Happy Tuesday P.O.U Family! This week's open threads are going to highlight some African-American female Hollywood directors, that you should know. Neema Barnette is an American film director, and the first African American woman sitcom director. Barnette was the first African American woman to get a three picture deal with Sony. In 1990, she founded Harlem Girl … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Female Directors
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Tuesday Open Thread: Famous African Musicians
This week's open threads are focusing on famous African musicians. Fela Anikulapo Kuti (15 October 1938 — 2 August 1997), or simply Fela ([feˈlæ]), was a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist musician andcomposer, pioneer of Afrobeat music, human rights activist, and political maverick. Fela was born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria into a … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Famous African Musicians
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Poets
Elizabeth Alexander (born May 30, 1962) is an American poet, essayist, playwright, and a university professor. Alexander was born in Harlem, New York City and grew up in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of former United States Secretary of the Army and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman Clifford Alexander, Jr. and Adele (Logan) Alexander, a teacher … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Poets
Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Good Morning Obots! Today we feature a barrier-breaker in the world of snowboarding! Stevie Bell Stevie Bell is the first and only African American professional snowboarders of his time to break into the industry in 2005. His love for snowboarding and his passion to excel earned him a spot on the Forum Pro snowboarding team in 2006. He starred in his first snowboarding … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans In Extreme Sports
Tuesday Open Thread- The Black British Invasion
This week's open thread theme focusing on Black British musicians and singers. Willow - 1976 Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She also received an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread- The Black British Invasion