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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 11:15 am
Excellent black history website: http://www.ls.cc.al.us/blackhistory/blackhistory.html
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 1:53 pm
Has anyone see the first installment of The Black List: Volume One (well I assume the next one will be Volume Two)? I haven't yet, but have it saved on my DVR. It is running (many times) on HBO.. "Interviews with 20 African-American leaders provide a series of living portraits". The promo that I saw involved one of the Williams sisters.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 2:04 pm
No I haven't seen it Sea. Thx for the heads up.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 5:34 pm
I don't have hbo ... have to wait for the dvd.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 6:39 pm
For LadyT & Mocha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbMigde1lVM
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 6:47 pm
More: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8RqiZezva4&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cMXBxXc82E&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAzjPf4yxvE&NR=1
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, August 29, 2008 - 7:06 pm
Does anyone have a 'most moving moment' from last night? What really got me was on Nightline, after Obama's speech...they showed a clip of a black man outside the stadium. He didn't look like a rich exec type or anything, but was wearing a suit. He said that he never thought he would witness this in his lifetime. And he and his wife brought along their 3 young sons, because he wanted them to see it. They were all dressed in suits, too. An ordinary family, but in them I saw every black family, in an extraordinary moment. It affected me emotionally more than anything Obama even said. I still can't think about it w/o tearing up, and don't think I will ever forget them..
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 8:49 pm
Okay, I got HBO now. And The Black List is coming on now. Don't know what installment, but since I've not seen any of them ...
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - 10:53 pm
Okay, that was a freaking awesome documentary. I've set my dvr to record it tomorrow morning and I'm ordering the book from Amazon
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 8:35 pm
I don't know if anyone here would be interesting in seeing a BBC documentary that was on this week. They have a series called "Who do you think you are?" that focuses on famous people each week and gives them a chance to look into their ancestry. This week the star was Ainsley Harriot, who is a TV chef/personality (he was on one of the morning shows in the US briefly too, so some of you may have heard of him). He's black, and like most black people in the UK, has family from the Caribbean. The show traces back his father's and mother's line to the times of slavery and is very interesting and touching. The quality isn't wonderful, as it's in six parts on youtube, but I think some of you might like to see it. It's an hour long. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I3WccKYV0I Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZG9pKj9VE Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Ug1vVkOdc Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE_ga0RQ1Cc Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx1sLurKXJY Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmoESon_w1M Part 6
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, September 12, 2008 - 9:02 pm
ooh, thanks for posting those ...
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 15, 2008 - 5:57 pm
LOL, you are way ahead of me.. I just saw the book (The Black List) mentioned in People Magazine and came to tell y'all. I thought it was pretty awesome, the one I saw.. I loved all the interviews. I've never seen anything but Part One though.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, September 15, 2008 - 6:14 pm
From what I have gathered, so far there is only volume one, the book, and a traveling exhibit.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 15, 2008 - 9:22 pm
Sea, I just read the same article! And enjoyed the youtubes a few days ago.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 12:33 am
I guess I'm greedy. I want MORE interviews. But those were amazing, I thought.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 6:27 am
me, too 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 7:59 pm
I've watched The Black List three times now (no, I'm not kidding). I thought it was the first in a series/miniseries. I'm bummed that that's it.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 - 8:18 pm
I recorded it on my DVR and burned it to DVD. That was such a great special. I was bummed that that was it, too.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 8:19 am
I've only caught a teeny bit of it.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 11:42 am
Tyler Perry Makes History – & Oprah Is There! History was made Saturday night, when Tyler Perry became the first African-American ever to launch his own major TV and film studio. But that wasn't the only reason Will Smith was tipping his hat to Perry at the gala Atlanta event in the old Delta Airlines headquarters that now serve as Perry's studio. "I admire most that he can be that tall and wear a white suit," said Smith, 40, never to waste a punch line. "I usually have to avoid white. At this height, you don't tend to look sexy in white suits, but he pulled it off." The same could be said when it came to Perry's impressive guest list, which brought out the top names from past and present Hollywood and other spheres of influence: Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett, Jr., Holly Robinson Peete, Tracey Edmonds, music mogul L.A. Reid, singer John Legend, America's Next Top Model winner Eva Pigford, not to mention baseball legends Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds – among others. <snip> Now this is a black tie event that I would have loved to be able to attend ...
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 11:46 am
Wow. I love when folks realize their dreams, and this one is HUGE!
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 12:11 pm
AWESOME!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, October 05, 2008 - 12:30 pm
Woo hoo!!!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, October 08, 2008 - 6:03 pm
Michelle Obama Learns About Her Slave Ancestors, Herself and Her Country History News Network The old plantation where Michelle Obama's great-great-grandfather lived is tucked behind the tire stores and veterinary clinics of U.S. Highway 521. But its history and grounds have been meticulously preserved, down to the dikes that once controlled the flow of water into its expansive rice fields. Not much is known about Jim Robinson, however, including how or when he came to Friendfield, as the property is still called. But records show he was born around 1850 and lived, at least until the Civil War, as a slave. His family believes that he remained a Friendfield worker all his life and that he was buried at the place, in an unmarked grave. Until she reconnected with relatives here in January on a campaign trip, Obama did not know much about her ancestry, or even that Friendfield existed. As she was growing up in Chicago, her parents did not talk about the family's history, and the young Michelle Robinson didn't ask many questions. But if her husband is elected president in November, he will not be the only one in the family making history. While Barack Obama's provenance -- his black Kenyan father, white Kansas-born mother and Hawaiian childhood -- has been celebrated as a uniquely American example of multicultural identity, Michelle Obama's family history -- from slavery to Reconstruction to the Great Migration north -- connects her to the essence of the African American experience.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 6:38 am
Remember, The Express opens tomorrow. Ernie Davis' story makes me cry. He was the first Black winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and a first round NFL draft pick. Never heard of him? Not surprising. He never played in the NFL. He was struck down by leukemia and died in 1963. ESPN classic biography
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