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Tuesday 4 July

  • July 4, 2006 Launch Of TerryHowcott.com: A Black, Progressive, Openly Inclusive Website (10:41) - TODAY'S LAUNCH COMES WITH GREAT ONLINE-OFFLINE EXPECTATIONS "Claiming The Whole Beloved Community" Detroit, MI - TERRYHOWCOTT.COM LAUNCHED TODAY AT at 1:00 pm (EST) amid a sea of anticipation about its on and offline possibilities. Terryhowcott.com brings you thought, writings and... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Monday 5 June

  • Celebrating Bayard Rustin From Ta'Shia Asanti (10:22) - Greetings Community: BE PRIDE! I'm excited to present to you a feature from the June 2006 issue of Urban Spectrum Newspaper (US) written in honor of International African Pride and Power Month. This month and every month, US affirms... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Wednesday 26 April

  • Hola, Buenas Tardes – Que Pasa (18:38) - by Terry Howcott April 22, 2006 I wish I spoke respectable Spanish, but being the class clown in Middle School Spanish class, I never got around to learning a dang thing. My apologies to Ms. Gonzales from then Hampton Jr.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Monday 6 February

  • End of An Era: Cabrini's Jazz Alley (09:39) - The other night I visited Cabrini’s Jazz Alley on 3rd for the last time. I discovered, by way of Jasmyne Cannick, the doors would officially close Tuesday night, January 31, 2006, and what a place it was. Though, Cabrini promises... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Riding Coretta Scott King’s Wings: Martin’s Love, And Our Same Gender Loving Folk-Hero (09:17) - By: Terry Lynn Howcott As I marinate over the authentic activist life of Coretta Scott King and mourn her death, I am disgusted with myself with how little attention I have paid her. I guess her consistency in support left... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Saturday 4 February

  • Challenging Stella's Man-Made Groove (09:26) - The drama of author, screen writer, movie producer extraordinaire Terry McMillan’s divorce has some complexities and important features that are important to dredge out and drive home. With much interest (and sadness), I read the transcript of the Tavis Smiley... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Monday 16 January

  • The New Face of Black Leadership: Black, Gay & Proud (10:00) - By: Herdon Davis As we approach MLK Day and the upcoming 2006 congressional races, there is a growing concern amongst the African-American community as to its ability or perhaps its inability to hold on to its once unshakable political power.... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Jumpin’ the Broom: The New Covenant (09:47) - New Gay Film Features Dr. Michael Eric Dyson and Examines Lesbian and Gay Relationships in Black America OAKLAND – JUMPIN’ THE BROOM: THE NEW COVENANT will premiere on SHOWTIME during their 15th annual Black Filmmaker Showcase on February 1st at... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Critic Review of NBC’s The Book of Daniel (09:23) - By: Herdon Davis Fear not, the decline of Christian America did not come to pass with the 2 hour debut of NBC’s "The Book of Daniel" on Friday. After watching the well produced and written premiere, I’m certain that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Saturday 7 January

  • A Little Sugar In Her Bowl (09:33) - This afternoon I read a most disconcerting email. The email pertained to one of our own, Gwen Avery, a woman who has pleasured us with such songs as Sugar Mama, Cry No More, and Do I Move You needs our... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Tuesday 6 December

  • My Fight For Clemency (10:32) - Two months ago I attended a small and informal meeting at the Lucy Florence Coffee House in Leimert Park to discuss the pending execution Stanley Tookie Williams. I knew that I didn’t support the death penalty but I wasn’t that... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Saturday 3 December

  • Sharks, Elephants, Abandoned Puppies, And A Tiger Of A Total Man [Stanley “Tookie” Williams] (10:27) - I vehemently oppose the killing machine that is called “the death penalty.” It is part and parcel of a more than 200 year historic national desire to perpetrate the killing of Black people - and Black men in particular. I... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Tuesday 8 November

  • Yet Another Conspiracy Against Us...By Our Own (10:40) - There's a conspiracy to block access to films of substance or films that might educate minority communities by movie executives and big business. These same people are also the reason why we only get certain types of films in our... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Much Ado Over Outing (10:17) - No single article that I have ever written or protest that I have participated in has garnered as much attention as the “Outing Black Pastors” campaign that I did with my colleague Keith Boykin. It was a simple idea hatched... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Tuesday 1 November

  • Player Hating And Setting Rigid Controls For ‘Nothing But Africans’ (10:24) - As most know by now, NBA Commissioner David Stern has issued an executive order that predominantly Black players will dress in a "business casual" manner when traveling. This new “dress code” dictates players can no longer leave or arrive at... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Saturday 15 October

  • Black Same-Gender-Love, Represented At Historic ‘Millions More Movement’ Podium (10:13) - This years’ ‘Millions More Movement (MMM)’ rally, held October 15, 2005, on the National Mall in Washington D.C. was historic for same-gender-loving (SGL) and bisexual members of the Black community, and for the community at-large. At the 10th anniversary of... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Making Change (09:42) - 25 Sisters who give back to move us forward―Jasmyne Cannick October 15, 2005 By Angela D. Odom It is not often we have an opportunity to see one of our own honored in mainstream media. Jasmyne Cannick is in this... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Friday 14 October

  • Sistafest 2005 (10:29) - What a wonderful experience I had at Sistafest 2005. Words cannot describe the multitude of feelings and emotions I had while there. Particularly in the area where Christine last pitched her tent. It was that tent where I spent my... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
  • Pimpin Ain't Easy: The New Face of the Black Church (10:20) - “We're not just a church, we're an international corporation. We're not just a bumbling bunch of preachers who can't talk and all we're doing is baptizing babies. I deal with the White House. I deal with Tony Blair. I deal... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
    • Wednesday 4 August

  • ULOAH/YES – Youth Empowerment Retreat (10:35) - United Lesbians of African Heritage (ULOAH), a Los Angeles based Black lesbian organization held its first Youth Empowerment Retreat the weekend of August 27, 2004, for young women between the age of 16 to 25. Considering the number of young... | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments
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