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Author Archives: Ladonna Redmond

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What message is Today’s Black Woman’s Expo sending?

by Ladonna Redmond March 1, 2006February 10, 2021

An odd thing happened to me recently while I was driving. I was listening to the radio when an ad that I have heard 100 times before struck me as odd. I couldn’t put my figure on it, but the ad really bothered me. Then it clicked. A local “black” radio station was advertising a March “birthday bash” for the singer Teena Marie.

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Ujamaa, the cooperative economics of hip-hop

by Ladonna Redmond December 28, 2005February 10, 2021
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Gratitude is an activity-don’t forget to breathe deeply

by Ladonna Redmond November 23, 2005February 10, 2021
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What it takes to turn American citizens into ‘refugees’

by Ladonna Redmond September 21, 2005February 10, 2021
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The death of loved ones changes those still living

by Ladonna Redmond August 24, 2005February 10, 2021
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Leola Spann never backed away from what was right

by Ladonna Redmond April 6, 2005February 10, 2021
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Locally grown food is better than merely ‘organic’

by Ladonna Redmond February 2, 2005February 10, 2021
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Parents need to take over the education of children

by Ladonna Redmond January 31, 2005February 10, 2021

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