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"Soul Train" Creator Don Cornelius Dead at 75

2/1/12 10:09am by Nordette Adams
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Don Cornelius

In the below video of a 1974 Soul Train show, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius is interviewing the Godfather of Soul James Brown, and the clip includes a young Al Sharpton presenting Brown with an award. I thought this clip would be appropriate upon hearing that Don Cornelius has passed away at age of 75 because Soul Train did so much more for the black community than feature music.  Read more >

Downloading Dad: Searching for Black History

11/23/11 5:04pm by Nordette Adams
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Slave cabins, by John Parsons via Flickr

When my father, age 91, told me a few weeks ago that a woman, born Augustine Lemieux Stevens (a.k.a. Gussie), had died, I shuddered for moment in a spasm of grief. I grieved not because I knew Ms. Gussie but because I did not know her.  Read more >

(UPDATE) Slavery: The Game a Teaser for a Dutch Documentary

9/7/11 4:11pm by Nordette Adams
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Slavery the Game video

Editor's note: News sources are now reporting that the video fro "Slavery: The Game" is a promotion for a Dutch documentary series about slavery. -- Julie  Read more >

Norway's Alleged Bomber and the Dangers of Racial Profiling

7/30/11 4:24pm by Nordette Adams
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Anders Breivik, Zumapress

The bombing and shootings in Norway made me remember an experience I had with racial profiling in 2003, when I worked at an airport kiosk and encountered a Norwegian man taking pictures of workers loading a passenger plane. I wrote about the incident at my old blog, Confessions of a Jersey Goddess, in 2007.  Read more >

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Full Name
Nordette Adams
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About Me: 

Nordette is a freelance journalist, published fiction writer, poet, and the mother of two children. She is also a BlogHer.com Contributing Editor and the African-American Books Examiner for Examiner.com. In addition, she covers literature about or related to her hometown, New Orleans. She has two personal blogs, WSATA and The Urban Mother's Book of Prayers.  ... She likes chatter.

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