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Long live 'Negro'
I let Black History Month slide by this year without writing anything about it. I am so over celebrating firsts or reprising triumphal narratives. But news from last month did suggest that we may need a black history lesson — one that goes...
Tags: Social Issues, African-American History Month, Population and Census, Spain, Justice and Rights
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Toni Morrison hangs out at a digital book signing on Google+ today
Call it, if you will, the virtual literary event of the year. Or of February at least. Toni Morrison, the grande dame of American letters, is holding what’s billed as a "first-of-its-kind digital book signing" Wednesday at noon PST (3 p.m. EST)....
Tags: Junot Diaz, African-American History Month, Ellie Goulding, Google Play, Book
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L.A. County honors World War II Marines who broke racial barriers
L.A. NOWAs part of Black History Month, L.A. County honored a group of U.S. Marines who broke down racial barriers.... -
Harvard-Westlake students mourn sudden death of 16-year-old swimmer
L.A. NOWClassmates of Harvard-Westlake swimmer who died last week after collapsing in the school pool are expected to honor the 16-year-old junior at an assembly on Monday.... -
Marcus Samuelsson at Post & Beam; Friends Cook at Canele; Paiche updates
Post & Beam: The debonair Ethiopian-Swedish New York chef Marcus Samuelsson, proprietor of the Lenox Avenue restaurant Red Rooster in Harlem, will alight on Govind Armstrong's Post & Beam in Baldwin Hills for one night only. On Feb. 26. "Red Rooster at...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' gets into the Oscar game in D.C.
Looks like historical dramas, CIA thrillers and movies centering on mental illness aren't the only ones aiming to curry favor in Washington, D.C. -- now, it seems that a magical realist film also has its fans among the federal government's elite. This...
Tags: White House, Entertainment, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Central Intelligence Agency, Politics
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Film Independent at LACMA celebrates Black History Month
Film Independent at LACMA kicks off Black History Month on Friday at the Leo S. Bing Theater with a rare screening of Michael Roemer's 1964 drama "Nothing But a Man. " Penned by Roemer and Robert M. Young, the acclaimed drama stars Ivan Dixon, Abbey...
Tags: Clint Eastwood, Entertainment, Milos Forman, Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell
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Jeremy Lin meets his match in Jon Stewart [Video]
Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin is everywhere. Turn on the TV, you see Jeremy Lin. Go out to dinner, you hear people talking about Jeremy Lin. Go to sleep, dream about Jeremy Lin (whoops, I may have shared too much).
Now "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"...Tags: Jon Stewart, African-American History Month, Martin Luther King Jr., The Daily Show (tv program)
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Patt Morrison Asks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- still hooked
Only his number is retired — 33, in the Lakers' purple and gold that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore to glory on the basketball court. The rest of him is still working away, most recently on his latest book. At UCLA, in blue and gold, Abdul-Jabbar was a...
Tags: Denzel Washington, Sports, Social Issues, California State University, Long Beach, National Basketball Association
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Ken Burns takes on 'The Dust Bowl'
Show TrackerThere are BIG projects from Ken Burns ("Baseball," "Jazz," and "The Civil War"), and there are the less ambitious stories ("Thomas Jefferson" and "Mark Twain") from the New Hampshire-based documentarian who has become in many ways a de facto national........ -
Black History Month: A celebration with mixed feelings on PBS
Show TrackerPBS' "Independent Lens" looks at Black History Month with documentaries that take a varied -- and critical -- view of the observance.... -
Arts on TV: Anna Deavere Smith; civil rights songs; Dudamel
Culture Monster“Great Performances” 9 p.m., Friday KOCE: "Let Me Down Easy": Anna Deavere Smith portrays several different characters, sharing their life experiences....
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