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When Bonnye Brown (née Chamberlain) was a young girl, her older brothers and sisters chipped in to buy their mother a house in what Brown describes as a “Beaver Cleaver” neighborhood.

But as Brown grew into a young woman, the neighborhood grew into something else. “What I thought was the best neighborhood in the world became infested with drugs and drug dealers,” Brown said. “And we were angry.”

Brown decided to put her emotions into her paintings. Each serves up a moment, a positive image of African-American culture, motherhood, friendship or community that is both personal and universal. Read more about Bonnye Brown and see her work here:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html  

LTH $5 fundraiser Please Donate $5 to Let's Talk Honestly Hi this is George Cook of www.letstalkhonestly.com and while LTH is doing fine online there are many things we do in the real world that cost money and then there are also escalating web cost. I am asking you to donate $5 to LTH to continue what we do.

Your $5 would help LTH stay alive and continue to:

Feature stories on missing black women that are not covered elsewhere

Showcase new black authors with free interviews on LTH WEEKLY

Feature news stories of interest to African Americans

Continue to sponsor poetry contest at local schools

Do things such as voter registration drives and provide rides to the polls for all elections.

Help LTH to form a new scholarship that will award $250 yearly to a deserving student on their way to college to help cover book cost.

You can donate using the link below:

Donate

If you prefer to mail in $5 via a check you can send it to" Let's Talk Honestly

c/o George Cook

531 Purce St

Hillside NJ 07205

Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 Presidential Election has inspired many black men and boys to want to do better. Many now realize that the old tired refrain of "the man" holding them back is just a lame excuses given by quitters or people who wont even try.

Check out this great video of students at an all boys school in New York telling how Barack Obama has inspired them to not just do better but to excel:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html 

Black museums such as the United States Slavery Museum are struggling financially. They need our help. Oprah Winfrey and Bill Cosby can only do so much.

They are suffering because African Americans are not donating money to keep them going. Until today that included me. I did what I can and I am asking you to do the same.

One person doesn't need to donate a lot.

If we can give $1, $2, $5, or $10 to Barack Obama to make history I am sure that we can donate those same small amounts to preserve our history.

That may not sound like much but if just 1 million of us donate a dollar that's 1 million. It all adds up.

To learn more about museums such as the United States Slavery Museum that are struggling and how to donate to the USSM just click the link below:

Black Museums

George Cook www.letstalkhonestly.com

The Ebony Power 150 List

Every year Ebony Magazine releases a list of the top 150 most influential African Americans. This years list features people involved in politics, business, entertainment, education, and more. It includes people such as Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Barack Obama, Deval Patrick, Tavis Smiley, Cornel West, Tony Brown, Russell Simmons, Mellody Hopson, Robert Johnson and more. You can see the entire list by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html

In a surprise move Tavis Smiley will resign from doing his twice weekly commentary pieces on Tom Joyner's morning show effective in June. Tavis says is due to fatigue and a very hectic schedule

Tom Joyner indicated otherwise on his program and in his blog yesterday, writing: "The real reason is that he can't take the hate he's been getting regarding the Barack issue -- hate from the black people that he loves so much." .Read the entire article by clicking the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html