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Power Moves: Combining Hip Hop Chess and Martial Arts By Kwan Booth Staff Writer Ever since the 1993 album “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” brought kung fu samples and chess metaphors into hip hop’s vocabulary, the culture has harbored a deep...
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Nathaniel Mackey wins National Book Award By Kwan Booth (November 22, 2006-Oakland Post) Staff Writer In a turn of poetic justice, African American poet Nathaniel Mackey has been awarded the 2006 National Book Award for his latest poetry collection, “Splay...
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Katrina Survivors: “We Want our money” Artists and organizers raise funds for victims By Kwan Booth Staff Writer By all estimates the Bay Area houses as many as 2000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They are living in hotels, donated houses,...
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Si, Se Puede! By Kwan Booth (May 7, 2007-Oakland Post) On Monday, more than a million protesters across the country took to the streets chanting “Si, Se Puede!” (Yes we can!), banging on pots and waving flags from the United States, Mexico, and various South American...
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Hip Hop and Activism at Berkeley Discussion connects 1960’s and present By Kwan Booth The political and social activism movements sparked by the 1960’s counterculture is still alive, but today’s activists are checking more for Chuck D than Bob...
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Dancing with Language: The Poems of Quincy Troupe By Kwan Booth (April 15, 2007-Whatchusay.com) For the over 30 years, the poet, professor, biographer and memoirist Quincy Troupe has been fooling around with words. From 1972’s “Embry” to the...
