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Avery Brooks, Petronia Paley to Star in Oberlin's Death of a...

Avery Brooks will play Willy Loman in a new interpretation of Arthur Miller's modern classic, Death of a Salesman , to be presented at Oberlin College's Hall Auditorium in Oberlin, Ohio, September 18- 21. Justin Emeka will...

Gender issues in the world of tomatoes leads one to the roses

Who did I plant this year? What do Cosmonaut Volkov, Abe Lincoln and Paul Robeson have in common? One is a Russian space traveler, the second is the 16th president of the United States and the last is an African- American opera...

Should Barack Obama's patriotism be questioned?

Was Paul Robeson a patriot?"It is unthinkable that American Negroes will go to war on behalf of those who have oppressed us for generations... against a country [the Soviet Union] which in one generation has raised our people...

Quincy Jones & Friends: Black Banshee to the Rescue

Quincy Jones & Friends: Black Banshee to the Rescue by Richard Oxman “From the end of the Civil War to the 1890s as many as ten thousand black Americans were put to death in the South alone. I’d say that Dr. Joyce DeGruy...

Jan Thompson, part of glory days of Northwest School of artists

Jan Thompson, one of the last connections to the glory days of the artists circle known as the Northwest School, died Friday in a Seattle care facility, just two days after her 90th birthday. COURTESY OF ROBERT YARBER / THE...

Blood drive set for Sept. 4

West Columbia Briefs The Town Center Community Association will sponsor a Red Cross blood drive to help replenish the local blood supply from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 4 in the ballroom of Historic Oakland, 5430 Vantage Point road.

Aug 18, 2008: AfroSolo Arts Festival 15 Gala Concert and Reception at Yoshi's San Francisco

Gala Concert at Yoshi's San Francisco and Awards Ceremony In Honor of Four Great Ones: John Coltrane, Sammy Davis, Jr., Duke Ellington, and Hope Foye When: Monday, August 18, 8pm (gala reception 6 pm) Where: Yoshi's San...

Obituary: Betty Papworth

On her 90th birthday Betty Papworth, who has died aged 94, was outside an Israeli prison, greeting the release of Mordechai Vanunu, who had revealed details of the Israeli military nuclear programme. Accompanied by Jeremy...

Houses for Sale at Sylvan Terrace

The Jumel Terrace Historic District is a four-block radius in which prices are 20% higher than surrounding areas, a broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman who has sold five houses on the block and is handling the sale of 12...

EUR FILM REVIEW: Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

Grim Doc Chronicles People's History of U.S. via Gravestones *As typically taught in grades schools around this country, U.S. history is a series of lessons of conquest and exploitation as told from the perspective of the...