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Poems: The Little Black Boy

by WilliamBlakeThe LambThe BlossomThe Little Black Boy My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but oh my soul is white! White as an angel is the English child,…

Smith, Lillian

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Lillian, 1897–1966, American writer and social critic, b. Jasper, Fla. She was a social worker in Georgia for several years. Her best-selling novel Strange Fruit (1944) is set…

Baby Boy

Director/Writer:John SingletonColumbia; R; 129 minutesRelease:6/01Cast:Tyrese Gibson, A.J. Johnson, Ving Rhames Ten years after his landmark film Boyz N the Hood, writer-director John…

Backstreet Boys

Black & Blue Jive The Backstreet Boys were supposedly looking for a more mature sound on this follow-up to the 21-million-selling Millennium, but they never quite reached that destination.…

The Laurence Boy

The Laurence Boy"Jo! Jo! Where are you?" cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs."Here!" answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her sister eating apples and crying…

A Mixed Blessing

  A young boy on Quenby plantation. Slave children were usually put to work when they were about six years old. You've obviously uncovered some ugly chapters in your…

The Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys' self-titled debut album won them a 1998 Grammy for best new artists of the year. They quickly became one of the hottest pop groups of the late 1990s, a "boy band" that included…

Wright, Richard

(Encyclopedia) Wright, Richard, 1908–60, American author. An African American born on a Mississippi plantation, Wright struggled through a difficult childhood and worked to educate himself. He moved…

The Newton Boys

Director:Richard LinklaterWriters:Richard Linklater, Claude Stanush and Clark WalkerDirector of Photography:Peter JamesEditor:Sandra AdairMusic:Edward D. BarnesProduction Designer:Catherine…