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Jared Ball discussing his book “A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X”
Thankyou for your patience as we work out the kinks with “The Indie: Independent Art, Independent Business, Independent Thought”, my new radio show airing on the Paradise Radio Network, CBS Radio and http://www.alvinjones.com and notarapper.icom. This interview is just in time to lead into the celebration of Malcolm X’s Birthday! Feel free to read a […]
Malcolm X Birthday Celebration May 19, 2013
April 16, 2013
[Description] Join us for this Birthday Party with live music and food at the historic Sankofa Video and Books Cafe on Georgia Avenue. Celebrate the birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz aka Malcolm X. There will be a free event outdoors (Arts Under the Stars, and Crescent Moon Nights style) featuring performances and presentations from Bomani […]
Science Experiment
February 25, 2013
Before there was this thing called Google (and yes, for those 25 and younger there was a pre-Google world), the 10 year old me use to spend hours leafing through encyclopedias. There would be one word or concept I’d hear about on the news or see referenced in a movie or book, and I’d go […]
First Single Dad Profile - Frantzy
February 19, 2013
Reblogged from A Single Parent Is: I have the privilege to get to know single parents all the time. Earlier this week a parent at my school remarked, “I didn't know you were single. Sometimes I feel so alone here.” It can be a lonely place when parenting around parents who are so visibly and publicly partnered. […]
Fill in the Blank God (a poem)
January 28, 2013
I serve a fill in the blank god better yet, that god serves me I could call myself an atheist, use my scientifically inclined mind to break down physical phenomenon into binary numbers mathematically navigating the imaginary space between us but I am hard headed and a poet I know a spirit when I hear […]
Drug War 101: 5 Things You Should Watch or Read
January 21, 2013
“Coz the war on drugs, is just a war on us And the wrong time to see it is when you in them cuffs” – Stic.man of Dead Prez I have no reason to think that my voice will be any louder or more clear than countless others trying to bring attention to the horrible […]
…Grateful.
January 16, 2013
Reblogged from A Single Parent Is: In times when I am cranky and short, when I am stirring about and making demands, my younger son often gets right in my face, or grabs me around the waist, looks up and exclaims, “Mommy, smile!” He follows this with the silliest of grins making me chuckle every […]
Single Parenting: Raising Sons with my Ex
January 14, 2013
“It didn’t work out with me an your mom But yo push come to shove You was conceived in love” - Will Smith (Just the Two of Us) If you had told me my night would go like this, being out bowled by not one, but two six year olds, I would have never believed […]
Open Letter to Michael Vick from a Redskins Fan
December 31, 2012
Hello Michael Vick, My name is Bomani Armah and I am life long die-hard Washington football fan. I am writing this letter to ask you to sign with my favorite team for the next four to six years and here is why. You, no doubt, are worried about whether or not the Philadelphia Eagles will […]
When to Take Away the Guns: How Guns and Mental Health Have Affected Me
December 17, 2012
My family knows about guns. I am a man of African descent, who lives in North America and speaks English. That is only possible because of one tool. The Gun. The gun didn’t force my ancestors into the hull of a ship on the coast of West Africa. The gun didn’t push my native ancestors […]
You Have Until Friday to Finish Talking About Petreaus’ Affair
November 14, 2012
“…See I don’t want him, if he ain’t made no arrangement with you/ I hope you would’ve done the same thing for me too” – Erykah Badu from “Booty” Can we stop lying to ourselves for a moment? Can we stop pretending like it’s some historical anomaly for the most power military general on the […]
“More than the Mic” with Rae Shine
November 4, 2012
Thanks again for reading my blog. If you don’t already know, I’m one of several skilled engineers who work out of Urban-Intalek Studios in Washington D.C.. I’m passionate about helping people find and express their voice artistically, and working at Washington D.C.’s premiere boutique studio is a great way to do it! I’ll be posting […]
Question 6 & Compromising the Bible
November 2, 2012
“I’m just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord! Please don’t let me be misunderstood” – Please Don’t let me be Misunderstood Written by B. Benjamin, G. Caldwell and S. Marcus Consider what it would be like, if your religion taught that you were cursed at birth? To know that what you are at […]
#Buycott Substantial’s “Home is Where the Art is”
October 8, 2012
It was after sunset, so the breeze bit a little harder, and the jacket I wore was a little thin. I’m usually in a better mood while waiting for my mobile reading room and writing desk (aka the 70 bus) but I had just finished a week of running ragged by oversleeping and missing my […]
Nick Sarillo Talks Small Business with Dr. Jones
September 26, 2012
Reblogged from The Even Place: One of my most rewarding and important experiences as a young adult was working at an African American bookstore chain, run like a close-knit family. The first day on the job the owner, knowing most retail employees are usually just passing through, gave me a copy of The Mis-education of […]
The Angle Episode #6 (Art Enables)
August 1, 2012
From the first time the Director for The Angle was introduced to Art Enables in 2009, he has been an advocate for this dynamic organization. When the idea that The Angle would have episodes, featuring Art Enables was early on the list to capture. Park Triangle featured the organization a few years back for The […]
Make Penn State Believable
July 24, 2012
No Football for a year. I thought I’d just skip to the point and sort out the logistics and emotions of it afterward. There is a long list of penalties that Penn State was given by the NCAA, including major loss of scholarships, a $60 million fine, and forfeiting all the wins the program had […]
Live in Peace, for All of Us Survivors of Aurora, CO
July 20, 2012
Rest in Peace to the victims of the horrific massacre in Aurora, Colorado. My sincere condolences to their families and loved ones. This is the crucial moment, in the age of 24/7 news and the myth of U.S. exceptional-ism, that we have to remember not to over react. Your life is always within nano-seconds of […]
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