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Jack J o h n s o n 's life in ra cist
A m erica is profiled in a n ew
docum entary.
‘Unforgivable
Blackness’
The Rise and
fall of Jack
Johnson
Award winning filmm aker Ken
B urn's latesi PBS docum entary
about Jack Johnson, the first black
world-heavyweight champion, will
be previewed in Portland Sunday,
Nov. 21 at Whitsell Auditorium,
1219 S.W. Park, the south wing of
the Portland Art Museum.
"U nforgivable Blackness: the
Rise and Fall o f Jack Johnson,” tells
the story o f a man with peerless
boxing skills, a singular sense of
dignity and an unapologetic man
ner that incensed and provoked a
racist America.
In addition to beating his white
opponents. Jackson dated white
women, lived to party, read books
and generally failed to acknow l
edge the proscribed limits o f be
havior and place for non-whites in
society.
He held the title from 1908 to
1915, during which time the boxing
establishment searched to find a
Great W hite Hope who might un
seat a man who dared to live as an
American rather than as a Negro.
Burns brings his meticulous re
search and filmmaking skill by weav
ing fabulous archival film and pho
tographs with a haunting score by
Wynton Marsalis. It's a fascinat
ing, complex story of triumph and
tragedy on the long road to justice
in America.
Tickets for the Sunday showing
are $7 for general admission and $6
for members, students and seniors.
A p p leg a te s tu d e n ts Jeffrey M onk (from left). Laquita Shorall. J o s e p h Trink. Uriah Boyd. S a b e th K ennedy. Aaron Lim, Carlos Tamariz, Alexandra Panttaja-Taylor.
Ladeja N e lso n a n d A yjem an Rober-W arfield d ec o ra te d o o rs for "M onsters, Inc. on I c e ." now sh o w in g a t th e M em orial C oliseum .
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Decorating Doors for
Doors decorated by students
ot Applegate Elementary school
in north Portland and other stu-
dents in the city, will be illuminated the opening o f "M onsters. Inc."
into the human world. Disney On 19. Tickets are available at all
outside o f Memorial Coliseum on
Doors are an important part o f Ice’s "Monsters, Inc.” shows at TicketM aster locations and at the
W ednesday. Nov. 17, to celebrate the story, as they mark passage theColiseum through Sunday, Nov. Rose Q uarter Ticket Office.
Disney Buys
Teacher’s Story
Disney has decided to make a
movie based on the life a black
teacher who refused to leave work
in the inner city so that he could
make a difference for African-
American kids.
The m em oir“I Choose to Stay”
was written by Salome Thomas-
EL. an award winning principal,
chess coach and mentor.
His book, released earlier this
year in paperback, tells the story
of a humble yet dedicated educa
tor who revived the chess team of
an inner-city Philadelphia middle
school and led them to victory at
several national championships.
“Right from the beginning, I
worked on a single principle,"
said Thom as-EL. "These stu
dents would never know they
couldn't be successful. I would
inspire them to believe."
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Singer wins 4
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( AP) — U sher's year o f aston
ishing success with the chart-top
ping, best-selling album "Confes
sions" culminated with a clutch of
trophies at the 32nd annual Ameri
can Music Awards.
The suave 26-year-old singer
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ing four trophies, including fa
vorite m ale soul-R& B artist, best
pop-rock album , best pop-rock
artist and best soul-R& B album .
"Thank you for this moment.
Thank you for this year,” said Usher,
whose album sold more than I mil
lion copies in its debut week. “It's
been am azing."
Sunday's win underscores a host
Award nominations.
It also was a good
night for rap funksters
OutKast. who brought
home awards for favor
ite pop-rock band and
favorite rap-hip-hop al
bum for"Speakerboxxx-
T h e L o v e B e lo w ."
They also won best rap-
hip-hop group.
T h e c e re m o n ie s
came as the rap world
mourned O.D.B.. the
founding member o f the
W u-Tang Clan, who
collapsed and died Sat
urday at a New York
U sher a c c e p ts th e award for favorite soul,
recording studio, two
rhythm a n d b lu e s a lb u m a t th e Am erican
days before his 36th
M usic Awards. (AP photo)
birthday.
o f awards Usher has received this
B ack stag e afte r p erfo rm in g
year, positioning him to be a form i with Snoop Dogg. producer and
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called O .D .B .'s death a "sham e,”
and suggested the rap com m u
nity “ should stick to g e th era little
more and it w o n 't hurt as much
n ex ttim e.”
“He was a great guy. a nice guy,”
Williams said.
The ABC telecast from the
Shrine A uditorium in Los A nge
les was heavy on perform ances,
some of them censored, although
host Jimmy Kimmel and a few pre
senters got aw ay w ith racy m ate
rial.
Gwen Stefani, working without
the band No Doubt, opened the
show with "W hat You Waiting
For?" and Lenny Kravitz followed
with "Lady .”
Usher performed “My Boo" with
soul diva Alicia Keys, who won
favorite female artist in the soul-
R&B category, edging out Janet
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