Recently added articles from The New Crisis:
Newark branch still battling discrimination
Mar 01, 2003; ... In 1914, five years after the NAACP was organized, a branch was formed in Newark, N.J. The branch has waged a continuous battle against discrimination and racism ever since. Branch President Keith Jones, who began his second term Jan. 1, says: "If one looked at the branch's 1916 minutes, ...
African American faith in Islam
Mar 01, 2003; ... Islam in Black America: Identity, Liberation, and Difference in African-American Islamic Thought By Edward Curtis (State University of New York Press, $26.95) Black Pilgrimage to Islam By Robert Dannin with photographs by Jolie Stahl Oxford University Press) Many ...
Young, gifted and black: Promoting high achievement among African American students
Mar 01, 2003; ... Young, Gifted and Black: Promoting High Achievement Among African American Students, by Theresa Perry, Claude Steele and Asa Milliard III (Beacon Press, $25). In separate essays, three scholars weigh in on the Black achievement debate. Their overriding ...
The ways of black folks: A year in the life of a people
Mar 01, 2003; ... The Ways of Black Folks: A Year in the Life of a People, by Lawrence C. Ross Jr. (Dafina/Kensington Publishing, $24). The author traveled from Alabama to Ghana and beyond to capture the pulse of Blacks from all walks of life. His ...
Special image award honorees
Mar 01, 2003; ... Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, renowned filmmaker Spike Lee and actor/ activist Danny Glover were chosen to receive special honors at the March 8 34th NAACP Image Awards. Image Awards Chairman Charles Whitehead announced the recipients of the President's Award, Chairman's Award ...
The power of African American culture
Mar 01, 2003; ... This book looks innocent enough, but don't be fooled by its cover. As expected, this new work by Howard Dodson, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture (National Geographic Society, $35) is a beautiful presentation of ...
A different shade of gray: Midlife and beyond in the inner city
Mar 01, 2003; ... A Different Shade of Gray: Midlife and Beyond in the Inner City, by Katherine S. Newman (The New Press, $26.95). While affordable prescription drug coverage is a major concern for many older ...
NAACP seeks United Nations designation
Mar 01, 2003; ... Ever since the Bush administration began beating the drums of war with Iraq, the United Nations and its role in preserving world peace through international cooperation and collective security has become a regular feature in the news. The NAACP, which opposes a unilateral attack against Iraq, is ...
Gender politics in the black community
Mar 01, 2003; ... Gender Talk: The Struggle For Women's Equality In African American Communities By Johnetta B. Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall (One World/Ballantine, $24.95) Generations of African Americans have struggled against the multifarious forces of White supremacy: slavery, lynching, Jim ...
Mulatto America: At the crossroads of black and white culture: A social history
Mar 01, 2003; ... Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History, by Stephan Talty (HarperCollins, $24.95). From jazz to sports, Black and White cultures have intersected since the founding of America. Here the author "vividly chronicles the hidden ...
Great expectations
Mar 01, 2003; ... Drinking Coffee Elsewhere By ZZ Packer (Riverhead Books, $24.95) For the characters in ZZ Packer's debut short story collection, "drinking coffee elsewhere" means retreating into the past to escape the present. No one needs this more than Dina, a Yale University freshman ...
Bronzeville: Black Chicago in pictures, 1941-1943
Mar 01, 2003; ... Bronzeville: Black Chicago in Pictures, 1941-1943, by Maren Stange (The New Press, $39.95). The cover says it all. Children dressed to the nines lined up to purchase tickets to the picture show. This collection of more than 150 ...
A game of her own
Mar 01, 2003; ... MAMIE "PEANUT" JOHNSON HAD TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH BEING A BLACK GIRL IN A WHITE MAN'S SPORT. IN THE END, THE NEGRO LEAGUE PITCHER MASTERED WINDUPS AND KNUCKLEBALLS AND, MORE IMPORTANT, HOW TO HOLD ONTO A DREAM. PHOTOGRAPHY BY WELTON DOBY III The birth of Della Belton's baby girl ...
Men must confront sexual assault
Mar 01, 2003; ... There are a lot of reasons to love Denzel Washington, from his sigh-inciting good looks to his award-winning talent. But topping the list for me these days is his directorial debut: Antwone Fisher. It is one of the most inspiring films I have ever seen. I appreciate it most because it ...
Mary McLeod Bethune: Race woman
Mar 01, 2003; ... In many ways, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune's life was representative of the lives of many African American women of her time: she was deeply grounded in religion and family, and intensely committed to racial advancement. Yet, Bethune became one of the most important African American women in ...
Hasty consideration of Du Bois' seminal essays
Mar 01, 2003; ... Reconsidering the Souls of Black Folk: Thoughts on the Groundbreaking Classic Work of W.E.B. Du Bois By Stanley Crouch and Playthell Benjamin (Running Press, $21.95) A century has passed since W.E.B. Du Bois published The Souls of Black Folk, an event that marked the beginning of ...
Affimative action: Showdown in the Supreme Court
Mar 01, 2003; ... When the two landmark lawsuits challenging the use of race-conscious admissions programs for undergraduates and law school students at the University of Michigan (UM) come before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 1, they will become the most significant civil rights cases in the last 25 ...
'The souls of black folk,' a century hence
Mar 01, 2003; ... If, as his few intimates claimed, W.E.B. Du Bois had a robust sense of humor, then he must surely be laughing - laughing his refined laugh lest he give way to tears. Prophet that he was, he can be neither surprised nor unamused that his countrywomen and men have once again validated his axiom ...
Riding into history
Mar 01, 2003; ... It was a cold December day in 1955, when Rosa Parks boarded a bus in Montgomery, Ala. It had been a long day for the seamstress when she took a seat near the middle of the bus, just behind the 10 seats reserved for Whites. It wasn't long before all the seats were filled, and a White man entered ...
Questions: Writing Mamie Till Mobley's life
Mar 01, 2003; ... Chicago-based attorney and author Christopher Benson was co-writing a book with Mamie Till Mobley before her sudden death of heart failure in January at the age of 81. The memoir, Death of Innocence, recounts Till Mobley's life and how she found the strength to survive after the brutal murder of ...