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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, 2nd ed., brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 942 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the regions of the American continents in which two of the world's first civilizations developed: Mesoamerica (the name for the lands in which ancient civilizations arose in Central America and Mexico) and the Andes Mountains region of South America (in present-day Peru and parts of Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Ecuador). In both regions, the history of civilization goes back thousands of years. ... Read more

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Title: 20 years later: Spike Lee: still gotta have it: after 20 years in the movie business, award-winning filmmaker is making new statement with a film on Hurricane Katrina.
Author: Kevin Chappell
Publication: Ebony (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2006
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Title: No perdonarás. (evaluación de película de Spike Lee)(TT: He Got Game) (TA: evaluation of movie by Spike Lee)
Author: Javier Betancourt
Publication: Proceso (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 1998
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Chapters: Spike Lee, John Singleton, Chris Rock, Tyler Perry, Suzan-Lori Parks, Oz Scott, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Gregory Allen Howard, Mara Brock Akil, M. K. Asante, Jr., Robert Townsend, Winifred Hervey, Antwone Fisher, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Sean Weathers, Aaron White, the Dance: the History of American Minstrelsy, Jason Christopher White, Kasi Lemmons, Reynaldo Rey, Christopher St. John, Franc. Reyes, Reggie Rock Bythewood. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 106. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central. Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. A few years later, they relocated and settled in the working-class area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. His mother, Rosalie (née Tingman), was a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped; his father, Julius Rock, was a former truck driver and newspaper deliveryman. Julius died in 1988 after ulcer surgery. His younger brothers Tony and Kenny are also in the entertainment business. His older brother, Charles, died in 2006 due to a long struggle with alcoholism. Rock has said that he was influenced by the performing style of his paternal grandfather, Allen Rock, a preacher. Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star. He slowly rose up the ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning bit roles in the film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the TV series Miami Vice. Upon seeing his act at a nightclub, Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film rol...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=171268 ... Read more

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New York has appeared in more movies than Michael Caine, and as a result of overfamiliarity, the City poses a problem for critics and casual moviegoers alike. Audiences mistake the New York image of skyscrapers and glitter for the real thing, but in fact the City is a network of small villages, each with its unique personality. Street Smart offers a novel approach to understanding the cultural influences of New York’s neighborhoods on the work of four quintessentially New York filmmakers: Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, and Spike Lee. The city’s diverse economic and ethnic enclaves, where people live, work, shop, worship, bank, and go to school, often have little relationship to the concept of New York City created by the movies. Their New York, however, is as real as the smell of fried onions in the stairwell of an apartment building, and it is this New York, not the movie New York, that has left its impression on their films. Lumet, Allen, Scorsese, and Lee’s imaginations have been shaped by their neighborhoods, not the New York of the movies. In turn, these directors have used their own life experiences to shape their films. Richard A. Blake examines their home villages—from Flatbush and Fort Green in Brooklyn to the Lower East Side of Manhattan—to enrich our critical understanding of the films of four of America’s most accomplished contemporary filmmakers. ... Read more

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Thirteen of black America's most eloquent voices share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future. From Spike Lee's encouragement of independent, community fundraising to Joycelyn Elders's warning about the failings of our "sick-care" system to Stanley Crouch's disputation on "heroic" versus "anarchic" individuality, Black Genius is an exceptional, unique colloquy. Conceived by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley and sponsored by the New York University Africana Studies Program and the Institute of African American Affairs, this book originated as a series of community conversations where "visionaries with solutions" shared powerful views on personal and communal struggles, triumphs, and aspirations. The list of contributors suggests the range of perspectives and talents brought to bear on such issues as economics, political power, work, authority, and culture. Black Genius is a point of departure for vigorous discussion of our current realities and goals for the future--and a portrait of "genius" that leads the way to enriching American life in the twenty-first century.

The contributors: Walter Mosley, Spike Lee, Haki Madhubuti, George Curry, Melvin Van Peebles, bell hooks, Julianne Malveaux, Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Angela Davis, Farai Chideya, Stanley Crouch, Anna Deavere Smith, Randall Robinson.Amazon.com Review
These essays are taken from a symposium held in New YorkUniversity's Africana Studies Program, whose participants includedgifted writers and thinkers from the upper echelon of Afro-Americanachievement. The organizer, novelist Walter Mosley, writes, "Theintent of Black Genius was to assemble a group of blackintellectuals, artists, political activists, economists who havebroken the visor and seen beyond the fallacies of race.... We wantedto present the stories of women and men who had made it in spite ofthe system." Farai Chideya delivers an on-point analysis of themedia's misrepresentation of blacks and offers a blueprint for moreup-front and behind-the-scenes representation in the newsroom. CriticStanley Crouch body-slams the negroidal nihilism and black "gansta"mentality in rap music, while Angela Davis delivers a nightmarishassessment of the growing African American prisonpopulation. Others--including Julianne Malveaux, Randall Robinson,Spike Lee, and Anna Deveare Smith--take aim at health, the filmindustry, Wall Street, and the state of African-descended peoplearound the world. --Eugene Holley Jr. ... Read more

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One of the best easy and informative reads i ever seen
I like the fact that each author puts in new material about their perspective of what Black genius is. Some toot their horn a little, but thats ok since these are people that made it in the world. Some are informative, and some are inspirational. It actually, actually I repeat, has some advice on how to live life (as not only a Black person) and see it in another light.
YOu dont have to read the ENTIRE book at once, its chapters are individual themes and subjects which you can choose to read according to your taste or mood. I applaud such great talent put together in this marvelous book!

Heather Covington's 5 Star Review of the Day: Black Genius
Why are we intrigued by all of Spike Lee's Movies no matter how bad or good, or Easy Rowlin's character in Walter Mosley's Devil In A Blue Dress? Is it the casting of characters, the mystery of the black experience or the marvel of these geniuses who seem more talented then life itself at times. they are the folks who encourage to hold on to life, catch a dream, and believe that success doesn't have to be a thought but a realization. This book contains the very folks who may or may not seem like geniuses to everyone, but just the mere power of their actions has transformed a generation through movies, literature, sports, fashion, journalism, and Humanitarianism. I always sink into these anthology compilations because I am curious to find out the reasoning behind some of the great Black African Americans featured in anthologies like this. It may be true that to be a success is to know success, but for those who don't have that convenience...why not read about it?

Diversity of Opinions and Backgrounds very welcoming
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.Too many times the Black community is treated as if we all believe only one idea or follow one way of doing things."Black Genius" brings out the qualities our many talented Kings and Queens by providing personal narratives with solutions to many concerns that effect the Black Community daily.I highly recommend this book.If you are concerned about issues in the Black community you wont be dissapointed.

Appetizing Food for Thought
This is some of the heaviest reading I have chosen in a long time.While I must say I did not agree with several of the viewpoints of the collective writers, the writing was done with conviction and the ideas werethought-provoking.I recommend this book to any students of AfricanAmerican history, Journalism or Economics.I thought a better title forthis work would have been Collective Black Genius.

EXCELLENT!
The only reason I bought this book is because Walter Mosley's name was attached to it.Mosley is one of America's most valuable treasures, and I jump at any opportunity to experience his words.However, while his essayis excellent, the other authors more than hold their own.

I don't knowwho the intended audience is for this book, but I think it should berequired reading for everyone.From age 15 through 90.Liberal,conservative, egalitarian, libertarian, agnostic, spiritual, what haveyou.

I cannot put my respect for this book into words.I am saddenedwith the realization that this book will go unnoticed by many because of anumber of reasons.This book deserves much more recognition than it hasreceived to date. ... Read more