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Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown

by Benilde Little

Benilde Little on her Novels and 1st Nonfiction Book, Welcome to My Breakdown Benilde Little Interview You are known for your novels, Good Hair, The Itch, Who Does She Think She Is?, Actin...

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Common - The "Happy Feet Two" Interview [November 2011]

by Kam Williams

Common - The "Happy Feet Two" Interview [November 2011] Kam Williams Interview The Dreamer, The Believer Born Lonnie Rashid Lynn in Chicago on March 13, 1972, Common rose to prominence as one ...

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Anika Malone: A New Voice in Women’s Fiction

by Leah Mullen

Anika Malone: A New Voice in Women’s Fiction Leah Mullen Interview Reprinted Courtesy of Writersandpoets.com, LLC Late last year I talked to two authors Carl Weber and Toni Lee who both ...

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Giving it Away: My "Free" Lance Writing Career

by Kam Williams

Giving it Away: My "Free" Lance Writing Career Kam Williams Interview Giving it Away: My ’Free’ Lance Writing Career By Leah Mullen A few weeks ago while I was listening to one of my books...

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Omarion “The Feel the Noise ” Interview

by Kam Williams

Omarion “The Feel the Noise ” Interview Kam Williams Interview Omarion Ishmael Grandberry was born in his Inglewood, California home around midnight on November 12, ...

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Master P - The "Uncle P" Interview

by Kam Williams

Master P - The "Uncle P" Interview Kam Williams Interview Hip-Hop Entrepreneur Reflects on God, Family, Money and Maturity Born on April 29, 1967, Percy Robert Miller, aka Master P, w...

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Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview

by Kam Williams

Meagan Good - "The Unborn" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Panorama City, California to Tyra Doyle and Leon Good on August 18, 1981, Meagan Monique Good was raised ...

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Ziggy Marley The “Marley” Interview

by Kam Williams

Ziggy Marley The “Marley” Interview Kam Williams Interview Kam Williams: Hi Ziggy, thanks for the interview. Ziggy Marley: Thank you, Kam. KW: Do you remember Ras Karbi, who played with your da...

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Dana Roc - Interview with founder of Dana Delivers! www.danaroc.com

by Kam Williams

Dana Roc - Interview with founder of Dana Delivers! www.danaroc.com Kam Williams Interview Every Monday morning for the past several years I've looked forward to receiving via e...

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Flex Alexander - The "Soulaughable" Interview

by Kam Williams

Flex Alexander - The "Soulaughable" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born Marc Alexander Knox in the Bronx on April 15, 1970, Flex Alexander got his start in showbiz as ...

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Michelle Obama Addresses Convention

by Kam Williams

Michelle Obama Addresses Convention Kam Williams Interview Michelle Obama Addresses Convention: Heartfelt Speech Turns Undecided's Fears into Tears by Lloyd Willi...

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Interview with Zane

by Kam Williams

Interview with Zane Kam Williams Interview Zane (not her real name) is the best-selling author of a plethora of African-American-oriented erotica, including Dear G Spot, Afterbur...

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Trice Hickman - Interview

by Kam Williams

Trice Hickman - Interview Kam Williams Interview Trice Hickman's sophomore novel promises more sizzle just in time for the summer By Leah Mullen As soon as I turned the last page...

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Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview

by Kam Williams

Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview Kam Williams Interview Ann Coulter: The “Never Trust a Liberal over 3” Interview Ann Coulter is the author of nine New York Times bests...

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The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview

by Kam Williams

The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview Kam Williams Interview Karrine Steffans The Confessions of a Video Vixen Interview by Kam Williams When I first interviewed her a coupl...

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Q & A with Robin W. Pearson

by Robin W. Pearson

Q & A with Robin W. Pearson Robin W. Pearson Interview Robin W. Pearson’s writing sprouts from her Southern roots, where she learned to sing “Jesus Loves Me,” how to make corn bread...

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The “Disaffected” Interview with Sean Pittman

by Troy Johnson

The “Disaffected” Interview with Sean Pittman Troy Johnson Interview What inspired you to write Disaffected? Throughout my travels working on political campaigns and movements, a persistent ...

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Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author

by Troy Johnson

Critically Acclaimed Children’s Book Author Troy Johnson Interview Many children’s authors and illustrators come from the world of education but you also worked in the field of journalism f...

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Sandra L. Richards: Richards Rocks!

by Kam Williams

Sandra L. Richards: Richards Rocks! Kam Williams Interview The American-born daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents, Sandra L. Richards is the author of “Rice & Rocks.” She hopes that h...

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AALBC.com Interview with Jeff Chang

by Kam Williams

AALBC.com Interview with Jeff Chang Kam Williams Interview Kam Williams: Hi Jeff. Thanks for the time and congratulations on the NAACP Image Award nomination for Who We Be. You used to ...

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Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview

by Kam Williams

Clarence Page - The “Culture Worrier” Interview Kam Williams Interview Clarence Page is a nationally-syndicated columnist and member of the Chicago Tribune editorial board. Besides those duties...

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A Conversation with Diane Richards about Her Debut Novel <em>Ella</em>

by AALBC Staff Writer

A Conversation with Diane Richards about Her Debut Novel Ella AALBC Staff Writer Interview What inspired you to write a novel about Ella Fitzgerald? What drew you to her life and music as a subje...

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Misty Copeland: The “Life in Motion” Interview

by Kam Williams

Misty Copeland: The “Life in Motion” Interview Kam Williams Interview Misty en Pointe Photo Credit: Jade Young Born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 10, 1982, Misty Copeland is a solo...

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John Singleton “The Illegal” Tender Interview

by Kam Williams

John Singleton “The Illegal” Tender Interview Kam Williams Interview  Producer John Singleton on the set of Universal Pictures' Illegal Tender - 2007 Boy from the hood ...

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Kysha N. Brown

by Kam Williams

Kysha N. Brown Kam Williams Interview KYSHA N. BROWN (Photo Credit: J.R. Thomason) KYSHA N. BROWN is a publisher, poet and performer. She is co-founder and president of Ru...

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Notes from a Hip Hop Head

by Kam Williams

Notes from a Hip Hop Head Kam Williams Interview April 19, 2007 An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey: Notes from a Hip Hop Head by Saul Williams Dear Ms. Winfrey, It is with the g...

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Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams

by Kam Williams

Shirley Sherrod: The “Martin Luther King Awards Dinner” Interview with Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Shirley Sherrod is best known as the African-American government official fired in ...

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9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent

by Troy Johnson

9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Troy Johnson Interview Race does play a major factor with what’s going on between President Obama and Congress.”—April Ryan ...

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Karrine Steffans from “Superhead” to Supermom

by Kam Williams

Karrine Steffans from “Superhead” to Supermom Kam Williams Interview Born on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands on August 24, 1978, Karrine Steffans was a naive ing’nues who, as a tende...

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Gabrielle Union The Perfect Holiday Interview

by Kam Williams

Gabrielle Union The Perfect Holiday Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 29, 1972, Gabrielle Monique Union was more of an athlete tha...

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Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning

by Leah Mullen

Carl Weber Gives “Best Selling” Author a New Meaning Leah Mullen Interview A year ago this summer Hollywood witnessed the emergence of the "Original Kings of Comedy. "In the publishing wor...

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Behold the 9th Wonder of the World!

by Kam Williams

Behold the 9th Wonder of the World! Kam Williams Interview Behold the 9th Wonder of the World! Born Patrick Denard Douthit in Winston-Salem, NC on January 15, 1975, 9th Wonder is a G...

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Raven Symone: The Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Interview

by Kam Williams

Raven Symone: The Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Atlanta, Georgia on December 10, 1985, Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman got an early s...

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Attorney for the Brown Family Responds to Shooting of Police in Ferguson, MO

by Kam Williams

Attorney for the Brown Family Responds to Shooting of Police in Ferguson, MO Kam Williams Interview Ben Crump is the attorney of record in many high-profile, civil rights cases, most notably rep...

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Blair Underwood - The "G" Interview

by Kam Williams

Blair Underwood - The "G" Interview Kam Williams Interview Blair Underwood The "G" Interview with AALBC.com Blair Underwood was born in Tacoma, Washington on August 25, 1964, but raised ...

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Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007]

by Kam Williams

Denzel Whitaker & Jurnee Smollett - "The Great Debaters" Interview [2007] Kam Williams Interview The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smoll...

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D.L. Hughley on Everything from Nappy-Headed Hos to His HBO Special

by Kam Williams

D.L. Hughley on Everything from Nappy-Headed Hos to His HBO Special Kam Williams Interview A Dialogue with D.L. on Everything from Nappy-Headed Hos to His HBO Special Born on March 6, 1963, Da...

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Jill Scott - The “Why Did I Get Married Too” Interview

by Kam Williams

Jill Scott - The “Why Did I Get Married Too” Interview Kam Williams Interview The Lady Waxes Eloquent Jill Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in The City of Brotherly Love where she was ra...

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Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker - "The Great Debaters" Interview

by Kam Williams

Jurnee Smollett & Denzel Whitaker - "The Great Debaters" Interview Kam Williams Interview The Great Young Stars in The Great Debaters In The Great Debaters, Jurnee Smollett and Den...

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Laurence Fishburne - The "Bobby" Interview

by Kam Williams

Laurence Fishburne - The "Bobby" Interview Kam Williams Interview Sir Laurence on Revisiting Camelot and the RFK Legacy Bobby (2006) - Laurence Fishburne (l) Freddy Rodr’guez (r) ...

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Lauren London - The "This Christmas" Interview

by Kam Williams

Lauren London - The "This Christmas" Interview Kam Williams Interview Photo: This Christmas (2007) - Lauren London Born in Los Angeles on December 5, 1984, Lauren London developed a taste...

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Quentin Tarantino - The "Inglourious Basterds" Interview

by Kam Williams

Quentin Tarantino - The "Inglourious Basterds" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 27, 1963 to an Italian father and a mother of Irish and Cherokee ex...

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9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent

by Kam Williams

9 Questions for April Ryan, White House Correspondent Kam Williams Interview April D. Ryan is veteran journalist who has been a White House correspondent for the past 18 years. Besides coverin...

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Regina King - The "This Christmas" Interview

by Kam Williams

Regina King - The "This Christmas" Interview Kam Williams Interview Regina's Command Performance Born in L.A. on January 15, 1971, Regina King started her showbiz career on the stage w...

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Rob Brown - "The Express" Interview

by Kam Williams

Rob Brown - "The Express" Interview Kam Williams Interview Rob Brown: Express-ing Himself Born in Harlem on March 1, 1984, but raised in Brooklyn, Rob Brown got his start ...

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Steve Harvey The “Think Like a Man” Interview [April 2012]

by Kam Williams

Steve Harvey The “Think Like a Man” Interview [April 2012] Kam Williams Interview Steve Harvey The “Think Like a Man” Interview Born in Welch, West Virginia on January 17, 1956, Steve Harvey ...

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Taraji P. Henson - "The Family That Preys"Intervieww

by Kam Williams

Taraji P. Henson - "The Family That Preys"Intervieww Kam Williams Interview Taraji Shares All, Even the Surprising Color of Her Panties Taraji Penda Henson was born on Sep...

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Tyler Perry - The Family That Preys Interview

by Kam Williams

Tyler Perry - The Family That Preys Interview Kam Williams Interview A Visit to The House of Perry Tyler Perry's path from the perilous streets of New Orleans to the heights of Holly...

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Will.i.Am - The "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Interview

by Kam Williams

Will.i.Am - The "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Interview Kam Williams Interview Will Expounds on Everything from X:Men to ’Yes We Can’ William James Adams, aka Will.i.Am, was...

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Djimon Hounsou - The "Never Back Down" Interview

by Kam Williams

Djimon Hounsou - The "Never Back Down" Interview Kam Williams Interview Djimon Announces Plans to Pop the Question Born in Cotonou, Benin on April 24, 1964, Djimon Gaston Hounsou emigrat...

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Migrated Interviews

by Kam Williams

Migrated Interviews Kam Williams Interview Migrated Interviews Aisha Tyler - The "Balls of Fury and Death Sentence" Interview Alisa Hyman - Book Reviewer, Educator Alrick Brown - The "Kinyarwand...

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Interview with Author of The Billion Dollar College Admissions Scam

by Troy Johnson

Interview with Author of The Billion Dollar College Admissions Scam Troy Johnson Interview Harlow Giles Unger Troy Johnson, AALBC:I agree with the notion that college is not for everyone. However,...

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Prophet Shelby Explains Why Black Messiah Obama Won’t Win

by Kam Williams

Prophet Shelby Explains Why Black Messiah Obama Won’t Win Kam Williams Interview Photo Credit: Hoover Institution Shelby Steele is a controversial public intellectual w...

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Antara the Lion

by Kam Williams

Antara the Lion Kam Williams Interview THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES "ANTARA THE LION: FATHER OF HEROES" BY RUNOKO RASHDI DEDICATED TO DR. KHALID ABDULLAH TARIQ AL-MANSOUR Archaeo...

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Daniel Craig The “Skyfall” Interview

by Kam Williams

Daniel Craig The “Skyfall” Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Chester, England on March 2, 1968, and raised on the Wirral Peninsula outside Liverpool, Daniel Craig has gone from waiting tab...

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Djimon Hounsou - The "Push" Interview - plus, Djimon a Daddy?

by Kam Williams

Djimon Hounsou - The "Push" Interview - plus, Djimon a Daddy? Kam Williams Interview Djimon a Daddy? During an interview with me last year, Djimon Hounsou prematurely broke th...

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Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book

by Kam Williams

Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book Kam Williams Interview Do Yourself a Favor Authors; Market Your Book by A. Yamina Collins If you’re a writer on the cusp of publishing a book, today mi...

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by Kam Williams

“In My Own Words”© (IMOW) Flavor Flav, The Real Man Behind The Clock And Sunglasses Kam Williams Interview "In My Own Words"© (IMOW) Flavor Flav, The Real Man Behind The Clock And Sunglasses ...

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Gloria Reuben - The "Raising the Bar" Interview

by Kam Williams

Gloria Reuben - The "Raising the Bar" Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Toronto on June 9, 1964, Gloria Reuben is the second youngest of a half-dozen children born to ...

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Ice Cube The “22 Jump Street” Interview (June 2014)

by Kam Williams

Ice Cube The “22 Jump Street” Interview (June 2014) Kam Williams Interview Ice Cube The “22 Jump Street” Interview As much as technology, business and society have changed since the Eighties, ...

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Ken Burns Interviewed (April 2013).

by Kam Williams

Ken Burns Interviewed (April 2013). Kam Williams Interview Legendary Filmmaker Discusses His Latest Documentary Photo Credit dbking Ken Burns has been making films for more than thirty years...

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Nia Long - The "Are We Done Yet?" Interview

by Kam Williams

Nia Long - The "Are We Done Yet?" Interview Kam Williams Interview Nia Long Who ever heard of an actress being typecast as pregnant? That's exactly what appears to be happening to Nia ...

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Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale Station" Interview with AALBC.com

by Kam Williams

Ryan Coogler's "Fruitvale Station" Interview with AALBC.com Kam Williams Interview Born in Oakland, California on May 23, 1986, Ryan Coogler attended college on a football scholarship, playing wi...

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Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview (July 2013)

by Kam Williams

Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview (July 2013) Kam Williams Interview Snoop Dogg The “Turbo” Interview Calvin Cordozar Broadus was born on October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California where he ...

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Soledad O'Brien - The "Haiti Relief Effort" Interview

by Kam Williams

Soledad O'Brien - The "Haiti Relief Effort" Interview Kam Williams Interview Soledad's Eyewitness Report on the Haitian Relief Effort In the wake of the Haitian earthquake, CNN's Soledad...

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Thandie Newton - The Crash Interview

by Kam Williams

Thandie Newton - The Crash Interview Kam Williams Interview Thandiwe (pronounced 'Tan-dee') Adjewa Newton was born in Zambia on November 6, 1972, but was raised in Penzance, Cornwall by her...

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Vanessa Williams - The "My Brother" Interview

by Kam Williams

Vanessa Williams - The "My Brother" Interview Kam Williams Interview Vanessa Williams The My Brother Interview with Kam Williams Vanessa Williams At the 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards ...

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Touré: Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now

by Kam Williams

Touré: Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means to Be Black Now Kam Williams Interview Touré - The “Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness?” Interview Born in Boston on ...

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Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview

by Kam Williams

Maya Soetoro-Ng: The “Ladder to the Moon” Interview Kam Williams Interview Born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 15, 1970, Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng is a lecturer at the University of Hawaii&#8217...

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Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California

by Reginald Martin

Ishmael Reed – July 1-7, 1983, in Emeryville, California Reginald Martin Interview REGINALD MARTIN: Camus wrote in "Neither Victims nor Executioners" that the only really committed a...

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The Vanishing Black Male Interview

by Kam Williams

The Vanishing Black Male Interview Kam Williams Interview KW: Do you really think black men are vanishing and becoming extinct? Hisani DuBose (HD): With over one million African Amer...

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Chris Gardner - Interview, books, & DVD

by Kam Williams

Chris Gardner - Interview, books, & DVD Kam Williams Interview Subject of The Pursuit of Happyness Expounds on His Bio-Pic The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) Will Smith, Chris Gardner ...

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Marcus Mosiah Garvey

by Kam Williams

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Kam Williams Interview THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES "UP! YOU MIGHTY RACE: A TRIBUTE TO MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY (1887-1940)" BY RUNOKO RASHDI DEDICATED TO D...

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Nate Parker - Actor Interview

by Kam Williams

Nate Parker - Actor Interview Kam Williams Interview Is Nate the Next Denzel? Nate Parker was born in Norfolk, Virginia on November 18, 1979 to a 17 year-old single-mom who never married ...

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Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference

by Kam Williams

Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism in Keynote Speech Delivered at Medieval Studies Conference Kam Williams Interview Professor Chazelle Advocates Christian Social Activism...

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Tanzania: A Journey Within (2014) - Film Review

by Kam Williams

Tanzania: A Journey Within (2014) - Film Review Kam Williams Interview Tanzania: A Journey Within In Theaters: Apr 25, 2014 Limited Unrated Running time: 103 minutes Distributor: Heretic F...

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The Jena Blowback: Symbolic Use of the Noose as the New N-Word

by Kam Williams

The Jena Blowback: Symbolic Use of the Noose as the New N-Word Kam Williams Interview The Jena Blowback: Symbolic Use of the Noose as the New N-Word by Kam Williams Ominously, there's ...

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Tyler Perry - The “Good Deeds” [2012] Interview with Kam Williams

by Kam Williams

Tyler Perry - The “Good Deeds” [2012] Interview with Kam Williams Kam Williams Interview Tyler Perry - The “Good Deeds” Interview Tyler Perry’s inspirational journey from the hard stree...

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