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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 26, 2008 09:42 AM
Michelle Obama Like many, I was glued to my seat as Michelle Obama wooed America with her poignant testimonies in Denver yesterday. From her protective big brother to her determined albeit physically-challenged father to the intelligence of her daughters...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 23, 2008 12:21 PM
Today the Wall Street Journal published Jonathan Kaufman and Gary Field's piece entitled " Black in a New Light ". An interesting examination of the social and professional momentum among Africans [and yes, I mean the Continent]. The article poses the...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 21, 2008 08:00 AM
I'm sure you've heard by now that Danny Glover and his Louverture Films were in pre-production for the biopic Toussaint. The epic tale of famed Toussaint L' Ouverture and the history-making Haitian Revolution. Don Cheadle was slated to play Toussaint...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 19, 2008 02:02 PM
Yesterday evening I was sitting in the movie theater in downtown Brooklyn waiting for my summer blockbuster. And, of course, the pre-previews' commercials did their best to persuade the eager popcorn eaters to buy the latest in techno-trend or something...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 14, 2008 08:34 AM
photo credit AFP Hats off to the intellectually disabled and the Special Olympics for not tolerating Hollywood and their excuses. They want Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder boycotted . And so they should. I'm an uncle of a main-streamed nephew living with...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 12, 2008 12:20 PM
After losing Isaac Hayes over the weekend I was excited to take the number Two train to Wingate Field in Brooklyn to sit under the spell of THE Jill Scott. That's right, the enchanted, the lovely, the charming, the funny, the real Jill Scott. And guess...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 10, 2008 05:07 PM
June 2008 Celebrate Brooklyn - Prospect Park photo credit Tracy Collins Enough is enough. First, Bernie Mac and now Isaac Hayes dies suddenly. According to Hayes' wife, he was found dead near a treadmill in his Memphis, Tennessee home earlier today. Man...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 9, 2008 09:51 AM
Bernie Mac, comedian and actor, passed away this morning in Chicago due to complications with pneumonia. Wow! This comes as a complete surprise. He apparently suffered from sarcoidosis, an immune disorder that can make it difficult to breathe, inflame...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 8, 2008 02:00 PM
I was going to post something about Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his Canadian escapade, then I got bored with that idea and thought, hey, I should post something about global warming and how it feels like late Autumn in the dead of summer. Then...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 7, 2008 08:54 AM
I rarely post a Part Two to anything. I usually blow in with some thoughts and let the muse do its work. However, after my recent post GAY OR NOT. A FIGHT'S A FIGHT, I'm compelled to take a giant leap forward on this. The GAY OR NOT. A FIGHT'S A FIGHT...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 5, 2008 07:43 AM
So I took a look at the ABC interview with former prez Bill Clinton and my first response was WHEN WILL THIS END? When will this need for a segment of white America to say things like "gifted" [which usually translates into "potential without proof"]...
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Keith Josef Adkins
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Aug 1, 2008 01:26 PM
Last night I was coming home late from a Me'Shell Ndegeocello concert [and can I just sidebar and say that woman is one the best musicians we have on the planet right now]. Anyway, it was around 1:30 am and I was waiting for the B26 to whisk me away because...
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