



Have some of the stereotypical representations –of Africans and people of African descent– generated negative perceptions and even created hostility among Diaspora Africans? After all, as Malcolm X once said “You can’t hate the roots of a tree without hating the tree.”
Conversations: Embracing Our African Roots…Special To The Black Star News


Harlem Talk Radio continued its series on Education Awareness with an insightful discussion with Guy Lamolinara, Director of Communications for The Center for the Book. Robin Adelson, Executive Director of the Children’s Book Council, joined the discussion in the second half of the show. The Children’s Book Council is The National Non Profit Association for Children’s Trade Book Publishers.




A great many number of people will readily admit that one of their greatest frustrations in life is either not being able to complete their collegiate education, or pursue a post-graduate study or the equivalent thereof. This is most true with professionals who simply cannot spare any of their remaining time to further or higher learning.

In order to feel motivated for their work, pupils must have the opportunity of seeing it produce concrete results. They must have immediate and clearly defined interim objectives to work for. For this reason, lessons must not lapse into a succession of exercises or collections of material; instead there must be clear objectives which teacher and pupils have tried to agree on for a series of lessons.
