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Ecology of Absence (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
MayorSlay.com reports good news from the Ville that has been rumored for awhile: rehabilitation of several buildings on Dick Gregory Place and Martin Luther King Drive by the Ville Neighborhood Housing Corporation, Northside Community Housing and the power-house Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance. The project will create 40 affordable rental residential units. Since Missouri...
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Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
David Gregory and BETH WILKINSON NBC WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT & LAWYER.Wilkinson served as Fannie Mae's executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary from February 2006 until September 2008. She bolted and resigned her position at Fannie Mae along with three other senior executives on September 19, 2008, after the troubled mortgage giant was taken over by the government....
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
•Comedian-activist Dick Gregory is 76. •Singer Sam Moore of Sam and Dave is 73. •News correspondent Chris Wallace is 61.
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UTNews (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
... & Garfunkel and Jimi Hendrix, talks by anthropologist Margaret Mead and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, Rocket basketball games featuring future NBA star Steve Mix, and the first-ever Holiday on Ice production Christmas Day in 1943. Although there isn’t an accurate number, anecdotes from alumni suggest many lifelong friendships and even marriages were launched at the Field House....
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UTNews (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The Memorial Field House was the site of several concerts, including this one by The Temptations.During its history, The University of Toledo’s Memorial Field House hosted concerts by The Mamas & the Papas and The Temptations, talks by anthropologist Margaret Mead and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, Rocket basketball games featuring future NBA star Steve Mix, numerous commencements,...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... dressed in period clothing for the ceremony. Festivities included living history re-enactments.Dick Gregory, a nationally known activist and comedian, was the keynote speaker.
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FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... I selected the title to highlight one of the novel's major themes: racism . In the tradition of Dick Gregory's autobiography Nigger, the Jewish magazine Heeb, or the feminist magazine Bitch, the title is rude and shocking, but it is not gratuitous. Besides the fact that the main character must endure taunting about her ethnicity (including being called a towelhead), so much of the...
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The Hot Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
As an Arab-American woman, I am of course aware that the title of my book is an ethnic slur. Indeed, I selected the title to highlight one of the novel's major themes: racism. In the tradition of Dick Gregory's autobiography Nigger, the Jewish magazine Heeb, or the feminist magazine Bitch, the title is rude and shocking, but it is not gratuitous. Besides the fact that the main character...
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Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... I selected the title to highlight one of the novel's major themes: racism. In the tradition of Dick Gregory's autobiography Nigger, the Jewish magazine Heeb, or the feminist magazine Bitch, the title is rude and shocking, but it is not gratuitous. Besides the fact that the main character must endure taunting about her ethnicity (including being called a towelhead), so much of the...
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Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... I selected the title to highlight one of the novel’s major themes: racism. In the tradition of Dick Gregory’s autobiography Nigger, the Jewish magazine Heeb, or the feminist magazine Bitch, the title is rude and shocking, but it is not gratuitous. Besides the fact that the main character must endure taunting about her ethnicity (including being called a towelhead), so much of the...
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/Film (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
... I selected the title to highlight one of the novel’s major themes: racism. In the tradition of Dick Gregory’s autobiography Nigger, the Jewish magazine Heeb, or the feminist magazine Bitch, the title is rude and shocking, but it is not gratuitous. Besides the fact that the main character must endure taunting about her ethnicity (including being called a towelhead), so much of the...