Sunday, October 31, 2021
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Detroit's Comeback Linked to Restoring It's Only HBCU
From Yahoo News -
Detroit's comeback efforts linked to an 85-year-old HBCU making a return of its own
By Marquise Francis
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| Dr. D’Wayne Edwards in front of what used to be the Lewis College of Business in Detroit. (Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design) |
The Lewis College of Business in Detroit had been Michigan’s only historically Black college or university (HBCU) for more than seven decades before it was shuttered in 2013 due to financial hardship and a steep decline in enrollment. But eight years after closing, the school is set to make a return — only this time under a slightly new name and an entirely new mission.
Former Air Jordan designer Dr. D’Wayne Edwards is refounding the school as the Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design with an all-around focus on design, a nod to the Pensole Design Academy he founded in 2010, the country’s first academy dedicated to footwear design.
“Of the HBCUs that are in existence today, very few of them have a focus on design,” Edwards told Yahoo News. “We hope what we’re doing by reestablishing Lewis College is that it’ll help people look at Detroit as an epicenter for creativity and design.”
The Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design will be the first HBCU to focus solely on design — from footwear to furniture and packaging — and will offer students both two-year and four-year degrees, as well as special certificates, working directly with corporate partners to help students’ transition into careers after graduation.
Edwards said he wants to provide opportunities for the city of Detroit and Black youth. More than three decades ago, he said, he was only the second Black footwear designer in the entire footwear industry. Today there are fewer than 200 globally, and across the design industry as a whole, Black people make up less than 4 percent.
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Top Ten Inventions That Changed the World - Agree?
From Teal Tango -
Top 10 Inventions That Changed the World
By Archana Kabra
https://www.thetealmango.com/featured/top-inventions-that-changed-the-world/
Friday, October 22, 2021
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The older guy didn’t think I could pull off a Sam Cooke song #IG Officia...
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He Turned his Passion Into Business
From Kulture Hub -
How Maori artist Sam Mangakahia turned his passion into a successful business
A Symphony of Soul
From UDiscoverMusic -
Motown Gems Reimagined On ‘A Symphony Of Soul‘ With Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The set is introduced by Marvin Gaye’s ‘Abraham Martin & John,’ featuring new, additional vocals by Beverley Knight.
By Paul Sexton
Two tracks also feature newly-recorded vocals by distinguished British soul stars Mica Paris, who accompanies Jimmy Ruffin on his 1966 classic “What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted,” and Beverley Knight, who sings alongside Marvin Gaye on his 1969 version of “Abraham Martin & John.”
The album was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Mark Knopfler’s British Grove Studios in west London. A Symphony of Soul complements the musicality of the songs with an orchestral backdrop set against the original vocal stems and parts, typically recorded on a mere four tracks compared to the almost limitless number available in modern recording. The treatments thus add a new layer to these timeless songs while remaining faithful to the beauty of the originals.
Pre-order A Symphony Of Soul, which is released on November 19.
The full A Symphony Of Soul tracklist is:
1. Dancing In The Street – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
2. Reach Out I’ll Be There – The Four Tops
3. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
4. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted – Jimmy Ruffin with Mica Paris
5. The Tears Of A Clown – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
6. I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5
7. I Hear A Symphony – The Supremes
8. Abraham, Martin & John – Marvin Gaye with Beverley Knight
9. My Girl – The Temptations
10. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) – The Temptations
11. With You I’m Born Again – Billy Preston & Syreeta
https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/motown-symphony-of-soul-royal-philharmonic/
Worst Best Oscar Snubs. I Agree With Number 4, 5, and 23.
From WorkandMoney -
Worst Best Picture Snubs in Oscar History
By Tony Adame
The Academy Awards represent the pinnacle of what a movie can be. Since 1927, they've awarded statuettes to the best moviemaking every year. But in that time, they've made some mistakes.
None of those mistakes are more visible than when there's a big miss on the final award of the night — Best Picture. Whether it's politics or recency bias or whatever excuse you want to make for Academy Award voters, these are the worst Best Picture snubs in the history of the Oscars.
23. Pulp Fiction (1994)
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| 90srandomstuff/Twitter |
Oscar year: 1995
Best Picture winner: Forrest Gump
Best Picture nominees: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption
Best Director winner: Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump
Bottom line: It's not every year you get three of the most beloved films of all time in a single Best Picture category, but that's what we got in 1994, with "Forrest Gump" winning Best Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemeckis) and Best Picture.
No offense to "Gump" fans. It was the third-best movie on the list of classics behind "The Shawshank Redemption" and Quentin Tarantino's breakthrough film "Pulp Fiction" for which he won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.
https://www.workandmoney.com/s/worst-best-picture-snubs-oscars-ab31fbe6195c4f24 |
Black-Owned Food & Beverage Brands
An excerpt from Pure Wow -
20 Black Women-Owned Food & Beverage Brands That Belong in Your Kitchen
By Nakeisha Campbell
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| Project Pop |
Friday, October 15, 2021
Support Native-Owned Brands
From USA Today -
15 Native-owned brands to support for Indigenous Peoples' Day
By Marah Eakin Reviewed
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| 15 Native-owned brands to support for Indigenous Peoples' Day Thunder Voice Hat Co/8th Generation |
October 11 is widely recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A holiday meant to honor and bring awareness to Native communities, Indigenous Peoples’ Day is a great reminder to support the Native people that live, work and create all over North America.
To celebrate the holiday, we've rounded up 15 Native retailers you can support, from moccasin makers to beauty brands. These creators and curators both celebrate and preserve Indigenous peoples’ long history of creativity and culture—and you can shop them all right now.
1. TP Mocs
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| Indigenous-owned brands 2021: TP Mocs / TP Mocs |
A Blackfoot owned-company working toward alleviating poverty in Native communities, TP Mocs employs Native Americans to handcraft all of its adorable and durable children’s moccasins. A portion of the proceeds from all sales goes to purchasing necessities for underprivileged children living on reservations.
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| Indigenous-owned brands 2021: B. Yellowtail / B. Yellowtail |
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/reviewed/2021/10/11/native-owned-brands-support-indigenous-peoples-day/6083853001/
Native American Inventions
An excerpt from Buzzfeed -
Here Are 17 Extremely Necessary Items You Can Thank Indigenous People For Inventing
You'll be surprised how animal bladders were used.
by Andria Moore
1. The kayak
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| Buyenlarge / Getty Images |
2. Rubber
Native Americans: Things We Didn't Learn in School
An excerpt from Buzzfeed -
20 Interesting Historical Facts About Native Americans That We Never Got To Learn About In School
These contributions and sacrifices by Native Americans deserve to be recognized!
By Simrin Singh
1. The sequoia tree is named after the Cherokee leader Sequoyah, who helped create an alphabet for his people to use.
George Rose / Getty Images
2. Many words, such as "chipmunk," "pecan," and "skunk," come from an Algonquian language.
When the English explorers arrived in North America, they largely interacted with Native people who spoke an Algonquian language, and as a result, several of their words were adopted into English vocabulary. Other English words with Native American origins include "chocolate," "potato," and "poncho."
https://www.buzzfeed.com/simrinsingh/interesting-facts-from-indigenous-history
Two Made the List
From AFRO Tech -
Forbes Dropped Their List Of The 400 Richest Americans — And Only Two Black Men Made The List
By Bernadette Giacomazzo
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| Photo Credit: Simon Dawson |
Forbes has dropped its annual list of 400 Richest Americans.
For the fourth year in a row, Jeff Bezos — the founder of Amazon — was No. 1 on the list. According to the outlet, he’s worth $201 billion, which is a staggering $22 billion more than where he was last year on the list. Right behind Bezos is America’s favorite problematic dude-bro, Elon Musk, who is worth a little over $190 billion. Mark Zuckerberg, the man behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp comes in at No. 3 with just under $135 billion in net worth. Bill Gates is No. 4 on the Forbes Richest Americans list, with a slightly lower net worth than Zuckerberg ($134 billion). And rounding out the top five is Larry Page, who recently stepped down as the CEO of Google but still remains a controlling shareholder and board member — and who has a $123 billion net worth.
Yet, despite the diversity of the richest Americans on the Forbes list in nearly every other way, one group remains largely unrepresented on the list: Black professionals. Specifically, zero Black women made the list of the Forbes 400 Richest Americans, and only two Black men made the list.
https://afrotech.com/forbes-richest-americans-black-men
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