In the NY Times Magazine article, Is Obama the End of Black Politics? political writer Matt Bai examines the generational change happening within American Black political leadership. Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter figure prominently.
The 2004 HBO Movie, Something the Lord Made is playing this month. Here's a link to the schedule.
The movie is the story of two men - an ambitious white surgeon and a gifted black carpenter turned lab technician - who defied the racial strictures of the Jim Crow South and together pioneered the field of heart surgery. I highly recommend viewing it.
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