August 28, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Paul Robeson, in a 1960 news conference in Australia, comments on race in America. And everything he says about race then is still true today!
He says that the American Negroes and Africans, like Nigerians – and he mentions Azikiwe, an old friend – are brilliant. He says that America is losing out by “not making us first class citizens.”
August 24, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Reporting While Black Gene Demby of Code Switch; photo from NPR Gene Demby is the lead blogger in Code Switch, an NPR team that reports on race, culture and ethnicity. He writes and speaks about what it is like to be reporting … Continue reading
August 16, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Another Giant Falls Julian Bond has died, I read this morning in my NYTimes alert. I’ve known his name for ages as a respected civil rights leader. I recall being at Episcopal Relief and Development fourteen years ago with Coleen, now … Continue reading
August 12, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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We Would Be One “Just over a year ago I was close to finishing my memoir. It was in writing that I wrestled with the question of where I belong, why I grew up without knowing I had a community, … Continue reading
August 8, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Back Home in Connecticut My sister Beth and I drove back from Maine on Wednesday. The drive was long, of course, just like going, but we had fun. Our only disappointment of the whole trip was that we did not … Continue reading
July 31, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Obama at the African Union Professor Vinnie Ferraro in his blog on Tuesday included the link to the video of U.S. President Obama, the first American President to address the meeting of the African Union. “The meeting was in Ethiopia and Obama … Continue reading
June 13, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Anita Hill and Reimagining Equality For one of my book groups we’re reading Anita Hill’s Reimagining Equality Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home. The title and the paperback book which I found on my bookshelf felt familiar. But it … Continue reading
June 9, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Park City Karen, my friend who has been most helpful in getting me set up in Park City, Utah for the final leg of my western book tour, took me to her Park City Newcomers Book Club yesterday morning. Almost all … Continue reading
June 6, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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So Many Connections On Tuesday afternoon I presented a book talk to about 60 people at Paradise Valley Estates where my college classmate and friend Kimmie now lives. Kimmie had arranged dinner for Clem and me, her and her husband, … Continue reading
June 2, 2015
by Catherine Onyemelukwe
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Learning from the Market Women Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave the commencement speech at Wellesley College in Massachusetts a few days ago. She was fabulous! The graduates and the rest of the audience loved her, judging from the applause. I did … Continue reading