State of the Black Union…Afterthoughts

01Mar09

The live airing of Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union yesterday on C- SPAN was very interesting. Standout “speeches”  were delivered by a couple of the academics, a motivational speaker, a financial expert, and Rev. Jesse Jackson on the morning panel. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson fully illuminated the difference between post-racialism and post-racism, relative to Obama’s historic […]

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State of the Black Union

27Feb09

 Gabber Tavis Smiley’s State of the Black Union symposium will air live tomorrow on C-SPAN, beginning at 11 AM (ET), and feature Black panelists from entertainment, politics, and education. Notably, a new exhibit, “America I Am: The African American Imprint,” will be one of the topics discussed. Many of the speakers are folks we’ve heard from before…over […]

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