New Orleans has long been a city of stories, and the Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading is proof that the … Continue reading Celebrating the Craft: The Patty Friedmann Writing Competition Reading
New Orleans is a city where history, culture, and music intertwine, and few capture that essence better than Kalamu ya … Continue reading Kalamu ya Salaam Brings Robert Johnson’s Legend to Life with Walkin’ Blues
New Orleans has long been a city of storytellers, a cultural mecca where words are woven as vibrantly as its … Continue reading Celebrating the Literary Lineage of Kalamu ya Salaam
Baldwin & Co is artfully designed with a mixture of African-inspired decor and contemporary furnishings. White walls are adorned with eye-catching artwork, African print-covered chairs. When you enter the Coffeeshop doors, you are greeted with enticing scents, a creative atmosphere, and friendly smiles.
Continue reading Baldwin & Co. Black-Owned Coffeeshop and Bookstore Review
The government used crack cocaine as a double edge sword that severed the lives of all who came into contact with it. The book is filled with interviews that speak of the quick road to riches, being out of the projects, and the hopes of a better life for their family only to be greeted by “DEATH” awaiting them around the next corner. Crack cocaine was marketed as “HOPE,” but there was a”DEATH” clause written in small print, but Farber’s “CRACK: Rock Cocaine, Street capitalism, and the Decade of Greed” brings the magnifying glass to help you read what you missed over the years. Continue reading A personal review of Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed by David Farber
Written by Guest Blogger Trechelle Tranese I am a firm believer that nothing in our lives happens by chance or … Continue reading NOLA Book Review: Jason Lee ~ God Must Have Forgotten About Me
Crack is an essential read for anyone hoping to understand why. This lively, well- researched history of America’s crack cocaine years introduces readers to entrepreneurial dealers, desperate users, and draconian drug policies. Along the way, it illuminates the era’s racism, political excesses, and media exaggerations, as well as the lasting damage crack and crack dealers wrought in countless neighborhoods of color. Continue reading Crack Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed By David Farber
“ALL SAINTS DAY,” The New Orleans Tribune, America’s first Black daily, 154 years ago. “The ancients, who seem to have … Continue reading ALL SAINTS DAY,” The New Orleans Tribune November 1, 1865
A member of the Angola Three, Robert King will discuss his 29 years in solitary confinement and his work since being released in 2001 to end human rights abuses in American prison and to reform the U.S. justice system. Findings of two new reports on solitary confinement in Louisiana prisons, where incarcerated people are held in solitary at FOUR times the national rate, and how to plug into the Louisiana Stop Solitary Coalition will also be discussed.
Exciting news…. looks like Albert Woodfox, the other surviving member of the Angola Three, may be able to join Mr. King! Albert Woodfox just learned on Wednesday that his book, Solitary: My Story of Transformation and Hope, has just been chosen as a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award!
Continue reading Robert Hillary King, Member of the Angola Three: Ending Solitary Confinement
I received “Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed” by David Farber for review, courtesy of Cambridge … Continue reading A personal review of Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed by David Farber
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