From Rage to Reason: My Life in Two Americas
By Janet Langhart Cohen
An electrifying tell-all account of a life torn between an Apartheid America and one of promise.
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A riveting one-act play written and produced by Janet Langhart Cohen and narrated by Morgan Freeman.
The play is an imaginary conversation between Nazi victim child Anne Frank and Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman.
Attend FREE Performance! January 24, 2010
Contact: Madge Novel 202-895-6314
Chaplain Brian M. Swain comforts Mrs. Maymal Dryden, wife of Tuskegee Airman, Lt. Col. Charles Dryden.
Dryden earned his wings in 1942 and was one of the pioneering black pilots of World War II.
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3rd Annual RARIA Conference
February 19, 2010
Moderated by: Joe Madison
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The production is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session with the playwright will follow. The Temple is located at 3935 Macomb Street, NW, Washington, D.C. For reservations, please contact Madge Novel at the Temple: 202-895-6314.
Join Janet Langhart Cohen on the Daily Drum hosted by Harold Fisher, Friday, Jan. 22 at 7:10 p.m., as she talks about her new play Anne & Emmett. Fisher will have an intimate one on one twenty-minute conversation with Cohen, highlighting upcoming events and projects scheduled across the United States.
By Christie Williams
Langhart Commuications joined millions of Americans in mobile giving to the American Red Cross to assist emergency relief efforts in the aftermath of Haiti’s devastating earthquake that killed thousands Tuesday.
“It was a sad day for the people of Haiti,” said Janet Langhart Cohen. “My heart truly goes out to the victims. We must help Haiti.”
Cohen encourages those who can give, to support the American Red Cross and text “Haiti” to the number 90999 to donate $10. The donation will be added to your cell phone bill.
The efforts have raised over $2 million dollars. For more information visit www.redcross.org .
Participants will be from the legislative and law enforcement fields, criminal defense, prosecutors, judges, penal experts, academicians, authors, and everyday citizens who’ve experienced the American Justice System.
“This is a quintessential American story of an extraordinary woman who confronted adversity and triumphed by her strength of will and character.” “As do all African American professional women, Janet has had to be successful in two worlds. She and her wonderful husband, Bill Cohen, are a true example of what the American dream can be once race and prejudices are put behind us.”
– Senator John McCain
– Debra L. Lee, President and COO, Black Entertainment Television
“This is a must read.”
– Quincy Jones, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning composer and producer, best-selling author, and CEO, Quincy Jones Media Group
(CNN) -- Miep Gies, who ensured the diary of Anne Frank did not fall into the hands of Nazis after the teen's arrest, has died. She was 100.
Gies was among a team of Dutch citizens who hid the Frank family of four and four others in a secret annex in Amsterdam, Netherlands, during World War II, according to her official Web site, which announced her death Monday. She worked as a secretary for Anne Frank's father, Otto, in the front side of the same Prinsengracht building.
The family stayed in the secret room from July 1942 until August 4, 1944, when they were arrested by Gestapo and Dutch police after being betrayed by an informant. Two of Gies' team were arrested that day, but she and her friend, Bep Voskuijl, were left behind -- and found 14-year-old Anne's papers.
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent –WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to slam the book shut Monday on a controversy stemming from remarks about President Barack Obama's race and dialect, and a string of forgiving statements from prominent blacks made clear his leadership post is not in immediate jeopardy.
"I've apologized to the president," he said, and to everyone "within the sound of my voice that I could have used a better choice of words." He spoke in Apex, Nev., his first public comments since the issue flared over the weekend.
"I'll continue to do my work for the African-American community ... I'm not going to dwell on this any more," he added.
By Michael Winter
The ousted former Democratic governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has backpedaled for saying in Esquire magazine that he is "blacker" than President Obama.
"It was a very stupid thing to say," Blagojevich told Chicago station CBS 2 this morning. "Obviously, I'm not blacker than President Obama."
Here's a taste of what Blagojevich, who was impeached and removed from office last year, said in his Esquire interview:
