Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the impact of black writers, artists and publications during the period between the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, particularly the Chicago influence. Created in 1942 by Chicago-based publisher John H. Johnson, who went on to create Ebony, Tan, and Jet magazines, the original series of Negro Digest … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The Indignant Generation – The Chicago Black Renaissance
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Thursday Evening Thread: It’s “Get Over Yourself” Day
What a day...and some people really need to get over themselves. OK, let's wind down Thursday! First , right wing nuts who are having a conniption over Ebony Magazine's September covers. Ebony's Editor-in-Chief, Amy Barnett explains why the covers were chosen: So right wing nutters - catch fire. … [Read more...] about Thursday Evening Thread: It’s “Get Over Yourself” Day
Wednesday Evening Thread: Oh You Racist Blacks!
Your blackness is being oppressive, so stop it! Look at what you've caused: Arizona tea parties accuse PBO of being divisive and turning the times back to pre-Civil Rights...so to protest this, they chant Bye Bye Black Sheep, call him a 47% Negro and yell "Impeach the half-white muslim!" … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: Oh You Racist Blacks!
Saturday Open Thread: Dr. King’s Advice Column
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We hope you're enjoying your weekend! Did you know that Dr. King used to write an advice column for Ebony magazine? The column was entitled "Advice For Living" and ran from September 1957 to December 1958. With the successful conclusion of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956 and the establishment of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Dr. King’s Advice Column