Beloved Author Maya Angelou on CBS
Election night became a great moment in history, especially for African-Americans. Harry Smith spoke with author Maya Angelou about Barack Obama’s achievement.
Irreverence: The US Penal System vs. the African American
Irreverence: The US Penal System vs. the African American by H. Lewis Smith
In 1991, Troy Anthony Davis was convicted of the 1989 murder of Mark A. MacPhail, a Savannah police officer. On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, the Supreme Court rejected appeals for the condemned Georgia Department of Corrections 40-year-old inmate. The execution date was hastily reset for October 27, 2008.
GRAMMY® Award Winners Come Together on Healing Song for the Nation
Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) – On the heels of this year’s epic general election, four of the biggest voices in country, pop, and gospel music are reaching across the aisle and coming together for an unprecedented single aimed at fostering unity across partisan, social, ethnic, and economic divides, setting a tone of harmony and togetherness for the new presidency and the country’s immediate future.
SNEAK PEEK | The Enemy Between My Legs
The Enemy Between My Legs
by Stephanie L. Jones
MY INNOCENCE STOLEN
“The beauty of the past is that it is the past. The beauty of the now is to know it. The beauty of the future is to see where one is going.” ~Unknown
HOW DID I GET HERE?
After all of these years, it’s as clear in my mind as if it happened just last week. I was about five years old, and it was a beautiful summer night. Because the weather was so nice that evening, all of us children were allowed to sleep outdoors in our sleeping bags and make-shift beds. It was a simpler time, and adult supervision wasn’t necessary for such an outing. The memory of his touching me between my legs is so vivid because it was coupled with another embarrassing event; I had peed the bed. I remember lying there wrapped in those wet sheets until the next morning. I don’t know if I was more ashamed of wetting myself or of the abuse that had taken place.
WrittenVoicesPodcast.com Interviews Claudia Mair Burney – Part 2
For the second part of our interview with Christian Fiction author, Claudia Mair Burney, we talked about her Young Adult (YA) books, Zora and Nicky and The ExorSistah Series.
PODCAST | Claudia Mair Burney (Part 2)
Claudia is the author of the popular Ragamuffin Diva blog and the David C. Cook novel Zora and Nicky: A novel in Black And White. She is also the author of Death, Deceit, and Some Smooth Jazz, and the Amanda Bell Brown Mysteries and the Exorsistah series for teens. Her work has appeared in Discipleship Journal magazine, The One Year Life Verse Devotional Bible, and Justice in the Burbs.
For the second part of our interview with Claudia Mair Burney, we talked about her Young Adult (YA) books, Zora and Nicky and The ExorSistah Series. We encourage you to leave comments for the author.
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