Primary Sources, Black History

No doubt you heard about how fabulous WOMEN IN THE PIT is!   Join The Gist of Freedom and host Shellie Gaines as she welcomes Harlem Playwright, Joyce Sylvester!   After several unsuccessful attempts, two deacons and two elders charged with the selection of a new pastor are at odds with one another when it appears that the most qualified candidate is a woman! This drama addresses the age-old controversial issue of women being silent in the church and will take you on a journey full of twists and turns.

Join the Gist of Freedom and host Preston Washington as we welcome curator, Mark E. Mitchell, www.AfricanAmericanCollection.com

Mark and Preston will discuss  the exhibit "From Slavery to the White House"

. The exhibit at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem celebrates our journey, retracing our steps, "From Slavery to the White House". Join us for a fabulous evening, Where ART, MUSIC & HISTORY Meet., Friday, September 28, 2012 from 6 - 9 p.m.

Join The Gist Of Freedom as we welcome Earl Pinto, Founder of New York African American Historical Society. Earl will discuss the exhibit "From Slavery to the White House" which includes is a 1964 letter from Malcolm X to Alex Haley from Cairo, Egypt, courtesy of the Mark E. Mitchell Collection.

The exhibit held at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem celebrates our journey, retracing our steps, "From Slavery to the White House". Join us for a fabulous evening, Where ART, MUSIC & HISTORY Meet, Friday, September 28, 2012 from 6 - 9 p.m..

It's free, so come early!

United Minority Media Association (UMMA) is a nonprofit, volunteer organization of minority entrepreneurs, professionals and students in the communications and media industry. Members share a commitment to career development, education and community service.

    M.C. Richardson Chairman/CEO/Founder REACHING OUT United Minority Media Association, Inc. UMMA is reaching out to recruit new members throughout these United States and global. UMMA hasn’t been promoting the organization throughout the Midwest-Southeast Region like it should. The Organization is known mostly by the Majority Media Community, whom always seemed to have more contact persons who share information than Minority Groups share. We as Minorities need to reach out to Educational Institutions, beginning with middle, high schools. Civics Groups, Corporations. Community Organizations, Greek Organizations, Faith Based Groups and places of worship. Individuals such as relatives, friends, counselors and teachers who come in contact with aspiring and gifted students with special interest in Broadcast, Journalism,

Join The Gist Freedom live at the Blackball exhibit with host Shellie Gaines! This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Harlem Historical Society and the Harlem Black Yankees and in support of the Friends of Colonel Young Park. Through paintings, fiber arts, digital renderings and mixed-media installations, participating artists bring to life the story of Negro Leagues Baseball from the late 1800's through the mid-twentieth century.

Artists include: Donald "Sunn" Anderson, Lou Grant, Rod Ivey, 

LeRoy Neiman, Kadir Nelson, George Nelson Preston, Sherry Shine & Grace Y. Williams.

Join us, also, for FREE NLB family films and activities on Saturdays September 8, 15 and 22.

Call 212/862.2787 for additional info.

BLACKBALL: Illuminating Negro Leagues Baseball is sponsored, in part, by Abyssinian Development Corporation.

BLACKBALL: Illuminating Negro Leagues Baseball 

BLACKBALL: Illuminating Negro League Baseball exhibition is presented in partnership with the Harlem Historical Society and the Harlem Black Yankees and in support of the Friends of Colonel Young Park. Through paintings, fiber arts, digital renderings and mixed-media installations, participating artists bring to life the story of Negro Leagues Baseball from the late 1800's through the mid-twentieth century.

Artists include: Donald "Sunn" Anderson, Lou Grant, Rod Ivey, 

LeRoy Neiman, Kadir Nelson, George Nelson Preston, Sherry Shine & Grace Y. Williams.

Join us, also, for FREE NLB family films and activities on Saturdays September 8, 15 and 22.

Call 212/862.2787 for additional info.

BLACKBALL: Illuminating Negro Leagues Baseball is sponsored, in part, by Abyssinian Development Corporation.

DNC live coverage, with Prof. Gloria Browne-Marshall

Join the Gist of Freedom, as we welcome Carrol wasserman - of D.C.'s Metro Art FairMetro Art Fair, a new African, African American, and African Diaspora art fair in the DC-MD-VA area, is scheduled for November 29 through December 2, 2012, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD. Galleries from around the world will showcase international artists representing some of the best in Black fine art. Metro will bring to the DC-metro area a selection of the world's leading art galleries and internationally renowned artists, as well as new talent, for art collectors, curators, and art lovers looking to find great art and discover what's hot in Black fine art. These galleries and artists will present the finest original works in painting, photography, mixed-media, sculpture, installation, and video.The Preview Night Benefit set for Thursday, November 29th, from 6:00-9:00pm, will offer collectors, curators, and VIP guests the first opportunity to mingle with exhibitors and artists while supporting a great cause. Our beneficiary will be announced in the summer. Special events and programs will permit visitors to view rare Black art collections in the DC area, attend lectures by art experts, and take scheduled tours of the area's great museums. We look forward to having you at the first edition of Metro Art Fair.

RNC RACIST ATTENDEES (Delegates?) PELT PEANUTS AT BLACK CAMERAWOMAN, Patricia Carroll.

"I was just about to put on my headset when someone started throwing peanuts at me," She recovered enough to ask one man, "Are you out of your damned mind?"

Watch The Gist of Freedom's live coverage of the RNC with Constitutional Law Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall.

Are these "Attendees" delegates? We have the right to know the entire story and we are asking CNN to fully disclose it. 

Text CNN (space) and your news tip to 772937 (don't forget the space after CNN). Include your cell phone number if you'd like a call back.

Read Prof. Gloria's Article: Racism Festers in RNC Silence

Join The Gist of Freedom host, Shellie Gaines as we welcome UniverSOUL Circus, with Marketing Director, Ben Johnson! Listen then purchase tickets for your family and friends both near and far!