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African-American Digital Consumers and The African-American Blogger

 Since I'm always scanning the web I am always finding things of interest. Here's an article that most Black bloggers, indeed all African Americans should find very interesting. I hope it will generate some discussion.  I found it at "Think With Google" Forward thinking and rooted in data, Think Insights offers you a one-stop shop for consumer trends, marketing insights and industry research  (google's description of the site.)
Google give African Americans high marks as qualified online consumers. According to Think we are at the leading edge of online consumption. They present data to back up their claim. We should pay heed to this information and use it to our advantage in marketing, product development and creating employment among African Americans. Share this info and generate some dialog so we can get the economic ball rolling inside the African American community.

5 Truths of African-American Digital Consumers                                                                        

Montreal - Belafonte appeared at "Sing Your Song" screening

Sing Your Song
A film by Susanne Rostock


was screened on Thursday September 20, 7pm at Concordia University as a special feature of the Montreal International Black Film Festival 


This biopic was followed by a Q&A with HARRY BELAFONTE

March on Washington, DC for Civil Rights, 1963: James Baldwin

with Julie and Harry Belafonte on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

From the Jack T. FranklinPhotography Collection of the African American Museum in

Philadelphia.

HE’D had no singing lessons and he couldn’t read a note. But Harry Belafonte was what they call a natural, plucked from obscurity to stardom thanks to a lucky break at a New York jazz club.

At the time he was a struggling actor and his phenomenal success as a singer soon fed into Hollywood and Broadway. Blessed with charm and good looks, by the 1960s he was a top American entertainer, living the highlife in Las Vegas and rubbing shoulders with the Rat Pack.

Like all good stories this one has a twist. Belafonte was also a man on a mission, using his fame and fortune to support the forward march of civil rights

HARRY BELAFONTE: Star who was on a mission to use fame to push civil rights movement

Independence Day St. Kitts and Nevis September 19 (1983)

Carib Indians occupied the islands for hundreds of years before the British began settlement in 1623. The islands became an associated state of the UK with full internal autonomy in 1967. The island of Anguilla rebelled and was allowed to secede in 1971. Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved independence in 1983.

Saint. Kitts and Nevis Flag

divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad black band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the black band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red; green signifies the island's fertility, red symbolizes the struggles of the people from slavery, yellow denotes year-round sunshine, and black represents the African heritage of the people; the white stars stand for the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, but can also express hope and liberty, or independence and optimism

(Image and info from CIA World Factbook)

September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix dies in London, England at the age of 27

Jimi Hendrix considered one most influential guitarists in rock music history dies in London, England at the age of 27  September 18, 1970.
1 year before his death he performed one of the most memorable renditions of The Star Spangled Banner

B.B. King and Buddy Guy on Meeting Jimi Hendrix

The Star Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock 1969)