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Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Nov 4 2010

Hollywood by Choice

“For Colored Girls” is destined to become one of the most memorable movies ever made about the modern day Black woman. The casting in itself is enough to make you stand up and cheer, and the fact that this 1974 choreopoem is still relevant today begs us to ask the question how far has the Black woman truly come?
 

Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
Mar 18 2010

Princess and the Frog DVD give-away

In an event fit for a queen on Sunday, March 14 in New York City, Anika Noni Rose (“Tiana”) was officially crowned the ninth member of the beloved Disney Princess Royal Court, and is the first African American Disney Princess.
“Tiana” will now be forever celebrated and recognized as a Disney Princess across all divisions of the Walt Disney Company, and will be included in all Disney Princess merchandise. The other Disney Princesses include Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas and Snow White.

Mar 26 2009

A cultural and entertaining experience

Hollywood, CA -- Get ready for the most unique and entertaining series to hit television; HBO’s “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” starring Grammy award winning singer Jill Scott (“Why Did I Get Married?”) and Anika Noni Rose (“Dreamgirls”). It’s not enough that it is a one hour series that stars a Black woman; as a matter of fact a lot of Black women and men, but it takes place in Africa, Botswana to be exact, and it quickly becomes a feast for your eyes.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.