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Bluegrass Symposium Revives Genre and Class Debates

Bluegrass music has taken a long road to the ivory tower from its hardscrabble roots in the rural South.

September 13, 2005

HBCUs

A Signature Style

At first glance, much of Dr. Amalia Amaki’s art work on display at the National Museum of Women in the Arts appears to be a simple… Story:

August 10, 2005

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Dillard University Professor Recipient of National Poetry Prize

Dillard University Professor Recipient of National Poetry Prize NEW ORLEANSDillard University associate professor of English and creative writing program director Mona Lisa Saloy has been named winner of the 2005 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Her winning manuscript, “Red Beans and Ricely Yours,” was selected by National Book Award nominee Ishmael Reed.“This poet has captured […]

February 23, 2005

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In Memoriam: Ossie Davis (1917-2005)

In Memoriam: Ossie Davis (1917-2005) The Broadway theaters dimmed their lights in honor of Ossie Davis on Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at 8:00 p.m., prior to their evening curtains. All across America, the national and local media sought theatre and film specialists to comment on Mr. Davis’ extraordinary career. Black theaters, community film workshops, libraries, […]

February 23, 2005

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Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age

Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album AgeBy Dr. William C. BanfieldScarecrow Press Inc., 2004 360 pp., $30.00 paper 0-8108-5278-XFollowing in the footsteps of renowned authors like Alain Locke, Harold Cruse and Amiri Baraka, Black Notes: Essays of a Musician Writing in a Post-Album Age, takes as its mission an important aesthetic […]

December 15, 2004

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With All Strings Attached

With All Strings AttachedComposer William C. Banfield notes the clash of artistry and commerce while weaving together a world of music By Kendra HamiltonHe’s “a modern magician” of music who has only to raise his baton to “(fetch) forth a spirit and image that touches new meanings and interpretations. Nobody interprets with a clearer voice […]

December 15, 2004

Sports

Something All His Own

Something All His OwnThe NBA’s Grant Hill hopes his collection of African American art will inspire, excite a younger generationBy Crystal L. KeelsNBA star Grant Hill is known for his skills on the basketball court, his marriage to Grammy award-winning singer, Tamia, and, most recently, for his courageous comeback after several surgeries that jeopardized his […]

December 1, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Erasing An Absence

Erasing An AbsenceThe Paul R. Jones Collection’s Inaugural Exhibition of African American Art Treasures Debuts at University of DelawareBy Ronald RoachWith the opening of “A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection” at the University of Delaware this fall, the inclusion of African American art in the annals of American visual art […]

December 1, 2004

Native Americans

African American Art Front and Center

African American Art Front and CenterThree years ago we featured Paul R. Jones, following his decision to donate his extensive collection of African American art to the University of Delaware (see Black Issues, March 29, 2001). And three years later, the University of Delaware has completed a $4.6 million renovation of a campus building to […]

December 1, 2004

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Yale Conference Examines Life, Work of Michael Jackson

Yale Conference Examines Life, Work of Michael JacksonNEW HAVEN, Conn. Michael Jackson, frequently savaged in the tabloid press, was picked apart by more rarified critics as scholars gathered for a conference on the pop star at Yale University. Eighteen scholars from U.S. universities discussed sexual, racial and artistic aspects of Jackson’s life and music in […]

October 20, 2004

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‘Rap the Vote’

‘Rap the Vote’Hip-Hop artists are encouraging young people to vote, but will their efforts actually move them to the polls?DALLASDamien Robinson is 30 years old but has never voted in an election nor has he even registered to vote, until now. Publicity surrounding rap impresarios like Sean “Puffy” Combs aka P. Diddy and Russell Simmons […]

October 6, 2004

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University of Kansas Doctoral Student Researches ‘Dean Of African American Painters’

University of Kansas Doctoral Student Researches ‘Dean Of African American Painters’LAWRENCE, Kan.A  University of Kansas doctoral student is unraveling the story of Aaron Douglas, the Kansas-born artist who was known as “the dean of African-American painters” in the 1920s and 1930s. Douglas died at age 79 in 1979 in Nashville, Tenn., where he had taught […]

September 22, 2004