course of reporting on Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s boyhood home, Washington Post reporter Stephanie McCrummen came upon information that exploded on the Post’s front page on Sunday: “In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his…
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NABJ President Blasts Unity's Secrecy on Vote
NLGJA Wants “Journalists of Color” Out of Coalition Name The decision by Unity: Journalists of Color, Inc., not to release the votes of its board members to admit the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association is “a prime example” of the lack of accountability that helped drive the National Association of Black Journalists away from…