Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Although Black unity remains elusive, Morobe said the conference "far surpassed our expectations...
...reproductive privacy. An activist for tribal rights writes a history of her beleaguered Minnesota reservation. Two Radcliffe graduates detail their experiences as students and teachers in Beijing during the rise and fall of the pro-democracy movement. A Jewish woman writes about a movement to feminist Talmudic scholars; a Black woman writes of her experiences confronting apartheid while traveling in South Africa...
Toward the end of the issue are six letters to the editor. One points out the omission of coverage of black student activists in an article on the student strike of 1969; it addresses fellow alumnae and alumni in calling for the increased role of Blacks in Harvard and Radcliffe histories...
...packed vegetable market, hurried transactions are interrupted by rumors of arrests and raids. By 11 a.m., the shops are shuttered and the shabab take over, attacking and evading soldiers. Five toughs from a Palestinian gang called the Black Panthers swagger down the street only two blocks from an Israeli foot patrol. "We're running our own state here," says a young "enforcer" as he demands identification from strangers. Two days earlier, the Panthers dragged Naima Ja'ara, 35, from her house and shot her in the head for allegedly collaborating with the Israelis...
What is wonderful about the film is that the filmmakers are no more willing to compromise their black comic vision of marriage than the Roses are willing to compromise their differences. Both ends are pursued to a conclusion that is bitter, surprising and utterly logical. But it is the style with which this wild farce is developed that sustains our horrified interest and keeps us laughing as the darkness gathers around Barbara and Oliver...