Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.
I was taught from a young age that many people would treat me as a second-class citizen because I was African-American and because I was female.
Times change. Cable news and the Internet alone have transformed the way outreach to the American people can be accomplished.
I'd like to state that Spike Lee is not saying that African American culture is just for black people alone to enjoy and cherish. Culture is for everybody.
It was an amazing adventure, it was my dream to be in an American musical... I really hope you are going to love what you are going to see.
I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family.
There are people still in the Republican Party that I believe practice the communication of anger, of disappointment, of regret, of pain, of sorrow, of suffering. That's not what the American people want to hear.
Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency and, worse, our economy will be paralyzed.
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.
Call no man happy, said Shadow, until he is dead
Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?
Dream Song: In the heavens A noise, Like the rustling of the trees.
Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive.
Taking away coffee from Americans is like taking away oil from the motors.
The Italians say ciao. The Chinese say Chow. And the Americans chow while they say stuff.
The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs.
It is, I guess, politically correct, widely believed, that to say that American health care is the best in the world. It's not.
To show the American woman herself off to best advantage - that has always been my aim and that is my real biography.
Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.
Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
