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2024 Democratic Convention

Michelle Obama's address to 2024 Democratic Convention.

SPIRITUALITY & JAZZ

The Reverend Dr. Dwight D. Andrews speaks with saxophonist, composer and educator Ralph "Buzzy" Jones about Jones' mentor and friend, fellow Detroiter. The great Yusef Lateef on the topic of spirituality and jazz.

Ambassador Andrew J. Young 90th Birthday

Rev. Ambassador Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans. Louisiana.
Rev. Young is and has been an activist, diplomat, and  politician.   
He was a trusted leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. 
Rev. Young later became active in politics and served as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of Atlanta.
Ambassador Young has founded and served in many organizations working on issues concerning political lobbying and public policy.
Rev. Young became a member of the historical First Congregational Church of Atlanta in 1961 and the Church and its Pastor. Rev. Dr. Dwight D. Andrews. Spear headed a four day event at First Congregational in celebration of the 90th birthday of this great civil rights activist and icon. Ambassador Andrew J. Young.
You can view the full March 9th, 2022 event by clicking below.
Global Prayer Service for Peace and Reconciliation

Charles Roc Dutton Part 2 Politics, Project Choices and Independent Films

WARNING - SOME ADULT CONTENT!   
Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series Roc (1991–1994) and the television film The Piano Lesson (1995), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His other accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards and three NAACP Image Awards.
Dutton has also appeared in many feature films such as Alien 3   (1992), Rudy (1993), Menace II Society (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), and Gothika (2003).
In 1984, Dutton made his Broadway debut in August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, winning a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1988, Dutton played Leroy Brown in Crocodile Dundee II and a killer in the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan opposite Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. In 1990, Dutton earned a second Best Actor Tony nomination for his role in another Wilson play, The Piano Lesson. Dutton co-starred in Alien 3, the debut film of director David Fincher, then co-starred in 1993's Rudy. Other films he has appeared in include Get on the Bus; A Time to Kill; Cookie's Fortune; Cry, the Beloved Country; Surviving the Game; Menace II Society; Secret Window; and A Low Down Dirty Shame.
 
 
 
 
 

Charles S. Dutton Part One

WARNING - SOME ADULT CONTENT!   
Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the television series Roc (1991–1994) and the television film The Piano Lesson (1995), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. His other accolades include three Primetime Emmy Awards and three NAACP Image Awards.
Dutton has also appeared in many feature films such as Alien 3   (1992), Rudy (1993), Menace II Society (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Cookie's Fortune (1999), and Gothika (2003).
In 1984, Dutton made his Broadway debut in August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, winning a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1988, Dutton played Leroy Brown in Crocodile Dundee II and a killer in the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan opposite Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. In 1990, Dutton earned a second Best Actor Tony nomination for his role in another Wilson play, The Piano Lesson. Dutton co-starred in Alien 3, the debut film of director David Fincher, then co-starred in 1993's Rudy. Other films he has appeared in include Get on the Bus; A Time to Kill; Cookie's Fortune; Cry, the Beloved Country; Surviving the Game; Menace II Society; Secret Window; and A Low Down Dirty Shame.
 

“Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault”. Part 2

John J. Mearsheimer is a R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982.
Mearsheimer an international relations theorist. More specifically,  a realist, which means that he believes that the great powers dominate the international system and they constantly engage in security competition with each other, which sometimes leads to war.
Although he has dedicated his life to scholarship, he also has tried to engage in the policy debates of the day. For example, he is one of the most outspoken opponents of the 2003 Iraq War before it happened. He believed that social science theories are invaluable for making and analyzing foreign policy.   Learn more about  John J. Mearsheimer at his website.
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“Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault” Part 1

John J. Mearsheimer is a R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982.
Mearsheimer an international relations theorist. More specifically,  a realist, which means that he believes that the great powers dominate the international system and they constantly engage in security competition with each other, which sometimes leads to war.
Although he has dedicated his life to scholarship, he also has tried to engage in the policy debates of the day. For example, he is one of the most outspoken opponents of the 2003 Iraq War before it happened. He believed that social science theories are invaluable for making and analyzing foreign policy. Learn more about  John J. Mearsheimer at his website
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The Manilamen of St. Malo

Ling enjoys a Filipino kamayan feast in the first episode  entitled "Mix Mix", of her series "Take Out With Lisa Ling".
Ling remarked "Oh my gosh, all of them. That Filipino kamayan, it was so delicious, and such a beautiful communal experience. I've been craving all of the food that was on that banana leaf."
The Manilamen of St. Malo
The settlement’s namesake, Juan San Maló, was a leader of a group of Maroons runaway enslaved people who took refuge in the marshlands.  The Asian pioneers of Saint Malo were the Filipino sailors and indentured servants who escaped the Spanish Galleons in the 1700s. They were later known in history as the Manilamen after the capital city of the Philippines.
Saint Malo was first established as a fishing village along the shores of Lake Borgne in Louisiana in the 18th century and continued to flourish until the 20th century.
The Manila Galleon Trade was a thriving global trade network between 1565 and 1815 that connected the economies of Asia, the Americas and Europe for over two centuries. During this period the Luzones Indios or natives of Luzon  became vital in the biannual voyages of the Spanish Galleons across the Pacific. Luzon is the largest island of the Philippines where Manila is also located.
As early as the 16th century, many Filipino slaves, indentured servants, and sailors  jumped ship and settled across land that is now Mexico and parts of the United States. They were placed under different racial categories that only added to their mystery. In Mexico they were often listed as Indios Chinos, while in Louisiana they were later known as the Manilamen.
According to oral traditions there was already an existing Filipino community in Saint Malo as early as 1763 when both the Philippines and Louisiana were under the Spanish colonial government in Mexico. However, the oldest known documented history of Saint Malo as a Filipino settlement only dates back to the 19th century. It was in 1883 when writer Lafcadio Hearn wrote about his journey to Saint Malo in an article for Harper’s Weekly magazine.
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