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December 21, 2014
By Karen E. Quinones Miller Okay, folks… it’s time to exercise your right to vote! Not for some politician who you can only hope will actually fulfill promises made on the campaign trail, but for a book you’ve read and loved this past year. A book you think deserves an award. But there’s a catch. You…
December 14, 2014
ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia attorney, Theresa Brunson, member of the Eveningstar Writer’s Group (L) and Diane McKinney-Whetstone (R.) By Karen E. Quinones-Miller One of the questions I’m asked most often when out on the lecture circuit or out on a book tour is: What advice would you give for aspiring authors? My answer is always the same….
December 5, 2014
Something just occurred to me! I’ve been writing “The Literary Lounge” column here in the Philadelphia SUN for a few weeks now and I’ve never introduced myself. My bad! My name is Karen E. Quinones Miller, and while I’m originally from Harlem (Holla!), I’ve lived here in Philadelphia for the past 27 years. But that…
November 22, 2014
By Karen E. Quinones Miller The package arrived last Wednesday – November 12 — and I opened it to see the book I had requested from Harper Collins – Cosby: His Life and Times. When I called the publisher, the day before, the accusations of rape against Bill Cosby had just begun to surface. Old…
November 15, 2013
“I Am Troy Davis,” coauthored by Jen Marlowe and Davis’ sister Martina Davis-Correia, tells the intimate story of an ordinary man caught up in an inexorable tragedy. From his childhood in racially-charged Savannah; to the confused events that led to the 1989 shooting of a police officer…
March 14, 2013
Sultan Jihad Ahmad Community Foundation will host a book signing for author Mark Johnson, author of, “Basketball Slave, the Andy Johnson Harlem Globetrotter/NBA Story.” The book signing will be held at the Sultan Jihad Ahmad Community Foundation office at 1646 Ridge Avenue on Good Friday, March 29, 5- 8PM.
August 7, 2012
Baye “Loco” McNeil is an African-American who took a most unorthodox path to discovering, confronting and eradicating the racism he found within himself. Born in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, he was raised by parents with a Pan-African ideology, which led to the lad’s joining a cult as a teenager which preached black superiority.
June 3, 2012
No, I’m not talking about the greenbacks in your wallet. I’m talking about Money, Mississippi – a small town in the northwestern tip of Mississippi. A small town which is holds a tragic place in the annals of Civil Rights.
May 6, 2012
There are over 7 million people either in prison, on probation or on parole in the United States. Of that number, about 40 percent are African-American, which means that about 3 million black folks are currently caught up in the criminal justice system.
April 2, 2012
If you saw the recent World War II film Red Tails, you were treated to a riveting reenactment of the heroic exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen over the skies of Europe. But a glaring omission from the movie was any mention of the African-American pilots’ pining for their loved ones back in the States.
May 29, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: In this image provided by the New York Stock Exchange, New York State Gov. Andrew...
May 29, 2020
A group of business, professional, academic, civic and public-sector leaders from Northern and Southern Ghana, and across...
May 29, 2020
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May 29, 2020
ABOVE PHOTO: This photo provided by Attorney Justin T. Bamberg shows Skhylur Davis. A white woman is...
May 29, 2020
The tradition of Memorial Day began on May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina. In the midst...
May 29, 2020
The two-time Super Bowl champion will share words of wisdom during special event designed to celebrate the...
