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Gabrielle Douglas Helps Women’s U.S. Gymnastics Team Win Gold

By goodblacknews on July 31, 2012

The Americans grabbed hands and backed up, eager to get a better view of the scoreboard.
There really was no need. That Olympic gold medal was in the bag the minute they took the floor.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team celebrates its first Olympic title since 1996.

The Americans lived up to their considerable hype and then some Tuesday night, routing silver medalist Russia and everybody else on their way to their first Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996. Their score of 183.596 was a whopping five points ahead of Russia and made their final event, floor exercise, more like a coronation. Romania won the bronze.

Favorite Disney Princesses Transformed Into Women Of Color

By goodblacknews on July 30, 2012

Its not too often that a young woman of color sees herself reflected in the images she views.  Yet, given some free time and a sporadic interest, one young woman has reinterpreted the race of some of the world’s most beloved Disney princesses.

“So I made a bunch of white Disney characters into WOC,” Lauren wrote on her Tumblr page. “Just for funzies :D”  In Lauren’s blog, The Little Mermaid‘s Ariel, Beauty and the Beast‘s Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and others are all reimagined as darker-hued woman of color, she writes, ranging from tawny to dark brown.

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 30, 2012

“Excellence is not an act, but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you do the best.”
–Marva Collins, educator and author

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 29, 2012

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
— Jimi Hendrix, singer/songwriter, guitar legend and Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Inductee

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 27, 2012

“Whether you have a Ph.D., or a D.D. or no D., we’re in this together. Whether you’re from Morehouse or No house, we’re in this bag together.”
–Fannie Lou Hamer, civil and voting rights activist

First Listen: 'Out Of Many: 50 Years Of Reggae Music' : NPR

By goodblacknews on July 26, 2012

Gregory Issacs

The concept of the compilation Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music is simple. 50 years ago, Jamaica won independence from the British-ruled West Indies Federation. Around that same time, popular music in Jamaica began solidifying into some of the many sounds we now think of as reggae. Out of Many tells those two stories in parallel, with one song selected to represent the sound of each year from 1962 to 2012.

First Listen: ‘Out Of Many: 50 Years Of Reggae Music’ : NPR

By goodblacknews on July 26, 2012

Gregory Issacs

The concept of the compilation Out of Many: 50 Years of Reggae Music is simple. 50 years ago, Jamaica won independence from the British-ruled West Indies Federation. Around that same time, popular music in Jamaica began solidifying into some of the many sounds we now think of as reggae. Out of Many tells those two stories in parallel, with one song selected to represent the sound of each year from 1962 to 2012.

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 26, 2012

 
“You are young, gifted, and black. We must begin to tell our young, there’s a world waiting for you, yours is the quest that’s just begun.”
— James Weldon Johnson, poet, civil rights activist and co-writer of “Lift Every Voice And Sing” (the Negro National Anthem)

82-year-old Jacquie ‘Tajah’ Murdock Is Star of Lanvin’s ‘Real People’ Campaign

By goodblacknews on July 26, 2012

82-year-old Jacquie ‘Tajah’ Murdock  Photo: Steven Meisel
The Lanvin fashion line has cast real people instead of professional models in the French label’s autumn and winter 2012 campaigns. Several pictures have surfaced of the spreads, but the one generating the most buzz features 82-year-old Jacquie “Tajah” Murdock, a black model of Jamaican decent.

GBN Quote Of The Day

By goodblacknews on July 25, 2012

“In our work and in our living, we must recognize that difference is a reason for celebration and growth, rather than a reason for destruction.”
— Audre Lorde, poet, writer and literary activist