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E-NOTES: WHEN THE NEWS IS NOT ENOUGH. THE BLOG OF E. ETHELBERT MILLER
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall
Tornadoes hitting Arkansas and Mississippi - heavy rain here in DC...still we seem to be drowning in conversations around race. It's going to rain again after it stops. No way - someone else won't get caught for racist talk. The private is now public and the public has no borders or boundaries. There will be attempts to separate language from action. Individuals will be punished for racist thought while corporations continue to get away with institutional racism.
There are so many issues we need to focus on but we keep changing like the weather.
My concerns begin with Fukushima, Gay attacks in Africa, cholera in Haiti, the absence of a Middle East Peace solution, and instant replays in baseball.
There are so many issues we need to focus on but we keep changing like the weather.
My concerns begin with Fukushima, Gay attacks in Africa, cholera in Haiti, the absence of a Middle East Peace solution, and instant replays in baseball.
Library of Congress
04/29/2014 01:05 PM EDT
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 30th, 12:00 Noon
For this webinar celebrating National Poetry Month, Rob Casper (Head, Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center) is joined by Mike Melia (PBS NewsHour Senior Broadcast Producer) and Craig Teicher (Director of Digital Operations at Publisher's Weekly and poetry critic for National Public Radio) in a conversation about how the news media promotes poetry. This webinar is free and open to the public. Registration Required--confirmation and log on instructions will be sent via e-mail. Visit http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/web-discussions_form.php to register. |
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Quote of the Day
The relationship that Stiviano had with Sterling was bad; the one that the NAACP had with him was worse. Even as the billionaire was being exposed in 2009 as one of the largest slumlords in the country, he was being honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the glitziest branch of the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.
- Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post
- Courtland Milloy, The Washington Post
BROWN TODAY
6:30 p.m.
Sterling Allen Brown was an African-American professor, author of works on folklore, poet, and literary critic. He studied chiefly black culture of the Southern United States and was a full professor at Howard University for most of his career.This program will look back on the life and works of Sterling Brown and his contributions as a prominent D.C.-area poet. Panel members include E. Ethelbert Miller from Howard University, Joanne Gabbin from James Madison University, and James Early from the Smithsonian Institution.
The program will include an audience Q&A followed by a meet-and-greet with the panel members.
Monday, April 28, 2014
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Washington History
The April 2014 Washington History is a special issue on jazz in D.C., edited by Dr. Maurice Jackson of Georgetown University and Dr. Blair Ruble of the Woodrow Wilson Center.
- From the Editors, by Blair Ruble and Maurice Jackson
- “Seventh Street, Black D.C.’s Music Mecca” by Blair Ruble
- “Great Black Music and the Desegregation of Washington, D.C.,” by Maurice Jackson
- “Washington’s Duke Ellington,” by John Edward Hasse
- “Interview with Bill Brower,” by Willard Jenkins
- “Jazz Radio in Washington, a memoir,” by Rusty Hassan
- “Legislating Jazz,” by Anna Celenza
- “Researching D.C. Jazz,” by Mike Fitzgerald
- Three poems by E. Ethelbert Miller
More information, including exact release date and cover art is forthcoming. To subscribe toWashington History, please view the following infromation.
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| NEA Nomination Advancing From: Isaac Brown, Legislative Counsel Vol. 14:06 April 25, 2014 NASAA has learned that on Monday, April 28, Dr. Jane Chu, president Obama's selection to lead the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will meet with key staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The HELP Committee has jurisdiction over the nomination of the NEA chair. Monday's meeting is an important step in Dr. Chu's nomination process. Since she was named in February, there had been little progress on her confirmation. After Monday's meeting, members of the committee will have the opportunity to send Dr. Chu questions in writing. Should those inquiries be answered to the satisfaction of the committee members, they will meet in executive session to consider her selection. Following that vote, Dr. Chu's nomination will be forwarded to the Senate floor for a vote by the full chamber. The timing of each of these steps is uncertain, but we hope Dr. Chu's nomination will be finalized as quickly as the Senate's calendar allows. NASAA is working with states represented on the HELP Committee to ensure that the importance of the state-federal partnership is included in the committee's conversations. We will keep members informed as the process unfolds. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact me with questions. | |||
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Happy Birthday Marcus Raskin - Founder of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
80 Years of Beautiful Music
If there is such a thing as intellectual greatness it would have to be associated with Marcus Raskin.
My wife often refers to him as Einstein which is no different than calling Thelonious Monk- jazz.
I consider Raskin to be a gentle genius of a man. He has always been a visionary, hearing the new
music and just waiting for people to play it. He is a prophet for progressives. In these times of struggle
our world would be a deeper blue if it had not been for his work. Where would we be without IPS?
It would be like the failure of daybreak after darkness, all our tomorrows knowing despair.
Raskin has been our light bearer all these years. He has been nothing but classical - a man
who taught us how to play the keys - to organize and believe. To shelter us from the storm.
Thank you Marcus Raskin for 80 years of beautiful music.
E. Ethelbert Miller
Board Chair, Institute for Policy Studies
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
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