The Albuquerque Tribune's J.M. Barol writes about residents' attempts to start up a black chamber of commerce. Speaking of business, there's also Patt Johnson's Des Moines Register article "Black business owners see changes, challenges" and Mark Watson's registration-required Memphis Commercial-Appeal article "Black, female, in control." Lastly, Don Hammonds' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article (via Black Enterprise) lets Lynne Swan (no, not that former NFL wide receiver) take on that black women entrepreneur meme (previously on blackfeminism.org) in "The number of firms founded, owned by African-American women has surged in recent years"
The Seattle Times carries Laura T. Ryan's Newhouse News Service article on hip-hop lit's rising prominence in black literature sales -- not just erotica, but science fiction.
Jason B. Johnson's San Francisco Chronicle article "Shades of gray in black enrollment" (backed with Rona Marech's "Immigrants' kids found to make gains") localizes the New York Times' recent take on Africans' growing prominence in communities of color.
I rather enjoyed Capt. James Key's short-but-sweet his remembrance of his maternal great-grandmother inna black-history stylee "She paved the path" in USA Today
There's also Cindy Rodriguez's column "Wanted: eligible black men" (via baldilocks), which makes me wonder about "a cowtown, and far colder than Chicago," and Faye Anderson's "A third way"
I liked Mariela Nunez-Janes' quote in Dave Curtin's Denver Post article "Ethnic-studies divisions across U.S. working to defend their discipline": "Because these programs were born out of political controversy - out of the civil rights movement - there is more scrutiny. But it seems like a double standard that the actions of one professor reflect on all ethnic-studies programs. If a math professor does something controversial, does it reflect on all math departments? In ethnic studies, we sometimes talk about topics that are uncomfortable, like gender, race and sexuality, but that's no reason to shy away from it - because it may cause controversy." An almost Churchillian turn of phrase, that ...
Steven G. Fullwood reminds us of Think Again 2's approaching deadlines.
Today, if you're in or near Indianapolis, Indiana, John J. Shaughnessy's Indianapolis Star article "Sage spirituality" offers lectures and a conference on African-American Christian spirituality (but only, y'know, if you go in for that sort of thing)
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