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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Arts &amp; Culture</title>
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		<title>Photos: Black Directors, Their Movies, and The Money</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/03/06/photos-black-directors-their-movies-and-the-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Oscar weekend, Black Enterprise is taking a look at a select group of filmmakers and the movies that made them popular:

Lee Daniels:
Director Lee Daniels, could be the first African American to take home the Academy Award for best director this weekend. His award-winning film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Color Me Bold</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/03/01/color-me-bold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Gumbs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sabrina Thompson has a long history of putting contrasting things together and somehow making them work. “A lot of my pieces are sort of contradicting when it comes to color. I’ll put blue with purple and green and yellow—something that people won’t really expect, but they end up liking it.”]]></description>
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		<title>A Classic Closet</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/03/01/a-classic-closet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonia Alleyne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Rose remembers a time when purchasing vintage clothing was loathed in fashion circles. “Today, vintage is all the rage,” she says. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Black Patriot in America</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/19/the-black-patriot-in-america/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/19/the-black-patriot-in-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dale Coachman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[For the Love of Liberty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["For the Love of Liberty: The Story of American's Black Patriots," a two-part documentary,  tells the story of America’s black patriots and sheds light on America's unsung heroes. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tuskegee Airmen Honored in Off-Broadway Play</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/18/tuskegee-airmen-honored-in-off-broadway-play/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2010/02/18/tuskegee-airmen-honored-in-off-broadway-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Crow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The play “Black Angels Over Tuskegee” follows six heroic African American men who all share one goal: to become Tuskegee Airmen. ]]></description>
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		<title>Backtalk with Wyclef Jean</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/magazine/2010/01/01/backtalk-with-wyclef-jean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 16:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaToya M. Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Croix-de-Bouquets, Haiti, until the age of 9, Wyclef Jean’s music often sheds light on what it was like living on the poverty-stricken and war-torn island. Jean’s eclectic sound and pensive lyrics have helped raise awareness about the impoverished Caribbean nation, yet at the same time they’ve inspired hope for its youth.]]></description>
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		<title>With Tight Budgets, Creativity Key in Tipping for Services</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/16/with-tight-budgets-creativity-key-in-tipping-for-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/16/with-tight-budgets-creativity-key-in-tipping-for-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlackEnterprise.com's tips for holiday tipping]]></description>
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		<title>Anika Noni Rose Adds Diva Glitz to Disney</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/anika-noni-rose-adds-diva-glitz-to-disney%e2%80%99s-first-black-princess/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/anika-noni-rose-adds-diva-glitz-to-disney%e2%80%99s-first-black-princess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlackEnterprise.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anika Noni Rose, Disney’s first African American princess, talks to BlackEnterprise.com about why "The Princess and the Frog" will resonate with black girls, and why parents should believe in their children’s dreams.]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Tiana Sparkles, but ‘The Princess and the Frog’ Dims Disney Legacy</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/review-tiana-sparkles-but-%e2%80%98the-princess-and-the-frog%e2%80%99-dims-disney-legacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/12/11/review-tiana-sparkles-but-%e2%80%98the-princess-and-the-frog%e2%80%99-dims-disney-legacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot to love about Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” but in plot and personality the movie falls short of Disney’s animated endeavors from the 1990s.]]></description>
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		<title>August Wilson Revival Raises Diversity Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/05/08/august-wilson-revival-causes-broadway-stir-on-diversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/05/08/august-wilson-revival-causes-broadway-stir-on-diversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 22:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August Wilson was the most prolific black playwright ever to conquer American theater.  A lion of the stage, Wilson’s iconic ten plays -- including the 1987 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Fences -- illuminated the black journey of struggle and triumph.  Wilson, who died in 2005 at age 60, was a known advocate for blacks in the theater who understood the hurdles black directors faced in the field.  He, in fact, had an unofficial rule of only wanting black directors to stage major productions of his plays.]]></description>
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		<title>Can Mara Brock Akil Change The Game?</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/10/can-mara-brock-akil-change-the-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/04/10/can-mara-brock-akil-change-the-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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Against the backdrop of The CW Television Network’s plans to abandon the half-hour comedy genre at the end of this season, television producer Mara Brock Akil and the cast of the show she created, The Game, are engaged in a bold gambit: to convince the network to expand the show to a one-hour time slot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luxury Green Vehicles Raising the Bar</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/04/10/luxury-green-vehicles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With car and truck sales hitting the skids, dropping 37% in March, automakers, are ramping up innovations and designs. President Barack Obama’s attentiveness to American automakers and determination to revive the ailing industry was made clear with the ousting of General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner last week.]]></description>
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		<title>Pullman Porters: Ambassadors of Railroad&#8217;s Golden Era</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/27/pullman-porters-ambassadors-of-railroads-golden-era-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/27/pullman-porters-ambassadors-of-railroads-golden-era-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pullman porters, who wore dignified uniforms, traveled cross country, and met celebrities and dignitaries, seemed to live glamorous lives. They often transported black newspapers to areas where black media wasn’t available and were held in high esteem in the black community. But they were also dehumanized, ridiculed, and undermined.]]></description>
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		<title>Warmed-over Myths of Black Wealth</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/27/warmed-over-myths-of-black-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2009/02/27/warmed-over-myths-of-black-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It’s 2009 and a black man is President of the United States of America. So why is CNBC still programming like it’s 1989 and the only way black Americans can hope to achieve wealth is via a sports contract or a record deal? CNBC’s NEWBOs: The Rise of America’s New Black Overclass, a special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duke Ellington Honored on D.C. Quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-the-first-african-american-to-solo-on-circulating-us-coin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-the-first-african-american-to-solo-on-circulating-us-coin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Creighton Skinner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington has done something that no other African American has ever done. The jazz legend became the first to appear solo on circulating U.S. currency today when the U.S. Mint unveiled his image on the new District of Columbia quarters. ]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Unveils Its First Black Princess</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/17/disney-unveils-its-first-black-princess/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/17/disney-unveils-its-first-black-princess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playing princess is something shared by little girls around the world. But until recently, the most recognizable princesses worldwide featured in the Disney Co. franchise did not include one that modeled the skin, hair, and facial features associated with women of African descent.]]></description>
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		<title>Top Blacks in Fashion</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/top-blacks-in-fashion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/top-blacks-in-fashion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Fashion Week, Tracy Reese will present a collection described as “eclectic,” inspired by the works of Vuillard, Van Gogh, and Modigliani. BlackEnterprise.com got a chance to catch a break with her in the hustle and bustle of preparation to talk about how business acumen and pursuing your passion should go hand-in-hand.]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Celebrates 100 Years with Focus on Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/naacp-celebrates-100-years-with-focus-on-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/naacp-celebrates-100-years-with-focus-on-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Jealous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brown vs. Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ida B. Wells]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the NAACP embarks on its 100th anniversary, the organization and America stands on the cusp of a new era. As the nation’s first African American president takes the reins with a promise to lead the country in the right direction, the NAACP too finds itself on the threshold of change. Leading the mission to reenergize and broaden the organization’s focus from equality between blacks and whites to human rights is Ben Jealous, the NAACP’s youngest president.]]></description>
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		<title>Russell L. Goings Keeps Us Coming Back</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/russell-l-goings-keeps-us-coming-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/12/russell-l-goings-keeps-us-coming-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 16, 1995, when scores of black men gathered on the lawn of the Washington Mall for the Million Man March, Russell L. Goings sat down to write an epic poem, The Children of Children Keep Coming. It was released Jan. 14 by Pocket Books Publishing and is his first book of poetry.]]></description>
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		<title>Online Lesson Plans Make Black History Interactive</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/10/online-lesson-plans-make-black-history-interactive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/10/online-lesson-plans-make-black-history-interactive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea Briscoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carter G. Woodson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesson plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black History Month holds special meaning for many Americans this year as the world watches history unfold. The election of the nation’s first black president, Barack Obama, has many young black students taking a special interest in politics and their own education. But it’s hard to truly impart the meaning of Obama’s achievement without understanding the ]]></description>
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		<title>Blacks in the Arts: Doing the Work</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/04/blacks-in-the-arts-doing-the-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/04/blacks-in-the-arts-doing-the-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janell Hazelwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George H.W. Bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maya Angelou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoebe Beasley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artist Phoebe Beasley, who has been a noteworthy presence in the art community for several decades, was once a senior advertising account executive at a Los Angeles radio station. Using creativity and sales savvy from her media days, Beasley has parlayed her passion for art into works that are admired (and bought) by some of the who’s who of African American culture—from close friend Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, and Tavis Smiley.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Becoming American&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/02/becoming-american/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/02/02/becoming-american/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Becoming American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Dodson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For Howard Dodson, one of the foremost experts on African American history, the election of President Barack Obama was not just a momentous occasion for blacks in America, but for people throughout the entire African diaspora.]]></description>
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		<title>Tavis Smiley Launches Black History Exhibit</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/01/15/tavis-smiley-launches-black-history-exhibit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2009/01/15/tavis-smiley-launches-black-history-exhibit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Renita Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Constitution Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tavis Smiley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W.E.B. DuBois]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A courageous speech that helped catapult a little-known senator into the halls of the White house; 18thh century iron shackles that once subdued human cargo traversing the Atlantic; and a key that locked the cell of an activist but helped spawn one of the most eloquent letters known of a generation—they’re pieces of American history. These relics will be on display at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia starting today. The exhibit, America I AM, was curated by author and Journalist Tavis Smiley. ]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Destruction of ‘Black Wall Street’</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/11/21/surviving-destruction-of-%e2%80%98black-wall-street%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/11/21/surviving-destruction-of-%e2%80%98black-wall-street%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Before They Die]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Ogletree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Olivia Hooker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tulsa race riots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wess Young]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 21, 1921, what was once the "Black Wall Street" in Oklahoma became the site of one of the most gruesome race riots in American history. Dr. Olivia Hooker, now a resident of Greenberg, New York, and two other survivors, Otis Clark, 105, of Seattle, Washington, and Wess Young, 92, of Tulsa, attended the screening of Before They Die!, a documentary detailing the accounts of several survivors and Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who unsuccessfully petitioned the state courts and later the Supreme Court for reparations.]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary Soul Artist Isaac Hayes Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/legendary-soul-artist-isaac-hayes-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/legendary-soul-artist-isaac-hayes-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R&B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scientology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The legendary Isaac Hayes was found collapsed by his treadmill Sunday afternoon in his Memphis home and later pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

Hayes, 65, was planning to make another record with Stax, the recording label that brought him fame. Most recently he had just rapped the filming on a movie entitled “Soul Men” with Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac who died August 9, 2008, a day before Hayes.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One With Michael Baisden</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/one-on-one-with-michael-baisden/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/11/one-on-one-with-michael-baisden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jena 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Baisden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a syndicated radio show in some 64 markets across the country, Michael Baisden is one of the nation's most powerful radio voices. The major mastermind behind last year's historic "Free Jena 6" march, Baisden not only entertains his listeners with his daily afternoon drive show, but charges up the airwaves with healthy doses of relationship, business, and political information. It's that perfect combination of fun, insightful discussion and advocacy radio that keeps listeners tuning in. Not content with just ruling the deejay booth, Baisden has also taken his brand to the tube with his late-night TV One variety show Baisden After Dark. This week, Baisden, who is featured in BLACK ENTERPRISE's August cover story on the future of black radio, talked to blackenterprise.com about his career and the dynamic radio industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Bernie Mac Dies</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/09/america-bernie-mac-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/09/america-bernie-mac-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Actor and funnyman Bernie Mac, whose career launched into high gear as one of four “Original
Kings of Comedy,” died Saturday morning at the age of 50 in a Chicago-area hospital from complications of pneumonia.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One with Wendy Williams</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/04/one-on-one-with-wendy-williams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/04/one-on-one-with-wendy-williams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media consolidation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known as the "Queen of All Media," Wendy Williams has parlayed 22 years on radio airwaves into best-selling books, TV specials, and now her very own syndicated daytime talk show on Fox. With a penchant for keeping listeners on the edge of their seats with the hottest celebrity gossip and the latest news in pop culture, her afternoon drive radio show, The Wendy Williams Experience, based at WBLS FM in New York City, recently ranked No. 1 in New York in the 25-54 age group. Offering celebrity guests and biting humor, the show is syndicated in 10 markets and reaches 778,000 listeners. Williams spoke with BlackEnterprise.com about her career and the challenges in today's radio industry.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One with Doug Banks, DeDe McGuire</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-doug-banks-and-dede-mcguire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-doug-banks-and-dede-mcguire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DeDe McGuire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Doug Banks & DeDe McGuire Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With With a Dallas-based, afternoon-drive radio show that is syndicated in some 31 markets, veteran jock Doug Banks and his co-host, DeDe McGuire, bring a fun mix of humor, popular culture, and information to the airwaves as they spin the hottest in adult contemporary music on The Doug Banks and Dede McGuire Show, which is syndicated by ABC Radio Networks. BlackEnterprise.com went behind the scenes with Doug and DeDe to get their take on the radio business and where they think this ever-changing industry is headed.]]></description>
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		<title>One on One With Steve Harvey</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-steve-harvey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/08/02/one-on-one-with-steve-harvey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[black radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kings of Comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Harvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Steve Harvey Show]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When anyone hears the name Steve Harvey the word funny easily comes to mind. After all, this Original Kings of Comedy star and popular former sitcom figure still plays to sold-out shows from coast to coast with his side-splitting stand-up routine. But in more recent years, Harvey has taken the radio industry by storm.  Harvey speaks with BlackEnterprise.com about his career and the radio industry today.]]></description>
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		<title>Play Money</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/07/11/play-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/07/11/play-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black producers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadway has definitely been on a roll. The Great White Way had a record year in its 2007-2008 season, which ended on May 25, grossing $937.5 million.]]></description>
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		<title>The Beat Goes On</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/13/the-beat-goes-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/13/the-beat-goes-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Master Flash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publishing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Grandmaster Flash’s memoir The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My
Life, My Beat hit the streets, adding him to the ranks of other African American
entertainers who in recent years have become authors. ]]></description>
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		<title>Roll Camera</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/12/roll-camera/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/12/roll-camera/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While many cities and states offer special incentives such as tax breaks to lure
film and television production to their locale, Georgia claims to now offer the best
deal around. Gov. Sonny Perdue recently signed into law the 2008 Entertainment Industry
Investment Act. The new legislation is designed to encourage entertainment industry
productions in the Peach State.]]></description>
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		<title>T.I.’s MTV Reality Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/06/ti%e2%80%99s-mtv-reality-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/06/ti%e2%80%99s-mtv-reality-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hip-hop renamed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.I.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll have to admit, when I first heard the news last week that rapper T.I.
was getting his own MTV reality show focusing on his 1,000 hours of community service
related to last fall’s gun possession case, I was a bit annoyed. As it turns out, the MTV show will center on the rapper as he talks to youths about his brushes with the law and poor decisions of the past. The goal is to dissuade young people from going down T.I.’s troubled road. ]]></description>
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		<title>Africa’s Power Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/02/africa%e2%80%99s-power-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/06/02/africa%e2%80%99s-power-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Calypso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Africa Investment Horizons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa: Open for Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the opening shots to the closing credits Africa Investment Horizons, is a documentary determined to capture a rare panoramic perspective of the emerging business opportunities unfolding throughout the continent. The film moves quickly to dispel generations old stereotypes to illuminate the sparkling realities of Africa’s economic potential.
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		<title>Fall TV Lineups</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/27/fall-tv-lineups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/27/fall-tv-lineups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming even more apparent that shows about the African American experience
in scripted primetime are hard to find. In fact, The CW is the only place among the
broadcast networks where you will find programming solely by and about African Americans,
such as Everybody Hates Chris and The Game.]]></description>
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		<title>Passing Strange</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/16/passing-strange/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/16/passing-strange/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Theatre Wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American Theatre Wing announced the nominations for the 2008 Tony Awards for outstanding performances on Broadway. African American performers and producers snagged a total of seven nominations.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Smith as a Superhero</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/12/will-smith-as-a-superhero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/12/will-smith-as-a-superhero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's summertime! Well, maybe not officially, but definitely for Hollywood. The first weekend in May kicked off the Hollywood summer movie season, which got off to a rousing start. The industry’s first event movie Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow, opened to a whopping $104.2 million domestically and a total of $201 million worldwide.
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		<title>Raven-Symoné Goes Against the Grain</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/02/raven-symone-goes-against-the-grain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/05/02/raven-symone-goes-against-the-grain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[album]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raven-Symone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Raven-Symoné is widely known as a good girl—the girl who grew up next door, gained fame on The
Cosby Show actress who’s grown up to be a television, movie, and recording star with
a carefully crafted and well-maintained wholesome image. This week her self-titled
album hit the shelves. As with her previous discs, the 22 year-old wants to
unequivocally honor her past commitment to nice-girl fare. "I am not going to
sing about sex, drugs, and violence. That’s just not who I am," she recently
told Jet in a cover story.]]></description>
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		<title>Black TV News</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/25/black-tv-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/25/black-tv-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Television News Channel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comcast Cable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Baisden]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cable and network television news programs have often been chided for their lack of adequate coverage of issues and topics most important to African Americans. That could soon change.]]></description>
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		<title>Emma Goes Hip-Hop</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/18/emma-goes-hip-hop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/18/emma-goes-hip-hop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip-hop renamed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Austen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jane Austen goes hip-hop. At least that’s the plan. Last week, Screen Gems, a Sony Pictures specialty film unit, announced plans to make a hip-hop musical version of Austen’s classic 19th century comic novel Emma. Screen Gems has released such successful black-oriented films as This Christmas, Stomp The Yard,The Brothers, and Two Can Play That Game.]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler Honors Spike Lee</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/11/chrysler-honors-spike-lee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/11/chrysler-honors-spike-lee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spike Lee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to imagine Black Hollywood—or Tinseltown period—without Spike Lee, arguably one of the best filmmakers cinema has ever seen. Chrysler recently bestowed upon the filmmaker its coveted Behind the Lens Award, which is given annually to behind-the-scenes trailblazers in the movie business. Past recipients include Gordon Parks, Melvin Van Peebles, and Quincy Jones.

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		<title>Notorious B.I.G. Film</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/02/notorious-big-film/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/04/02/notorious-big-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Notorious B.I.G.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cameras are finally rolling on Notorious, the film that’s been on hold since 2007. The biopic of legendary hip-hop artist Christopher Wallace (aka Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls) went into production last week. A January 2009 release date is scheduled.]]></description>
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		<title>Tyler Perry and Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/21/tyler-perry-and-barack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/21/tyler-perry-and-barack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyler Perry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since coming onto the national scene at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, White House presidential hopeful and Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has become an epic figure. Now Hollywood wants to capture the essence of the man who embodies the American dream. Producer Tyler Perry has announced plans for an Obama film.]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Marley Biopic to Hit Big Screen</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/06/bob-marley-biopic-to-hit-big-screen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/06/bob-marley-biopic-to-hit-big-screen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Marley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Weinstein Co., run by producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, announced that they have acquired the rights to the 2004 book No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley by Rita Marley, the legendary reggae singer’s widow.]]></description>
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		<title>Tyra Banks to Get New Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/03/tyra-banks-to-get-new-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/03/03/tyra-banks-to-get-new-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America’s Next Top Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyra Banks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tyra Banks, the former supermodel turned actress, television producer, and talk show host, has scored once again. This week ABC announced that Banks and actor-producer Ashton Kutcher will produce a reality show for the network. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dre’s Day in Court</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/27/dre%e2%80%99s-day-in-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/27/dre%e2%80%99s-day-in-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcia Wade Talbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Death Row Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andre Young, better known as rapper-producer Dr. Dre, is seeking restitution for unpaid royalties, the reinstatement of his copyrights, and an injunction to keep Death Row Records Inc. from selling the rights of his 1992 album, The Chronic, to the highest bidder.]]></description>
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		<title>Damon Wayans to Launch Web Comedy Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/22/damon-wayans-to-launch-web-comedy-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/22/damon-wayans-to-launch-web-comedy-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damon Wayans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WayOutTV.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The name Wayans has long been associated with anything funny. So the fact that earlier this month Damon Wayans launched WayOutTV.com, an Internet site in collaboration with Google’s YouTube, should come as no surprise. WayOutTV.com will showcase videos produced by emerging young comedians selected by Wayans.]]></description>
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		<title>Required Reading for Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/02/19/required-reading-for-black-history-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/blogs/2008/02/19/required-reading-for-black-history-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Edmond, Jr.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.G. Gaston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Berry Gordy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black History Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blacks on Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comer Cottrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Steward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earl Graves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madam C.J. Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reginald F. Lewis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Simmons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each February, as we celebrate African American History Month, we recognize the achievements of black Americans in the arenas of politics, civil rights, sports, arts and entertainment, and education. Rarely, however, is there a focus on our long and great legacy as entrepreneurs and business leaders.]]></description>
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		<title>Writers’ Strike Comes to an End</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/14/writers%e2%80%99-strike-comes-to-an-end/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/14/writers%e2%80%99-strike-comes-to-an-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WGA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writers Guild of America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After more than three months of a work stoppage that is estimated to have cost the Los Angeles economy more than $3 billion, the Hollywood writers strike is finally over.]]></description>
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		<title>Cinema Offers An International Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/08/cinema-offers-an-international-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/08/cinema-offers-an-international-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pan African Film &#38; Arts Festival Hits Tinseltown]]></description>
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		<title>One For the Money, Two For the Show</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/01/one-for-the-money-two-for-the-show/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/02/01/one-for-the-money-two-for-the-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Calypso</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hip-hop renamed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday Night Fight Klub: a hip-hop success story]]></description>
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		<title>Crash Set to Land on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/31/crash-set-to-land-on-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/31/crash-set-to-land-on-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New series based on popular movie gets green light]]></description>
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		<title>Ruby Dee Gets Her First Oscar Nomination</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/25/ruby-dee-gets-her-first-oscar-nomination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/25/ruby-dee-gets-her-first-oscar-nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Academy Award]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Gangster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denzel Washington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-time actress Ruby Dee is the only African American actor nominated this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Doug Banks Morning Show Ends</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/15/doug-banks-morning-show-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DeDe McGuire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a nearly 12-year run, The Doug Banks Morning Show was pulled from syndication by ABC Radio Networks earlier this month. It had aired in more than 50 markets and consistently ranked in the No. 1 or No. 2 spots for its timeslot.]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should See The Great Debaters</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/04/why-you-should-see-the-great-debaters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/04/why-you-should-see-the-great-debaters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denzel Washington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the star power of Denzel Washington and the producing and marketing prowess of Oprah Winfrey, the much anticipated and highly touted film, The Great Debaters, failed to break the top 10 its opening weekend, mustering only $6.3 million at the box office.]]></description>
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		<title>Channeling Better Images</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/02/channeling-better-images-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Alexander</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2005, The Africa Channel, the first American cable channel devoted to airing programming from Africa, has focused on changing the world’s perception of the continent. CEO James Makawa discusses his quest to offer a more balanced view of Africa to the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Channeling Better Images</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/2008/01/01/channeling-better-images-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BLACK ENTERPRISE MAGAZINE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since 2005, The Africa Channel, the first American cable channel devoted to airing programming from Africa, has focused on changing the world’s perception of the continent. CEO James Makawa from Zimbabwe, who spent more than 10 years in the U.S. as a local reporter and anchor before becoming a correspondent for NBC News. The Africa Channel offers news, sports, music, lifestyle, and travel programming, and reaches more than 12 million subscribers across the U.S., UK, and Caribbean. Here, Makawa discusses his quest to offer a more balanced view of Africa to the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Top 50 Power Brokers in Hollywood</title>
		<link>http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/2007/03/01/top-50-power-brokers-in-hollywood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Marie Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From media titan Oprah Winfrey to megastar Will Smith, powerful forces in Hollywood are controlling the content that millions across the globe watch in movie theatres, on their laptops, and at home. Not only have they kept audiences riveted to the big and small screens, these members of the entertainment elite have grossed billions for movie studios, television networks, advertisers, distributors, exhibitors, and, of course, themselves.]]></description>
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