From the show: Episode 89 Of Real Black News features actress, writer, director and producer Erika Alexander (Living Single, Get Out, Wu-Tang: An American Saga) discussing producing the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble, her organizing work for the Poor People’s Campaign and the democratic party, maintaining black integrity in Hollywood, and her role in the…
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Brian Becker and Loud and Clear: “For generations, African-Americans have been told they have what is now said to be more than one trillion dollars of “buying power.” But a new book argues that commentators have misused this claim largely to blame Black communities for their own poverty based on squandered economic opportunity. “The Myth…
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It was a pleasure to be part of this New Timbuktu podcast from Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle where: “Black political figures from DuBois to Garvey have embraced the notion that Black America’s combined “buying power”, if harnessed correctly, would be a revolutionary force. But is this true? Morgan State University Professor Dr. Jared Ball…
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