Ralph Ellison Biography
in full Ralph Waldo Ellison
(1914–1994)
Writer. Born March 1, 1913 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He studied music at Tuskegee Institute before moving to New York City to study sculpture. A protégé of Richard Wright, whom he met in 1937, he wrote reviews, essays, and short stories.
Ellison spent seven years writing Invisible Man (1952, National Book Award), and although it was his only novel it gained him a place as a respected American writer and remains one of the central texts of the African-American experience. His other major work, Shadow and Act (1964), is a collection of his essays and interviews, and the short story, Flying Home, was published posthumously in 1996.
After teaching at various universities, he became the Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at New York University (1970–9). He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Nice Kicks!!! : The Casual Male (Part Deux)
Though I realize that the weather is gonna be making that change soon. These are some kicks that you should be able to get some plays out of well into fall. Its all about how you rock em'. The Soul Land deck shoes come in a excellent color, and Micheal Lau tweeked those Sb joints something serious. From toys to sneakers, dude is nice. That "wood grain" look is something that I have never seen before.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Nice Kicks!!! : Winter Shopping
These joints will help you knock the burrrr out!!!
Tretorn T56 Mid comes complete with the trusted Gore-Tex insulation being fly and staying warm are indeed correlative!
Both of these Nike ACG boots designs and colorways can are dope. Nike Zoom Ashika ACG’s from Nike are a little non-traditional. and the classics are just fly.
Get Love...it keeps you warm in the winter fasho!!!!
Tretorn T56 Mid comes complete with the trusted Gore-Tex insulation being fly and staying warm are indeed correlative!
Both of these Nike ACG boots designs and colorways can are dope. Nike Zoom Ashika ACG’s from Nike are a little non-traditional. and the classics are just fly.
Get Love...it keeps you warm in the winter fasho!!!!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Nice Kicks!!! : Remember the time...
So these joints are back out and I can't help but remember when I wore these and scored my first 35+ game in High School. We were the warriors and it was dope!
These other joints are joints that I just happened to come across recently. They're cool. They are pretty much all Nike except for the ADEEEDAAS. Check em out!
Jeremy Scott ADIDAS for the wife
These are just concept kicks...I think they would work for me.
These other joints are joints that I just happened to come across recently. They're cool. They are pretty much all Nike except for the ADEEEDAAS. Check em out!
Jeremy Scott ADIDAS for the wife
These are just concept kicks...I think they would work for me.
LAAAAA LAAAA LA LA....
Wait til I get my money right!!!
So....I ain't ballin in the least(Yet), but when i get my paper...I think I will know where to look for automotive inspiration.
Chase Dreams!!!
Chase Dreams!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
My Heroes: Cornel West
Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, author, critic, pastor, actor, and civil rights activist. West currently serves as the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the department of Religion.
West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism, and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses upon the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their “radical conditionedness." West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Biography
West was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2] The grandson of a preacher, West marched as a young man in civil rights demonstrations and organized protests demanding black studies courses at his high school. West later wrote that, in his youth, he admired "the sincere black militancy of Malcolm X, the defiant rage of the Black Panther Party [...] and the livid black theology of James Cone."[3] Sacramento, California, where he served as president of his high school class, he enrolled at Harvard University at age 17. He took classes from philosophers Robert Nozick and Stanley Cavell and graduated in three years, magna cum laude in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization in 1973. He was determined to press the university and its intellectual traditions into the service of his political agendas and not the other way around: to have its educational agendas imposed on him. "Owing to my family, church, and the black social movements of the 1960s", he says, "I arrived at Harvard unashamed of my African, Christian, and militant de-colonized outlooks. More pointedly, I acknowledged and accented the empowerment of my black styles, mannerisms, and viewpoints, my Christian values of service, love, humility, and struggle, and my anti-colonial sense of self-determination for oppressed people and nations around the world."
He earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from Princeton, where he was influenced by Richard Rorty's pragmatism. The title of his dissertation was The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought.
Read More
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, author, critic, pastor, actor, and civil rights activist. West currently serves as the Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the Center for African American Studies and in the department of Religion.
West is known for his combination of political and moral insight and criticism, and his contribution to the post-1960s civil rights movement. The bulk of his work focuses upon the role of race, gender, and class in American society and the means by which people act and react to their “radical conditionedness." West draws intellectual contributions from such diverse traditions as the African American Baptist Church, pragmatism and transcendentalism.
Biography
West was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[2] The grandson of a preacher, West marched as a young man in civil rights demonstrations and organized protests demanding black studies courses at his high school. West later wrote that, in his youth, he admired "the sincere black militancy of Malcolm X, the defiant rage of the Black Panther Party [...] and the livid black theology of James Cone."[3] Sacramento, California, where he served as president of his high school class, he enrolled at Harvard University at age 17. He took classes from philosophers Robert Nozick and Stanley Cavell and graduated in three years, magna cum laude in Near Eastern Languages and Civilization in 1973. He was determined to press the university and its intellectual traditions into the service of his political agendas and not the other way around: to have its educational agendas imposed on him. "Owing to my family, church, and the black social movements of the 1960s", he says, "I arrived at Harvard unashamed of my African, Christian, and militant de-colonized outlooks. More pointedly, I acknowledged and accented the empowerment of my black styles, mannerisms, and viewpoints, my Christian values of service, love, humility, and struggle, and my anti-colonial sense of self-determination for oppressed people and nations around the world."
He earned a Ph.D. in 1980 from Princeton, where he was influenced by Richard Rorty's pragmatism. The title of his dissertation was The Ethical Dimensions of Marxist Thought.
Read More
Nice Kicks!!! : The Casual Male
So I know these joints are really Pocahontas meets New Balance like, but I think they would be dope for the winter. Nice for the corduroys, khakis, and cargoes.
These joints are an ode to my favorite kicks from when I was younger. I absolutely adore Clark's Wallabee. I have been rocking them for well over a decade. The comfort is incredible. The patent leather adds a non-traditional twist to a staple.
ALL I can say about these joints is..."niiioooiiiiice"! They are made by a new company caled Generic Surplus. They are called "The Wharf"
Get Fresherer! <----I said "Fresh-er-er"
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Dirty Money!!!
Didn't know if I would like Diddy's new direction, but I think its growing on me. The video that Hype did is just dumb.
Stylin On Em'!
With winter around the corner, I am setting my eyes on some new looks. I already got my first sweater. Check these out.
Get Free! Get Fresh!!!
Get Free! Get Fresh!!!
Lil Mama: The collection!
So these are all of the Lil mama photos i have collected from twitter since she did the dummy at the VMAs. Plus I added some pretty funny KaNYE moments. After this...all of this is *dead* to me like "Big Pussy" in the Sopranos!!
Hand full of honey!
Just wrong!
 |
| From Blogger Pictures |
Hand full of honey!
Just wrong!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Timothy Pruitt's 20th Born-day!!!
Belated Congratulations!!!
 |
| From Blogger Pictures |
So September is a pretty big week in my family. It always has been. Friday, September 18, 2009, was more than just my son's birthday. My son was born as a birthday present to my little brother. On my brother's (Timothy) sixteenth birthday he received a nephew. My son was originally suppose to be born a month earlier, but my brother insisted that his nephew would be born on his birthday. I told him he was crazy, but Tyler thought otherwise. My son waited. So every 9/18 I celebrate to young men; both of which make me very proud. Timothy is shitting on all of the naysayers that may have suggested that he would never be successful. He is 5 weeks away from finishing his degree and certifications in audio/studio engineering. 5 weeks! I am really proud of Tim, and I know that success is right around the corner. I just pray that he continues to learn from everyone of his life experiences, and that he develops a trust in the Lord.
I salute you Bro!!!
Shooting in the Neighborhood I serve.....
This shooting happened around the corner from my job. Please pray for the students and families in the Auburn-Gresham area, and for students and families all around Chicago for that matter.
Get Free, Get Love, Get Safe!
Get Free, Get Love, Get Safe!
Friday, September 18, 2009
MY AWESOME SON!!!!
This one goes out to the greatest son that a Dad could ever ask for.
Today is Tyler John Alexander Pruitt's Birthday!
I am so proud and honored that God gave me the opportunity to be the father of such a marvelous child. This is his fourth birthday of many to come, but it always makes me smile when i think about how much he has developed and grown in such a short period.
I absolutely love this child!!!
Happy Born Day Boy!
Today is Tyler John Alexander Pruitt's Birthday!
I am so proud and honored that God gave me the opportunity to be the father of such a marvelous child. This is his fourth birthday of many to come, but it always makes me smile when i think about how much he has developed and grown in such a short period.
I absolutely love this child!!!
Happy Born Day Boy!
 |
| From Blogger Pictures |
 |
| From Blogger Pictures |
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
My Sheroe: Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison Biography
original name Chloe Anthony Wofford
(1931 - )
Writer and editor. Born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Considered one of the best contemporary novelists, she graduated from Howard University in 1953 and continued her education at Cornell University where she received a master of fine arts degree in 1955. After graduating from Cornell, she taught English at Texas Southern University and at Howard University.
Morrison left academia in 1965, taking a job as a senior editor for Random House in New York City. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970 and told the story of a young African-American girl who believes her incredibly difficult life would be better if only she had blue eyes. She continued to explore the African-American experience in its many forms and time periods in such works as Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977), and Beloved (1987), which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Morrison developed a strong following among both readers and critics whom fell for her lyrical style, sharp observations, and vibrant storytelling.
Morrison became a professor at Princeton University in 1989 and continued to produce great works. In recognition of her contributions to her field, she received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first African American to be selected for the award. The next year, her novel Jazz was published, and she established a special workshop for writers and performers known as the Princeton Atelier. Along with her novels Paradise (1998) and Love (2003), Morrison wrote several children's books, including The Big Box (1999), The Book of Mean People (2002), and The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2003), with her son Slade.
In 2006, she announced she was retiring from her post at Princeton. That year, the New York Times Book Review named Beloved the best novel of the past 25 years.
Married to Harold Morrison from 1958 to 1964, Morrison has two sons—Harold and Slade. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Upstate New York.
Check this out too....
original name Chloe Anthony Wofford
(1931 - )
Writer and editor. Born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Considered one of the best contemporary novelists, she graduated from Howard University in 1953 and continued her education at Cornell University where she received a master of fine arts degree in 1955. After graduating from Cornell, she taught English at Texas Southern University and at Howard University.
Morrison left academia in 1965, taking a job as a senior editor for Random House in New York City. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970 and told the story of a young African-American girl who believes her incredibly difficult life would be better if only she had blue eyes. She continued to explore the African-American experience in its many forms and time periods in such works as Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977), and Beloved (1987), which won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Morrison developed a strong following among both readers and critics whom fell for her lyrical style, sharp observations, and vibrant storytelling.
Morrison became a professor at Princeton University in 1989 and continued to produce great works. In recognition of her contributions to her field, she received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first African American to be selected for the award. The next year, her novel Jazz was published, and she established a special workshop for writers and performers known as the Princeton Atelier. Along with her novels Paradise (1998) and Love (2003), Morrison wrote several children's books, including The Big Box (1999), The Book of Mean People (2002), and The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2003), with her son Slade.
In 2006, she announced she was retiring from her post at Princeton. That year, the New York Times Book Review named Beloved the best novel of the past 25 years.
Married to Harold Morrison from 1958 to 1964, Morrison has two sons—Harold and Slade. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and Upstate New York.
Check this out too....
R&B-Fly
So I was watching the BET Awards Red Carpet Show (yeaaah I know...mad late. I recorded it on the DVR, but I never watched it. I had to make space for good television), and it came to me that there haven't been many R&B dudes that truly have had a lasting impression on me musically in the last few years. I could only think of two. One of them is Bilal, and the other is Musiq. So this is my salute to one of them.
Bilal I salute your dopeness!!!
Bilal I salute your dopeness!!!
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Live Ladies!
Waddup. I recently saw a tweet where someone was ranting about the fact that there haven't been that many great female emcees. Unfortunately, I guess I ahve to agree, so I am going to show the great some love from time to time. Check it!
kanYE On LeNo + "run This Town" Performance
First Step Apologize....Next step LIve!!!
I love this song: "What you think I rhyme for...to push a fucking Rav 4?" - classic
I love this song: "What you think I rhyme for...to push a fucking Rav 4?" - classic
Monday, September 14, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Rediculous....Absolutely Rediculous!!!
*Please contact your representatives to complain about this bum!*
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The GOP congressman from South Carolina who shouted out during President Obama's health care address to Congress insisted Thursday that his outburst was "spontaneous."
Rep. Joe Wilson shouts, "You lie!" after President Obama denies the health plan would cover illegal immigrants.
Rep. Joe Wilson shocked many observers Wednesday night when he shouted, "You lie!" after the president denied that health care legislation would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants.
Wilson told reporters Thursday that the Republican congressional leadership told him that they wanted him to contact the White House and indicate that his comments were "inappropriate."
Shortly after the speech ended, Wilson called the White House and issued a statement apologizing for his "inappropriate and regrettable" comments.
According to Wilson, Obama administration officials said they appreciated his call and emphasized the need for "a civil discussion."
"I certainly agree with that," Wilson said.
Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the congressman for what they called a show of disrespect toward the president.
In his statement apologizing for the outburst, Wilson said: "This evening, I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the president's remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the president's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the president for this lack of civility."
Also Wednesday night, Wilson spoke with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who accepted the apology on the president's behalf, according to a senior administration official.
"We can disagree without being disagreeable," Emanuel said to Wilson, according to the official. "That was the point of the president's speech."
The outburst came when Obama denied that proposed health care legislation would provide free health coverage for illegal immigrants. Immediately, Wilson shouted, "You lie!" Video Watch the outburst and the chamber's response »
The outburst caused Obama to stop and look toward the heckler. "That's not true," the president responded. Fact check: Will plan cover illegal immigrants?
Behind him, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shocked and turned toward the outburst as Vice President Joe Biden looked down and shook his head. Loud boos echoed through the chamber immediately after the outburst. iReport.com: "You are disrespectful, sir"
Wilson's shout wasn't the only demonstration of displeasure that Republicans made during the speech.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, wore a sign around his neck that said, "What bill?" And when Obama asked Republicans to share their ideas to overhaul health care, a small group raised up a stack of papers above their heads.
After the speech, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential candidate last year, called Wilson's outburst "totally disrespectful" and said he should apologize.
Appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live," McCain said there was "no place for it in that setting or any other and he should apologize immediately."
Other Republicans also criticized Wilson, along with the expected Democratic condemnation.
"It was crude and disrespectful," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. "I think the person who said it will pay a price."
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, called on Wilson to go to the floor Thursday and apologize.
She said Wilson's comment and other GOP tactics "strike me as odd. ... The minority leader has to get control of his conference."
But Jackson Lee described Wilson as "a likable guy, seemingly reserved" and said it was "rather surprising" when she saw who shouted the comment.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, echoed the sentiment.
"I was always taught that the first sign of a good education is good manners. I think that what we saw tonight was really bad manners," he said. "And having a spirited debate is one thing, exercising bad manners is another. That was beyond the pale -- and I would hope that he would publicly apologize on that same floor to the president of the United States for that insult."
Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, told CNN Radio he wasn't happy with the outburst.
"I don't advise that. ... I think it's important to listen as respectfully as possible," Camp said.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, also denounced the heckling.
"Certainly, I respect the office of the president, and I think that's not the kind of thing that is appropriate in that kind of setting especially," he said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told CNN affiliate WIS-TV in Columbia that he also was disappointed.
"The president's combative tone did not justify a member of Congress shouting out, 'You lie,' " said Graham. "Our nation's president deserves to be treated with respect. It was an inappropriate remark, and I am glad an apology has been made."
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler took it further.
"Once again a South Carolina Republican has embarrassed our state," Fowler's office said in a statement that referred to S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's extramarital affair.
"Never has any member of Congress shown such disrespect for the president during a speech," Fowler wrote. "One would think that as a member of the military, Joe Wilson would have more respect and patriotism than he displayed tonight. When Congressman Wilson insulted President Obama, he also insulted the American public. Joe Wilson is a poor example of a statesman and an American. He owes an apology to the president and the American people."
The Democrat hoping to unseat Wilson in next year's midterm elections also quickly seized on the Republican's outburst.
"Rep. Wilson's behavior tonight exemplifies everything that is wrong in Washington," Democrat Rob Miller said in a statement provided to CNN. "Instead of engaging in childish name-calling and disrespecting our commander-in-chief, Joe Wilson should be working towards a bipartisan solution that makes quality, affordable health care available to each and every South Carolinian."
After the speech, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, tweeted that it was the "biggest" disappointment of the evening.
advertisement
"Biggest disappointment of evening, the total lack of respect shown by one member for the President," she wrote. "Never acceptable to behave like a jerk."
Wilson, who has served five terms, represents the state's 2nd congressional district, which includes the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The GOP congressman from South Carolina who shouted out during President Obama's health care address to Congress insisted Thursday that his outburst was "spontaneous."
Rep. Joe Wilson shouts, "You lie!" after President Obama denies the health plan would cover illegal immigrants.
Rep. Joe Wilson shocked many observers Wednesday night when he shouted, "You lie!" after the president denied that health care legislation would provide free coverage for illegal immigrants.
Wilson told reporters Thursday that the Republican congressional leadership told him that they wanted him to contact the White House and indicate that his comments were "inappropriate."
Shortly after the speech ended, Wilson called the White House and issued a statement apologizing for his "inappropriate and regrettable" comments.
According to Wilson, Obama administration officials said they appreciated his call and emphasized the need for "a civil discussion."
"I certainly agree with that," Wilson said.
Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized the congressman for what they called a show of disrespect toward the president.
In his statement apologizing for the outburst, Wilson said: "This evening, I let my emotions get the best of me when listening to the president's remarks regarding the coverage of illegal immigrants in the health care bill. While I disagree with the president's statement, my comments were inappropriate and regrettable. I extend sincere apologies to the president for this lack of civility."
Also Wednesday night, Wilson spoke with Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who accepted the apology on the president's behalf, according to a senior administration official.
"We can disagree without being disagreeable," Emanuel said to Wilson, according to the official. "That was the point of the president's speech."
The outburst came when Obama denied that proposed health care legislation would provide free health coverage for illegal immigrants. Immediately, Wilson shouted, "You lie!" Video Watch the outburst and the chamber's response »
The outburst caused Obama to stop and look toward the heckler. "That's not true," the president responded. Fact check: Will plan cover illegal immigrants?
Behind him, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shocked and turned toward the outburst as Vice President Joe Biden looked down and shook his head. Loud boos echoed through the chamber immediately after the outburst. iReport.com: "You are disrespectful, sir"
Wilson's shout wasn't the only demonstration of displeasure that Republicans made during the speech.
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, wore a sign around his neck that said, "What bill?" And when Obama asked Republicans to share their ideas to overhaul health care, a small group raised up a stack of papers above their heads.
After the speech, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential candidate last year, called Wilson's outburst "totally disrespectful" and said he should apologize.
Appearing on CNN's "Larry King Live," McCain said there was "no place for it in that setting or any other and he should apologize immediately."
Other Republicans also criticized Wilson, along with the expected Democratic condemnation.
"It was crude and disrespectful," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois. "I think the person who said it will pay a price."
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, called on Wilson to go to the floor Thursday and apologize.
She said Wilson's comment and other GOP tactics "strike me as odd. ... The minority leader has to get control of his conference."
But Jackson Lee described Wilson as "a likable guy, seemingly reserved" and said it was "rather surprising" when she saw who shouted the comment.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-South Carolina, echoed the sentiment.
"I was always taught that the first sign of a good education is good manners. I think that what we saw tonight was really bad manners," he said. "And having a spirited debate is one thing, exercising bad manners is another. That was beyond the pale -- and I would hope that he would publicly apologize on that same floor to the president of the United States for that insult."
Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Ways & Means Committee, told CNN Radio he wasn't happy with the outburst.
"I don't advise that. ... I think it's important to listen as respectfully as possible," Camp said.
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, also denounced the heckling.
"Certainly, I respect the office of the president, and I think that's not the kind of thing that is appropriate in that kind of setting especially," he said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, told CNN affiliate WIS-TV in Columbia that he also was disappointed.
"The president's combative tone did not justify a member of Congress shouting out, 'You lie,' " said Graham. "Our nation's president deserves to be treated with respect. It was an inappropriate remark, and I am glad an apology has been made."
South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler took it further.
"Once again a South Carolina Republican has embarrassed our state," Fowler's office said in a statement that referred to S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's extramarital affair.
"Never has any member of Congress shown such disrespect for the president during a speech," Fowler wrote. "One would think that as a member of the military, Joe Wilson would have more respect and patriotism than he displayed tonight. When Congressman Wilson insulted President Obama, he also insulted the American public. Joe Wilson is a poor example of a statesman and an American. He owes an apology to the president and the American people."
The Democrat hoping to unseat Wilson in next year's midterm elections also quickly seized on the Republican's outburst.
"Rep. Wilson's behavior tonight exemplifies everything that is wrong in Washington," Democrat Rob Miller said in a statement provided to CNN. "Instead of engaging in childish name-calling and disrespecting our commander-in-chief, Joe Wilson should be working towards a bipartisan solution that makes quality, affordable health care available to each and every South Carolinian."
After the speech, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, tweeted that it was the "biggest" disappointment of the evening.
advertisement
"Biggest disappointment of evening, the total lack of respect shown by one member for the President," she wrote. "Never acceptable to behave like a jerk."
Wilson, who has served five terms, represents the state's 2nd congressional district, which includes the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to Beaufort and Hilton Head Island.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I am still Rising!!!!!!
Maya Angelou Biography
original name Marguerite Johnson
(1928–)
Writer, dancer, African-American activist. Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou spent her difficult formative years moving back and forth between her mother's and grandmother's. At age eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, who was subsequently killed by her uncles. The event caused the young girl to go mute for nearly six years, and her teens and early twenties were spent as a dancer, filled with isolation and experimentation.
At 16 she gave birth to a son, Guy, after which she toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess. On returning to New York City in the 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and became involved in black activism. She then spent several years in Ghana as editor of African Review, where she began to take her life, her activism and her writing more seriously.
Maya Angelou's five-volume autobiography commenced with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970. The memoirs chronicle different eras of her life and were met with critical and popular success. Later books include All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986) and My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994). She has published several volumes of verse, including And Still I Rise (1987) and Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1995). Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
In 1993, Angelou read On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration, a poem written at his request. It was only the second time a poet had been asked to read at an inauguration, the first being Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. In 2006, Angelou agreed to host a weekly radio show on XM Satellite Radio's Oprah & Friends channel. She also teaches at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where she has a lifetime position as the Reynolds professor of American studies.
Drawing from her own life experiences, Angelou published Letter to My Daughter in 2008. She wrote the work for the daughter she never had, sharing anecdotes and offering advice. Well received, the book earned several honors, including a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work-Non-Fiction.
original name Marguerite Johnson
(1928–)
Writer, dancer, African-American activist. Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Angelou spent her difficult formative years moving back and forth between her mother's and grandmother's. At age eight, she was raped by her mother's boyfriend, who was subsequently killed by her uncles. The event caused the young girl to go mute for nearly six years, and her teens and early twenties were spent as a dancer, filled with isolation and experimentation.
At 16 she gave birth to a son, Guy, after which she toured Europe and Africa in the musical Porgy and Bess. On returning to New York City in the 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and became involved in black activism. She then spent several years in Ghana as editor of African Review, where she began to take her life, her activism and her writing more seriously.
Maya Angelou's five-volume autobiography commenced with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in 1970. The memoirs chronicle different eras of her life and were met with critical and popular success. Later books include All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986) and My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994). She has published several volumes of verse, including And Still I Rise (1987) and Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1995). Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971), was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
In 1993, Angelou read On the Pulse of Morning at Bill Clinton's Presidential inauguration, a poem written at his request. It was only the second time a poet had been asked to read at an inauguration, the first being Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. In 2006, Angelou agreed to host a weekly radio show on XM Satellite Radio's Oprah & Friends channel. She also teaches at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, where she has a lifetime position as the Reynolds professor of American studies.
Drawing from her own life experiences, Angelou published Letter to My Daughter in 2008. She wrote the work for the daughter she never had, sharing anecdotes and offering advice. Well received, the book earned several honors, including a NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work-Non-Fiction.
Even though I missed the concert....
So evidently Jay got busy last night. (He does that from time to time.)Check the footage...
Like...Um...Yeah!!!!!
This brother needs a speech coach. My son has a great one I can recommend. She's used to helping 3yr olds, but still.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Hilarious!!!
Maybe I am sick, but I thought this was funny!
Get Free from action packed 50th anniversaries!!!
Get Free from action packed 50th anniversaries!!!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
So Soulful!!! Found Myself when I found his work...
W(illiam) E(dward) B(urghardt) Du Bois Biography
in full William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
(1868 - 1963)
(born February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 27, 1963, Accra, Ghana) American sociologist, the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He shared in the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and edited The Crisis, its magazine, from 1910 to 1934. Late in life he became identified with communist causes.
Early career
Du Bois graduated from Fisk University, a black institution at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1888. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895. His doctoral dissertation, The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638–1870, was published in 1896. Although Du Bois took an advanced degree in history, he was broadly trained in the social sciences; and, at a time when sociologists were theorizing about race relations, he was conducting empirical inquiries into the condition of blacks. For more than a decade he devoted himself to sociological investigations of blacks in America, producing 16 research monographs published between 1897 and 1914 at Atlanta (Georgia) University, where he was a professor, as well as The Philadelphia Negro; A Social Study (1899), the first case study of a black community in the United States.
Although Du Bois had originally believed that social science could provide the knowledge to solve the race problem, he gradually came to the conclusion that in a climate of virulent racism, expressed in such evils as lynching, peonage, disfranchisement, Jim Crow segregation laws, and race riots, social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest. In this view, he clashed with the most influential black leader of the period, Booker T. Washington, who, preaching a philosophy of accommodation, urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and elevate themselves through hard work and economic gain, thus winning the respect of the whites. In 1903, in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois charged that Washington's strategy, rather than freeing the black man from oppression, would serve only to perpetuate it. This attack crystallized the opposition to Booker T. Washington among many black intellectuals, polarizing the leaders of the black community into two wings—the “conservative” supporters of Washington and his “radical” critics.
Read More
Shared via AddThis
in full William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
(1868 - 1963)
(born February 23, 1868, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 27, 1963, Accra, Ghana) American sociologist, the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. He shared in the creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 and edited The Crisis, its magazine, from 1910 to 1934. Late in life he became identified with communist causes.
Early career
Du Bois graduated from Fisk University, a black institution at Nashville, Tennessee, in 1888. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895. His doctoral dissertation, The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638–1870, was published in 1896. Although Du Bois took an advanced degree in history, he was broadly trained in the social sciences; and, at a time when sociologists were theorizing about race relations, he was conducting empirical inquiries into the condition of blacks. For more than a decade he devoted himself to sociological investigations of blacks in America, producing 16 research monographs published between 1897 and 1914 at Atlanta (Georgia) University, where he was a professor, as well as The Philadelphia Negro; A Social Study (1899), the first case study of a black community in the United States.
Although Du Bois had originally believed that social science could provide the knowledge to solve the race problem, he gradually came to the conclusion that in a climate of virulent racism, expressed in such evils as lynching, peonage, disfranchisement, Jim Crow segregation laws, and race riots, social change could be accomplished only through agitation and protest. In this view, he clashed with the most influential black leader of the period, Booker T. Washington, who, preaching a philosophy of accommodation, urged blacks to accept discrimination for the time being and elevate themselves through hard work and economic gain, thus winning the respect of the whites. In 1903, in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk, Du Bois charged that Washington's strategy, rather than freeing the black man from oppression, would serve only to perpetuate it. This attack crystallized the opposition to Booker T. Washington among many black intellectuals, polarizing the leaders of the black community into two wings—the “conservative” supporters of Washington and his “radical” critics.
Read More
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)