AltWeeklies Wire
Marcus Books Is Making a Comebacknew

After being a victim of a Ponzi scheme, the nation's oldest African-American bookstore is recovering from its financial woes. But can it cope with black flight from Oakland?
East Bay Express |
Holly McDede |
09-01-2011 |
Business & Labor
Media in Blackface: Ishmael Reed on the Racist News Industrynew

Generally considered one of the more controversial figures in the field of African-American letters, Ishmael Reed and his tireless commentary on the state of race relations in the U.S. are not only choice targets for his obvious detractors on the right of the political spectrum, but also among many on the left—the “white progressives” whom he consistently chastises in any of his dozens of books.
Montreal Mirror |
Chris Barry |
04-12-2010 |
Race & Class
Tags: Ishmael Reed, Washington Post