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Libralind2
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Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 563
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 09:05 pm: | 
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There will be a 2-hour film on NOVA, the PBS Science series; it will
air February 6th 8:00pm for Black History Month. It is
called "Forgotten Genius," a documentary biography of Percy Julian, the
pioneering black chemist, entrepreneur, civil rights champion and
educator.
Mr. Julian best known in scientific circles for his work synthesizing
steroids from plants, and did much of his groundbreaking synthesis at a
paint factory!
The prelim website is at <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/julian/>
Please pass this info along to as many people as you can. NOVA has been
on the air for 30 years and they've never had a film about a black
scientist or about chemistry.
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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3361
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 09:11 pm: |
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This is a great start but I hope the PBS people know that there are a whole bunch of Black geniuses in present day and in the past. |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1629
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 10:29 am: |
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True, Mzuri. But to be honest, I think PBS does one of the best jobs of any channel in showcasing documentary films by African American film makers and about African American topics.
Thanks for posting this, LiLi! |
Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1751
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 01:02 pm: |
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"True, Mzuri. But to be honest, I think PBS does one of the best jobs of any channel in showcasing documentary films by African American film makers and about African American topics."
This is very true Yvettp. They are the only channel that has consistently over the years produced documentaries and programming depicting black history and individual biographies. Everything from a biography about Jack Johnson to the monumental "Eyes on The Prize" series (awesome!). They also have an interesting video library that you should take time to look at on their web site. No other channels have produced anything on the level of serious documentation of black life in America other than PBS. Most channels are too absorbed with black comedies or blacks as actors in written for TV series. But PBS is all about educational and informative programming about black history and related subjects. I love it!
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/
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Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7162
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 01:32 pm: |
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I know y'all get tired of me citing my connections to noteworthy people but Dr. Percy Julian lived in my home town for a time during the late 1940s before moving to neighboring Oak Park, Illinois, an upscale all-white suburb where he was met with racial resistance until prominent citizens there banded together and stood up for him. Julian served as an officer of our local NAACP as well as president of our grade school's PTA during the time I was a pupil there. |
Libralind2
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Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 574
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 01:50 pm: |
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KEWL BEANS !!!!
LiLi |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3365
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:55 pm: |
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I never get tired of your stories Cynique. Besides, we're all connected - there's only six degrees of separation between everybody.
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Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7171
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 03:57 pm: |
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True dat. |
Troy
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Username: Troy
Post Number: 516
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 04:45 pm: |
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Cynique neat story!
NTFS: I will mention http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/ in my next newsletter.
Yvettep: I agree completely (I think this is the third time today I wrote that). In fact I just posted a PBS special about Billy Strayhorn. Looks like I'll be in front of the boob tube tonight.
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1633
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 06:42 pm: |
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I know y'all get tired of me citing my connections to noteworthy people
Never, Cynique. In fact I wish you'd write it all down for us (and the rest of the world...) |
Libralind2
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Username: Libralind2
Post Number: 577
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 07:34 pm: |
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What Yvettep and all said
LiLi |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3376
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:16 pm: |
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I learned so much from watching this film.
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Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1768
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:51 pm: |
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"I learned so much from watching this film."
Good! So did I. It was a very interesting documentary.
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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1649
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 12:57 pm: |
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I finally watched this. It was WONDERFUL! Both from the standpoint of educating about the man and the times and for a nice primer on organic chemistry. (I hadn't thought that hard about carbon rings since 11th grade LOL!)
And Cynique--I must have seen your neighborhood when they showed him and his family before they moved to O.P.--cooooool! |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7268
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 02:44 pm: |
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Yep, Dr. Percy Julian lived a couple of blocks over from where I lived. Oak Park always likes to claim him but we always chime in and remind that when he first came to Chicago, he lived in our suburb first! |
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