Jazz for Obama 2012: The Jazz Concert for America’s Future – October 9 at Symphony Space

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Obamanomics by John R. Talbott

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How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics

Obamanomics by John R. Talbott

Best-selling author John R. Talbott, widely regarded as one of the first to predict the current housing and mortgage crisis, turns his attention to the economic possibilities that are realistically achievable under a Barack Obama presidency.

Obama’s greatest strength is his ability to bring the country together. For too long divisions among races, religions, political views, cultures, genders, and sexual preferences have prevented Americans from coming together to solve the most important problems of our generation. Global warming, lobbying reform, poverty, health care, wars, terrorism, education, housing and banking reform, and energy and water shortages-these are complex global problems that Talbott argues cannot be left to the free market business world or individual governments to solve.

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Accountable: Making America as Good as Its Promise

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Tavis Smiley and Stephanie Robinson are co-authors the third and final edition of “State of The Black Union.”

ACCOUNTABLE

Accountable provides real-life examples of how crucial issues — including health care, education, the economy, unequal justice, and the environment — manifest themselves in our communities. The book demonstrates the urgent need to hold politicians and ourselves responsible, because the stakes have never been higher. Accountable examines present-day conditions and the consequences for America. At its core, this book is a tool with which the community can evaluate the successes or failures of its political leaders and of itself. This insightful book acknowledges the mistakes of the past while offering hope and inspiration for a better future.

Tavis Smiley is a nationally known intellectual, activist, political commentator, entrepreneur, and radio and television personality.  He founded the ground-breaking and historic State of the Black Union series.  Mr. Smiley has authored several best-selling books, including The Covenant and The Covenant in Action.

Stephanie Robinson, Esq. is the President and CEO of the Jamestown Project a national think tank that focuses on democracy.  She is a Lecturer on Law at the Harvard Law School, and formerly served as the Chief Counsel for Senator Edward M. Kennedy.  Ms. Robinson is a nationally recognized expert on issues related to social policy, family, and electoral politics.

Accountable is now available to purchase at Amazon.com

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The Inauguration of Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America

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YES WE ARE, like many of you proud to celebrate this historical occasion with infinite joy The Inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44TH President of the United States of America. Be sure and watch in depth courage of the Inauguration on CNN.com or your favorite network/news channel.

A DREAM FULFILLED!

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Gwen Ifill | The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama

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In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.

Ifill argues that the Black political structure formed during the Civil Rights movement is giving way to a generation of men and women who are the direct beneficiaries of the struggles of the 1960s. She offers incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama (all interviewed for this book), and also covers numerous up-and-coming figures from across the nation. ~ Amazon.com

Time President Obama: The Path to the White House

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Barack Obama, The Path

Time | President Obama: The Path to the White House [Book]

Barack Obama’s path from Hawaii to Indonesia to the White House represents one of the most unlikely and fascinating journeys in U.S. political history. With this special publication that is sure to become an instant collector’s item, “Time” will mark Obama’s rise with an illustrated 96-page book. “Time Obama” will contain original “Time” magazine reporting and analysis from the magazine’s political experts. The book will showcase the unrivalled, intimate behind-the-scenes photography of campaign photographer Callie Shell, who has been visually documenting Obama’s journey since he began his run for President. And it will provide readers with a colourful and concise account of how Obama rose to power – from his early days to his Chicago years to the moment when he became a political phenomenon. ~ Amazon.com

Release Date: December 23, 2008

Obama should follow Carter’s lead and bring jazz back to the White House

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Jazz for Obama

If President-elect Barack Obama wants to make a bold cultural statement—one that resonates deeply with his autobiography and with the legacy of his adopted hometown, Chicago—there’s a compelling way to do it:

Teach the White House to swing (again).

That’s what President Jimmy Carter did in spring 1978, casting the unique brilliance of a presidential spotlight on a distinctly American art form. Carter convened a galaxy of jazz luminaries at the White House, to spectacular effect. Eubie Blake (at 95), Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Teddy Wilson, Max Roach, Louie Bellson and other giants performed jubilantly on the White House South Lawn, basking in the kind of official recognition jazz richly deserves but rarely receives. Anyone who follows jazz never will forget the sight of a wheelchair-bound Charles Mingus, a musical icon then and now, weeping openly as President Carter praised him at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

“That was the best jazz concert the White House has ever seen,” Carter told Time magazine last year, and he could be believed because he wasn’t running for anything and already had his Nobel Prize.

Even if Carter were looking for votes, he surely had sewn up the global jazz constituency that sweltering June night, when he vocalized with the great Gillespie. The tune? What else? Gillespie’s “Salt Peanuts,” the ideal jazz anthem for a former peanut farmer.

After the last riffs, Gillespie leaned toward Carter and said, “Mr. President, I have one question. Could you take it on the road?”

By Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr. | Make It Plain

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition—storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking—to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and inspire.

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation’s finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique inflection from his work on the civil rights front lines, to the National Urban League, to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Jordan has never forgotten the men and women—from Ruby Hurley to Wiley Branton to Gardner C. Taylor to Martin Luther King, Jr.—whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernon’s own, make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest: Full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the God-given challenges ahead. – Amazon.com

The First Family

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May Prayer, Peace and Blessings Be On The Hearts of Those They Serve!

The First Family

Yes, We Can!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO BARACK OBAMA!

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