From homelessness to sheer bliss, thirty five-year old playwright, director, producer and actor Tyler Perry is truly riding high! Within the span of only six years, he went from being "out on the streets" to "selling out" theaters wherever he goes. He has done it with not only one show - but with seven shows having successfully toured the nation and thus creating a change in the history of Black theater.
You may have missed the brunch, but we have the memories to prove that we were there. Take a look at our photo gallery. For each gathering we hold, we will post da pics here. you can down load any or all of the galleries for your own personal prints.
Have a burnin topic you want to talk about? Got a question or a view you want to discuss, or just want to continue what you started at the last get together? Don't wait till the next gatherin, Write it! We have a forum area for you to ask that burning question. Use the members to help find that special thing you've been looking for, or let other know what you found and where it is.
thanks for clicking in and checking out what we black folks are up to in Australia. The Idea for the Black Movie of the Month club, came to me while talking to bro Darrio. We have a large population of Black Amerikans, Afrikans, Indians, Jamaika etc in Australia, but for the most part, we have no unity. So on the last Sunday, 6pm, every other month we all get 2gether at the Star Bar on George st (across from Greater Union theatres) to share a old school movie, some food, laughs, tears, concerns, conversation, business networking, what ever. And guess what? We do it our way, which may not be perfect, but it is ours. Much love 2 those who mentally have arrived, 2 U others, I'll C U when U get there!
Love and Stuff,
Brother Donte
P.s props to Bro Glenn for the web sight hook up, u da man!
Black History Month
February marks the beginning of Black History Month - an annual celebration that has existed since 1926. But what are the origins of Black History Month?
Much of the credit can go to Harvard Scholar Dr. Carter G. Woodson, who was determined to bring Black History into the mainstream public arena. Woodson devoted his life to making "the world see the Negro as a participant rather than as a lay figure in history."
In 1926 Woodson organized the first annual Negro History Week, which took place during the second week of February. Woodson chose this date to co-incide with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln - two men who had greatly impacted the black population.
Over time, Negro History Week evolved into the Black History Month that we know today - a four-week-long celebration of African American History.
Local elected official: John Mercer Langston, 1855, town clerk of Brownhelm Township, Ohio.
State elected official: Alexander Lucius Twilight, 1836, the Vermont legislature.
Mayor of major city: Carl Stokes, Cleveland, Ohio, 19671971. The first black woman to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city was Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly, Washington, DC, 19911995.
Governor (appointed): P.B.S. Pinchback served as governor of Louisiana from Dec. 9, 1872Jan. 13, 1873, during impeachment proceedings against the elected governor.
Governor (elected): L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia, 19901994. The only other elected black governor has been Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, 2007
U.S. Representative: Joseph Rainey became a Congressman from South Carolina in 1870 and was reelected four more times. The first black female U.S. Representative was Shirley Chisholm, Congresswoman from New York, 19691983.
U.S. Senator: Hiram Revels became Senator from Mississippi from Feb. 25, 1870, to March 4, 1871, during Reconstruction. Edward Brooke became the first African-American Senator since Reconstruction, 19661979. Carol Mosely Braun became the first black woman Senator serving from 19921998 for the state of Illinois. (There have only been a total of five black senators in U.S. history: the remaining two are Blanche K. Bruce [18751881] and Barack Obama (2005 ).
U.S. cabinet member: Robert C. Weaver, 19661968, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Lyndon Johnson; the first black female cabinet minister was Patricia Harris, 1977, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Jimmy Carter.
U.S. Secretary of State: Gen. Colin Powell, 20012004. The first black female Secretary of State was Condoleezza Rice, 2005.
As we head into the new millennium, dating across cultural lines seem to be increasing at record rates.
Almost anywhere you go these days, you will encounter mixed-race couples: at the grocery store, the mall, the theater, at a company function, at: a concert, even at church. And while for years the Black man-White woman couple was more prevalent, today many social observers say that the pairing of Black women and White men is just as common.
From homelessness to sheer bliss, thirty five-year old playwright, director, producer and actor Tyler Perry is truly riding high! Within the span of only six years, he went from being "out on the streets" to "selling out" theaters wherever he goes. He has done it with not only one show - but with seven shows having successfully toured the nation and thus creating a change in the history of Black theater.
2008 Black Movie schedule
You may have missed the brunch, but we have the memories to prove that we were there. Take a look at our photo gallery. For each gathering we hold, we will post da pics here. you can down load any or all of the galleries for your own personal prints.
Have a burnin topic you want to talk about? Got a question or a view you want to discuss, or just want to continue what you started at the last get together? Don't wait till the next gatherin, Write it! We have a forum area for you to ask that burning question. Use the members to help find that special thing you've been looking for, or let other know what you found and where it is.
Yo brothers and sisters,
February marks the beginning of Black History Month - an annual celebration that has existed since 1926. But what are the origins of Black History Month?
