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Money & Dreams
On Saturday April 21, 2012, book authors and award-winning journalists Valerie Coleman Morris and Belva Davis appeared at Marcus Books in Oakland, California for a book signing and reading. Valerie Coleman Morris is a three-time Emmy award-winning journalist who began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area as a long-time anchor on KGO-TV. Her book It's Your Money So Take it Personally focuses on empowering women on their path to financial independence. As a former business anchor for CNN domestic and international, Valerie talked about money every day to 290 million households, businesses, and airport networks. Belva Davis' book Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism is the story of a courageous journalist who helped change the face and focus of television news.
These two pioneer journalists were celebrated and honored for having been, and continuing to be, a source of pride for all women and the Black community for over three decades. Both of their books are must-haves. San Francisco Bay Area award-winning journalist Janice Edwards, a pioneer in her own right, moderated the event. Tune in!
Click here to view Part 1.
Click here to view Part 2 (Q&A and other footage).
Related links:
valeriecolemanmorris.com
edwardsunlimited.com
marcusbookstores.com
belvadavis.com
Email Helena Brantley of Red Pencil PR & Marketing
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Back row, left to right: Valerie Coleman Morris, Janice Edwads and Belva Davis.
Kneeling, left to right: Journalist interns Lola Akanmu and Debora Silva
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Painting of Michelle Obama by Gabriel Navar
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SheRose of Our Time
Joyce Gordon Gallery paid tribute to First Lady Michelle Obama and honored women who work through their art and activism to make the world a better place. Move over Oscar and Emmy, we now have the Joyce Award, which is named after Gallery owner Joyce Gordon. Each honoree received the award after speaking to their work and from their hearts about having their work respected and acknowledged. Curator Eric Murphy titled the event “SheRose Of Our Time” (don't you love the name?). TUNE IN!
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 Photography, A Prescription for Healing
Photos by legendary photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris, a.k.a. 'One Shot,' are featured in our March 10, 2012 broadcast.
Public health physician and photographer Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn writes a prescription for healing with his photography, which is also featured in the broadcast.
TaSin Sabir's spirit home is Madagascar. She's our guest photographer.
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Related links:
teenie.cmoa.org
thephotographerphysician.com
tasinsabir.com
poloto.com
aaacc.org
blog.keithbdixon.com
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Muhammad Ali holding his mother,
by Charles "Teenie" Harris
"Eyes of Truth,"
by Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn
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Dr. Marcus Lorenzo Penn
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Charles "Teenie" Harris |
TaSin Sabir |
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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Former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Sr. |
Kathy Ireland
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Rachel Bemaul with Far East Movement
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Sharaun Brown
Photo courtesy of www.streetwisesd.com
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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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Cross-Cultural Swinging
San Francisco media celebrity Jerri Lange interviews her long-time colleague, Liang Ho, about her research, work, and travels within Hawaii, Asia, and the Pacific region while based in Honolulu, and earlier volunteerism during the first United Nations-sponsored International Year of the Woman (IWY) in 1975, when both Jerri and Liang served on program committees to bring IWY representatives from South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia to San Francisco for dialog.
Liang clarifies why today, more than ever, there is a pressing need to understand, appreciate, and communicate more effectively with culturally, racially, and ethnically diverse others in our shrinking global village. As an aid to helping others do this, Liang has written a self-help manual entitled Cross-Cultural Swinging: A Handbook for Self-Awareness and Multi-Cultural Living!
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Related links:
www.betv.org
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