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Need a Speaker?
Bigger Than Hip-Hop, Education, Felicia's News, Hip-Hop
Fall is right around the corner and many schools and organizations will begin planning for Spring events. If you're in need of a speaker, consider...me. I know, blatant self-promo. But I wouldn't suggest myself if I didn't believe in the programming I provide.
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HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: A Poet Responds
Publishing/Literary
As HIV/AIDS continues to spread across the globe, one project,"Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica," commissioned by the Pulitzer Center, aims to show the full lives of people who face the disease daily.
Publishing/Literary
To celebrate its six-decade history of honoring great American books, the National Book Foundation has been posting daily blog entries highlighting the National Book Award in Fiction Winners from 1950 to 2008.
Victor LaValle's Big Machine
Publishing/Literary
Acclaimed, yet underappreciated author Victor LaValle has returned with his third book "Big Machine."The novel, unlike anything I've read before, is a tour de force that's really about redemption. In signature LaValle style, it's also laced with his comedic wit and knack for creating narrators whose journeys you enjoy following.
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R. Dwayne Betts was a 16-year-old honor student when he carjacked a man. It was 30 seconds that would forever change lives. Thirty seconds that he, his mother, nor his victim could ever get back. It was 30 seconds that would eventually lead Betts to spend nine years in prison.
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Carlotta Walls LaNier was just fourteen when she and eight other teenagers made history by integrating Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Her story of surviving hatred, hostility, and hardships to go on and become the first black girl to walk across the stage of Central High and receive a diploma is recounted in"A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School," co-written with Lisa Frazier Page.
Brooklyn Bodega Peeps THE MESSAGE
The Message
I you all do not know about the book The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs, you need to. Felicia Pride examines her favorite hip-hop songs while incorporating her own personal reflections on life. She found that many hip- hop lyrics spoke directly to what was going on in her life, an aided her journey. Thus she dedicated this whole book to the songs that have helped her learn and live.
Do You Know Hubert Harrison?
Publishing/Literary
During the early twentieth century, the Caribbean-born Harrison was an outspoken, complex intellectual. He was a union organizer and former postal worker. He was also a prolific writer well-versed in international affairs. He didn't go to college, yet made learning a life-long journey.
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Creative Entreprenuers! Spark Your Fire
THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS is: an e-book meets video transmission of acumen and love. You: are likely sitting on an empir... (read more)
THE MESSAGE Hip-Hop & Literarcy Enrichment Program
Order Your Signed Copy of THE MESSAGE today! Educational institutions around the country--including high schools, out-of... (read more)
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