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Patrick Parr

@pdparrwriter

Author: The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age.
Next up: Malcolm Before X (November 2024).

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Compared to the Bird/Sherwin's masterpiece, American Prometheus, this is, to quote Kansas, "just a drop of water in an endless sea." Still, ICYMI, a couple of years ago I went through the National Diet Library archives here in Tokyo to put this together japantoday.com/category/featu…

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ご冥福をお祈りします🙏 被爆者の井黒キヨミさん死去(97)世界各国を周り被爆証言 www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/nagasaki…

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I wrote about how Sega was launched in Japan. David Rosen was a big part of it, but there were other moving parts... japantoday.com/category/featu…

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Joel Embiid isn't the first NBA player to suffer from Bell's Palsy. Back in 1972, Pete Maravich battled the condition for weeks while playing for the Atlanta Hawks. “...I have to wear a patch or tape the eye shut to sleep," he said. "Drives me crazy.” nytimes.com/1972/11/17/arc…

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For the NBA All-Star game, have each player choose their own charity, monetize each stat, then have each player stat-hunt...blocks a certain amount, points, steals, assists, etc. "Tatum, representing Red Cross, had 34-10-6...the NBA will send the Red Cross a check for..."

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A pleasure to read Patrick Parr’s new book, Malcolm Before X, and then to chat to him about it… ‘He transformed his mind’: how did Malcolm Little become Malcolm X? theguardian.com/books/2024/dec…

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Malcolm X's transformation from street hustler to political leader began in a prison library. Patrick Parr’s “Malcolm Before X” gives us the most detailed look yet at how those years behind bars changed everything. jacobin.com/2024/12/malcol…

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LAL Starting 5: Bron, Luka, Reaves, Jax, DFS. Put LBJ and Luka on the elbows, have Reaves bring up the ball. Put DFS in the corner ala PJ in Houston. Have Jax down on the block. Conference Finals...lose to OKC.

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Behind prison walls, Malcolm X developed his mind and his faith, honing his love for language. It was a formative time, best understood by considering what he read and appreciating what he wrote. Patrick Parr surveys both for New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/essays/a-new-d…

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My review of Patrick Parr’s #biography of #MalcolmX, Malcolm Before X, is now available to read on VoegelinView, the online arts & humanities journal of the Eric Voegelin Society. voegelinview.com/patrick-parrs-…

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Mark your calendars! Conversations in Black Freedom Studies online SchomburgCenter begins its new season Thurs Sept 4 at 6:30 EST with "Malcolm X at 100." Patrick Parr, Anna Malaika Tubbs, Erik McDuffie & Najha Zigbi-Johnson will be in conversation. You don't want to miss this!

Mark your calendars!  Conversations in Black Freedom Studies online <a href="/SchomburgCenter/">SchomburgCenter</a> begins its new season Thurs Sept 4 at 6:30 EST with "Malcolm X at 100." Patrick Parr, Anna Malaika Tubbs, Erik McDuffie &amp; Najha Zigbi-Johnson will be in conversation. You don't want to miss this!