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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Scott Joplin's Treemonisha; Original Cast Recording; Polygram 435709 (1992)] The Scott Joplin page at AfriClassical.com tells of the 1975 production of Joplin's opera, Treemonisha , by the Houston Grand Opera, as orchestrated by Gunther Schuller. A visitor to the website has informed us that the work was first staged in 1972 by Morehouse College and the Atlanta Symphony. The following two paragraphs...
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Tayari's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
My dear friend, Jafari Allen, has written a very moving essay about his experiences as a gay man at Morehouse College. It's a little long, but well worth the time. It will make you think. Vic Lavalle has some thoughts on that crazy New Yorker cover. Look at this place ! Wow. It's a gorgeous residency in Colorado. Too bad it's in October and I have this whole JOB situation,or I would so be there. Deadline...
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ajc.com (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
When she was pregnant, Adama Maweja remembers passing by Atlanta's Morehouse College campus while construction was under way and focusing on a mound of red clay. "My mouth watered," she said.
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Freakonomics (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The latest bout of racial consternation in our great land includes: Another Don Imus comment; will it reverberate as loudly as the last one? A white valedictorian at historically black Morehouse College; maybe the would-be black valedictorian wound up at any Ivy?
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ZD Net (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The House is the nickname of Morehouse College in Atlanta. You may think of it as a Black Harvard, although its 2008 valedictorian was a white guy. Whatever, a very classy institution. The House now has a friend in Redmond. It's Microsoft's HealthVault unit,...
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gay youth news blog (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
The Baltimore Sun Sunday, June 8, 2008 Elite black male college comes gradually to terms with gay life By Richard Fausset ATLANTA Michael Brewer, a senior at Morehouse College, was strolling purposefully around campus on a hot spring day, his heavy frame dripping sweat, his hands clutching a small stack of fliers. "no more hate," the fliers read, in stylish sans serif. "no more discrimination. no more."...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
> CNN announced today Travers Johnson , senior at Morehouse College, has won the network's "Campus iReporter" contest. His iReport, submitted online , focused on whether it is a good time to be young and black in America. > Is it possible to be a journalist and a sex symbol? That's the question posed in this month's VMan , a men's fashion magazine, to CNN's Rob Marciano (answer: "why not"). Also featured,...
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gay youth news blog (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Since its inception in 1867, Morehouse College in Atlanta is known as the bastion of black male leadership. Embodying W.E.B. Dubois’s theory of The Talented Tenth, where “exceptional black men” would be the ones to lead the race, Morehouse College has produced unquestionably a pantheon of noted black men. However, nowhere in its development of strong black men were openly gay and bisexual men included...
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Since its inception in 1867 Morehouse College is noted as the bastion of black male leadership. Embodying W. E.B. Dubois's theory of The Talented Tenth, where "exceptional black men" would be the ones to lead the race, Morehouse College has unquestionably produced a pantheon of noted black men. However, nowhere in its development of strong black men were gay, and bisexual men included in its elite...
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It's My Mind (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Another story about Morehouse via The State of . There is certainly an issue with this which was brought forth many years ago with a beating that had anti-gay overtones. Michael Brewer, a senior at Morehouse College, was strolling purposefully around this storied campus on a hot spring day, his heavy frame dripping sweat, his hands clutching a small stack of fliers. " No more hate ," the fliers read,...
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Rod 2.0:Beta (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
The Los Angeles Times publishes an excellent article on black gay students and homophobia at the well-respected, historically black men's college located in Atlanta. It's difficult to believe that in 2008, during the same week Morehouse College graduates its first...
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Tayari's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
The LA Times has a long article on gay students at Morehouse College. (Friend of the blog, Jafari, is quoted!) I am looking forward to seeing reactions to this piece. Hyperion has purchased a book about a family that is changed forever by thier love of an obese Chihuahua. It's a "memoir–cum–weight-loss and fitness guide." Why is it that almost all the writers I know grind thier teeth ? I have tried...
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Hip Hop Caucus Blog (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Two things set Joshua Packwood apart from his 520 other classmates who graduated Sunday from Morehouse College -- his GPA and his race. Packwood is the first white valedictorian in the 141-year history of the Atlanta college and the only white member of his class. While Packwood was one of a handful of nonblack students at Morehouse, he is part of a greater trend toward diversifying
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Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Joshua Packwood was the first white man on Sunday to become a valedictorian of all-male, majority black Morehouse College in Atlanta. Morehouse Men are famous for their high caliber intelligence, strong values and rigorous training. Admissions are competitive and Morehouse is ranked among U.S. News' Best Colleges 2008 . Some may see the choice of Packwood as controversial. I see it as progressive and...
