http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:28:08 -0700 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:33:19 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d24-Altec-Lansing-Mix-it-Up-Dance-Contest?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner Hip-hop is one of the most influential forms of art in the world, it is highly based on feeling, expression and the art of freestyle dancing. If you haven’t heard of The Rock Steady Crew, or The Electric Boogaloos, then you don’t know ... Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:33:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d24-Altec-Lansing-Mix-it-Up-Dance-Contest?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Black-late-night-talk-shows-sink-or-swim?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner This channel has discussed the debut of comedian turned correspondent Marina Franklin on the Jay Leno show, and within the last 3 months, two well established celebrities in the entertainment industry have taken a stroll on late night pavement a s... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:54:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Black-late-night-talk-shows-sink-or-swim?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Not-all-rappers-are-stingy-with-their-gear-ask-Wyclef?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner  According to the Associated Press, Wyclef Jean and the Timberland Co. are teaming up to develop an environmentally friendly boot line support reforestation in Haiti.  Timberland Co. is set to begin selling t-shirts designed by Haitian yout... Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:03:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Not-all-rappers-are-stingy-with-their-gear-ask-Wyclef?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Leno-show-got-a-face-lift-last-night-meet-Marina-Franklin?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner If you caught Jay Leno last night you will have seen its new addition to the show, correspondent Marina Franklin. This witty young lady is best known for her appearances on ‘The Last Comic Standing’ and “The Chapelle Show.” Sh... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:47:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Leno-show-got-a-face-lift-last-night-meet-Marina-Franklin?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Whitney-Houston-speaks-with-Oprah-about-her-former-drug-addiction?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner    In a two part interview with Oprah Winfrey this past Monday, Whitney Houston openly admits to her drug addiction which she previously denied when Diane Sawyer asked her in a 2002 interview. This is a huge step forward in her caree... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:54:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Whitney-Houston-speaks-with-Oprah-about-her-former-drug-addiction?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Race-dialogue-overkill-in-america?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner There seems to be an increasingly intense dialogue going about how much more race has recently been being discussed in our nation. There is a very thought provoking article about how race is used in theatre in the New York Times. It would almost appe... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:06:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m9d15-Race-dialogue-overkill-in-america?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Wett-Giggles-and-grins-for-little-brown-skin?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner   Children seem to have their own ideas about personal hygiene and how important it is to them. It is no secret that your little one would be more receptive to hopping out of bed on a Saturday morning to play their favorite video game, or would... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:12:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Wett-Giggles-and-grins-for-little-brown-skin?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Neo-soul-artist-Jack-Fuller-guaranteed-to-make-you-shiver?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner   When you first see neo-soul artist Jack Fuller, you don’t know what to expect. His style is very different, it’s certainly not of the ordinary, and it’s very hard to anticipate what to expect from his performance, however wh... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:41:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Neo-soul-artist-Jack-Fuller-guaranteed-to-make-you-shiver?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Juneteenth-and-the-power-of-progression?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner Juneteenth is America’s oldest celebration of the ending of slavery; it dates back to the year 1865 back in Galveston Texas, when Major General Gordon Granger and his men arrived to relay the message that the war was over and all slaves... Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:56:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m6d19-Juneteenth-and-the-power-of-progression?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Barack-Obama-freshman-photo-exhibition?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner                                          &nbs... Sat, 30 May 2009 14:40:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Barack-Obama-freshman-photo-exhibition?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d17-Black-hair-The-good-bad-and-ugly-Chris-Rock-style?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner   Funny man Chris Rock has written and co-produced a film entitled “Good Hair”, an HBO Films Production that has already received A Special Jury Prize: U.S. Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival 2009. The idea came to him when h... Sun, 17 May 2009 00:01:52 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d17-Black-hair-The-good-bad-and-ugly-Chris-Rock-style?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d3-Rx-For-Brown-Skin-fills-a-void-in-black-skin-care?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner Brown skin has been controversial since the beginning of time; it has had its fair share of trials and tribulations and truly survived the test of time. It has been welted and bruised by the whips of slave masters, dried and cracked by hard labor ... Sat, 02 May 2009 23:31:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m5d3-Rx-For-Brown-Skin-fills-a-void-in-black-skin-care?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Jazz-in-the-Diamond-District--Premier-April-30th-in-NYC?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner   Washington D.C., our nation’s capital represents almost every nationality and ethnicity known to man. A hidden treasure within this bustling city is the go-go music scene, a genre of funk that is heavily focused on percussion instrument... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:20:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m4d9-Jazz-in-the-Diamond-District--Premier-April-30th-in-NYC?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Announcing-you-C-it-and-B-part-of-it?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner If you are a small business owner you know how tough it has been within the past year to keep your business on target financially. If you have been recently let go from a company, now might be the time to pull up your boot straps and invest some time... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:26:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Announcing-you-C-it-and-B-part-of-it?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Backyardigans-Voice-and-Middle-school-Film-maker-Jordan-Coleman?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner    12 yr. old Jordan Coleman, film maker Jordan Coleman is no ordinary middle school student, yet his voice is certainly familiar in millions of homes of preschoolers across the nation, he is the voice for Tyrone the Moose on Nickelodeon&r... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:39:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Backyardigans-Voice-and-Middle-school-Film-maker-Jordan-Coleman?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Simonne-Michelle-Jones--artist-singer-musician-and-AIDS-humanitarian?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner   Artist Simonne Jones This Black History Month, I decided that I would not be cliché and put up a black history highlight or moment in time, instead I’d like to shed light on some individuals in the community who are making hi... Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:01:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d18-Simonne-Michelle-Jones--artist-singer-musician-and-AIDS-humanitarian?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d15-On-the-loss-of-love-life-and-failure?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner  This post is a little different. It is a poem I wrote based on my personal experiences as a young black woman since the election of our 44th President. I sheds light on my joys and pains in relation to my faith in men of the African American Co... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:13:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d15-On-the-loss-of-love-life-and-failure?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d6-Cicely-Tyson-says-the-heart-matters-this-February?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner Actress Cicely Tyson The African American Community has lost an enumeration of legends and heroes to causes well worth dying for, they sacrificed their lives so that ours may be greater and full of opportunities, however there are some causes o... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:14:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m2d6-Cicely-Tyson-says-the-heart-matters-this-February?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m1d24-Capitalizing-on-the-likeness-of-hope?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner We have all been a witness to President Barack Obamas journey from public figure to Commander in Chief, it personally brought tears in my eyes as I watched the nation come together as Americans on that historical day- you could see the enumera... Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:27:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m1d24-Capitalizing-on-the-likeness-of-hope?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Kings-definition-of-greatness-was-to-serve?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a new definition of greatness many decades ago in 1968, he told us “everybody can be great, because everybody can serve… you only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love, you can be that ser... Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:48:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1731-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner~y2009m1d19-Kings-definition-of-greatness-was-to-serve?cid=exrss-NY-African-American-Community-Examiner