The iconic Harry Belafonte, 87, received Oscars’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at 2014 Governors Awards, Saturday, November 8, 2014. As we might expect, his acceptance speech tells it like it was and is in Hollywood with regard to race. He ends by saying he wishes he could be around to see how it will be. Keep… Continue reading Harry Belafonte Honored
Author: Anita Gail Jones
Blog’s 3rd Birthday and Reaching “The End”
Thank you, Dear Followers! I launched this blog on October 27, 2011. Appreciate you sticking with me—many of you for the past 3 years, 126 posts and 586 comments. And now, we have another reason to celebrate!…
Hello From Deep ” In the Zone”
I liken this to studying a new language and being ecstatic when you finally begin having dreams in that language: Yesterday when I saw a news report about the flooding in Tucson, I thought: “I should call Georgia and see if she’s okay”. Well… My protagonist in the novel, Fletcher Dukes, has 45-year-old twins named… Continue reading Hello From Deep ” In the Zone”
Revising At The Beach
STINSON BEACH, CA. As summer winds down, my September 15 deadline looms. Hence, I have to write wherever I go. Hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of summer…
“The Whitewashing of James Brown”
In the 60s James made being Black a badge of honor with the mega hit song: “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)”. So how can it be there’s not a single black person helping to tell his story in the new film Get On Up?
Our First Lady honors Dr. Maya
http://youtu.be/xVwWp5uSPAA
Maya Angelou talks with Dave Chappelle
A video gem: Iconoclasts, Part 2 of 4. Dave and Maya talk about their creative process, heroes and sheroes, the Civil Rights Era, and more…
Dr. Maya ~ Evermore
Dr. Maya has not fallen silent ~ death gives her voice the power of perpetuity. She has joined the ancestors. Now she, too, can be everywhere all at once. She and my mother, Irene Gaines Jones, were born on April 4th. My mother was 2 when Maya was born. Dr. King was assassinated on their… Continue reading Dr. Maya ~ Evermore
Nia ~ An Inspired Wave
Writing and Life intertwine in interesting ways. It’s been a while since I posted—too busy with life and writing, each taking me into uncharted territory. Revising the novel results in a blur between fiction and life sometimes as my characters throw in their own commentary on what’s going on in my life.
If You’re Going to Take a Trip, Don’t Lose Your Way
I turned 20 in 1974, the summer before my sophomore year at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. Two years before, I was launched from Albany, Georgia as my parents celebrated getting me through high school in one piece. Then they worried about the heightened drug use and sex in college. But like many of… Continue reading If You’re Going to Take a Trip, Don’t Lose Your Way