Black Art Project: Collecting Fine Art: A Time in History

Black Art Project: Collecting Fine Art: A Time in History: "In early 1928, Archibald Motley scored a commercial success at a New York gallery, selling twenty-two (22) of the twenty-six (26) canv...

A blog created by George-McKinley Martin, a Washigton D.C. art librarian, historian, and collector.

Total Black TV

Total Black TV is a fresh, Web 2.0 venture directed at the Black Collective.

You can upload, download, watch, buy and sell your video productions.

Somewhere I've seen it compared to youtube but it is more than a copy of youtube.

This appears to be their mission statement;

Finally! That’s all I can say! Finally, there is a website that challenges the mind and our everyday perception of the world around us. Total Black TV allows me to express myself freely and without restriction. Within this productive atmosphere I feel I am understood, and supported. Total Black TV is a breeding place for thoughtful conversation and exciting yet controversial news. Log on to totalblacktv.com to share YOUR ideas on topics YOU care about. Don’t forget about our sister site totalblacktv.com/myview, for all your social networking needs.

Some comments I came up with doing a google search;

• Planning To Succeed: Total Black TV Fills Void Left By BET
• Urban Horror: Total Black TV
• Noteworthy: Total Black TV « Black Film Academy
• mkonowangu: Maktaba ya Watu( Total Black Tv)

I say welcome, to another vehicule that has been made available for us to use to, tell ourstory. Total Black TV has the potential to be a very important tool in the unification of The Black Collective but potential is nothing unless it's put into motion. Use it or lose it! TotalBlackTV.com

More on the BART slaying of Oscar Grant

 I'm always looking for online media that's oriented toward

the Black community and the need to create communication

necessary to keep us informed about the events that are currently,

as well as historically, affecting our lives as a people.

 The recent flurry of activity online has reminded me that 

the people of the "Bay Area" have a long history of speaking out

against institutional injustice. Now I have found a sister who is

poddcasting, blogging, interviewing, researching and don't I

believe I'm even coming close to fully expressing the energy I detect

from her direction. 

 Wanda Sabir is a powerhouse with her site wandaspicks.com

which describes itself as a   "Black arts event source"

this is definitely an understatement.  This site includes so much

information that I am not about to try to list the variety of material

that you will find there. Do check out her blog and those of you who

use itunes will be interested  in clicking here. 

 In a recent program on  blogtalkradio taped Thursday, January 8,

she features the poet Jahi, who responds to the police shooting 

and murder of Oscar Grant III January 1, 2009 at the 

Frutivale BART Station in Oakland. He is joined by Tiyesha Meroe 

who was at the rally 1/7 and at the BART Hearing 1/8 and shares 

her perspective on each.

 Enjoy Wanda's Picks I know I will.