Author Archive: Earl Brooks
Speech Tips
Here are a few links to videos that provide helpful tips for presentations. Life After Death by PowerPoint 2012 by Don McMillan A set of bad speeches 41 reasons why good speakers give bad speeches
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Me with legendary poet Sonia Sanchez
On Thursday evening March 14th Sonia Sanchez, legendary Black Arts poet, gave a wonderful talk and poetry reading. Her talk emphasized the black intellectual tradition. Some of her more memorable statements included how people must avoid thinking only with the lower bottom half of their bodies and instead focus on […]
An Open Letter From Mos Def About Amadou Diallo, 1999
Although more than a decade old, Mos Def’s call to consciousness for the Hip Hop community is still incredibly relevant, maybe even more so than today. The Hip Hop community has been surprisingly silent on the current issues of gun violence and racial profiling. However, recent trends in Hip Hop […]
Tarbaby
Tarbaby is the commanding trio of pianist Orrin Evans, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Nasheet Waits, while Oliver Lake is the world-renowned alto saxophonist who came to record and tour with the group through his association with the great drummer Freddie Waits, Nasheet’s father.
Black America and Gun Violence
Veteran singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte has weighed in on the debate over gun violence, chastising fellow black Americans for failing to speak out on the issue. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/feb/02/harry-belafonte-guns-plea-black-america