Asian history, the effects of colonialism in Africa and India, history of the Middle East and the Ottoman Empire, and the United States in the 1800s to 1930.
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I sang in a jazz band and I act out my screenplays while walking back and forth, talking to myself, in my bedroom while listening to soundtracks I've made up for the screenplays.
Gotta a problem? Don't know what to do? Nia Orms has just the therapist to help you at her clinic of multi-personality therapy. Get answers from folks like the hottest Puerto Rican mami in the world Josie (You can't stop looking at her! Just try!) or empathic, Negro-friendly white girl Briana (she feels your struggle) or the fastest hairbraider in the history of hairbraiding, Sudan (she'll get that weave in cheap and tell you how she really feels). And they're all giving away advice for the ... Read Full Story
My fair Uncle Rolly Rolls is getting a new show ya'll! Break out the balloons and streamers! CNN finally stopped dicking on home skillet around and pony upped a ... wait? What's that you say? CNN didn't follow through? Then who the hell gave the man I lurve a show? TV One?!?! Can I even get that on my TV?
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As if there wasn't already enough sadness to go around, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was found dead Saturday, shot in the head. He and a 20-year-old woman along side him were killed inside his downtown condo.
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Compton's Finest went head-to-head Saturday in the Wimbledon womens' tennis final on a court where two sisters entered, but only one could win. This year it was Williams the younger, as Serena beat her sister in straight sets (7-6, 6-2), denying Venus the Wimbledon three-peat she desired. Secretly, I love Venus just a touch more than Serena because I, too, am an older sibling. But just as I was humbled the day Baby Snob was finally able to beat me at arm wrestling, I'm sure Venus, no matter ... Read Full Story
Belton Family PhotoSpend it doing remembering those you love and doing something you like. I'm commemorating the holiday with my family and Johnny Depp in "Public Enemies." Ah. Nothing like watching a film about celebrity bank robbers of the Great Depression to honor your nation's history.
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Sarah Palin announced Friday in the worst executed Friday news dump ever that she is stepping down from her governorship almost immediately, "in a few weeks" up in the frozen tundra of Alaska. Aside from my general reaction of whatthefuckjusthappend I have to say, oh REALLY, Palinator? You're quitting Alaska.
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Oh really, Sarah Palin. You're quitting Alaska. The best job you've ever had? For what? 2012? Can you count? Did you know that you still have three and a half years to prepare? A... Read Full Story
The first person to die during the Boston Massacre was a black man, Crispus Attucks. I honesly don't know why homie was there. Was he throwing a block of wood or relaxing, leaning on a stick? Either way. He was the first to take two to the chest and go down for the emancipation of colonies from the British.
Despite being lauded as a symbol of the American Revolution and abolitionist movement, I'd argue that most black people didn't get too wistful on the Fourth of July until right ... about ... Read Full Story
It's time for the top three comments of the week (and to pick a winner) who will receive a lovely, humorous, black history themed, BlackSnob original postcard. What were our commenters chatting about this week?
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Venus and Serena Williams will being hitting center court at Wimbledon Saturday for a sisterly showdown -- a repeat of last year's all-Williams, all-American final where Venus, best player on grass, defeated her little sister after a hard-fought match.
I watched both their semi-final matches Thursday. While Venus administered a cool, calculated and domineering beatdown of the number one player in the world (6-0, 6-1), Serena duked it out in a slugfest where she had to bring her A-game to cli... Read Full Story