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Tyler Perry: ‘Spike Lee can go straight to hell’ Movie makers’ in war of words over artistic vision of Blacks
Category: National Written by NNPA News Service
by Erica Butler
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—Ahead of the national premiere of his latest project, writer and director Tyler Perry said recently he is weary of deflecting criticism that his work lacks substance and is not an authentic and constructive portrayal of Black Americans.
Perry’s latest film, “Madea’s Big Happy Family,” opened across the country April 22. He said during a Beverly Hills news conference April 19 that he is particularly irritated by criticism from Black filmmaker Spike Lee.
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| MADEA—In this publicity image released by Lionsgate, Tyler Perry portrays Madea in a scene from "Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family." (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Quantrell D. Colbert)
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This Week In Black History
Category: National Written by Robert N. Taylor
Week of April 30-May 6
April 30
711 AD—Tarik the Moor invades Spain with force of 7,000 troops, routs the Visigoths and establishes Moor domination of Spain. While there remains some dispute over Tarik’s race, the weight of the evidence is strong that he was a Black man. He was described in accounts of the time as having “brown skin and wooly hair.” His full name was Tarik al Gibral. The famed Rock of Gibraltar is named in his honor.
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Poll: Students optimistic despite money doubts
Category: National Written by Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP)—For young people who came of age in the recession, the American dream of life getting better for each new generation feels like a myth.
A majority expect to have a harder time buying a house and saving for retirement than their parents did. More than 4 in 10 predict it will be tougher to raise a family and afford the lifestyle they want, according to an Associated Press-Viacom poll of Americans ages 18 to 24.
Only about a fourth expect things to be easier for them than the previous generation—a cherished goal of many hardworking parents. High unemployment has left lots of young lives in limbo.
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FBI releases report on Notorious B.I.G. murder case Was it an inside job; Was more than one person involved?
Category: National Written by NNPA News Service
(NNPA)—The FBI has released its files on the murder of Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace. The heavily redacted files don’t say who shot and killed the rap performer as he was leaving a post-Soul Train Music Awards party in Los Angeles 14 years ago.
According to CNN, the Los Angeles Police Department investigation has been reopened because of new information.
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This Week In Black History
Category: National Written by Robert N. Taylor
Week of April 23-29
April 23
1856—One of the greatest inventors in American history, Granville T. Woods, is born in Columbus, Ohio. During his life he received 65 patents for electrical, mechanical and communications devices. Among his inventions was an advanced telephone transmitter. The transmitter was so advanced that the Alexander Graham Bell Company purchased the rights to it from Woods, both because it was superior to what Bell had invented and for fear that Woods might become a major rival to the Bell Company. At his height, the Cincinnati, Ohio Catholic Tribune (Jan. 14, 1886) wrote of Woods: “…the greatest colored inventor in the history of the race and equal, if not superior, to any inventor in the country…”
April 23
1856—One of the greatest inventors in American history, Granville T. Woods, is born in Columbus, Ohio. During his life he received 65 patents for electrical, mechanical and communications devices. Among his inventions was an advanced telephone transmitter. The transmitter was so advanced that the Alexander Graham Bell Company purchased the rights to it from Woods, both because it was superior to what Bell had invented and for fear that Woods might become a major rival to the Bell Company. At his height, the Cincinnati, Ohio Catholic Tribune (Jan. 14, 1886) wrote of Woods: “…the greatest colored inventor in the history of the race and equal, if not superior, to any inventor in the country…”
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