Black Genius

African-American Solutions to African-American Problems

By: Spike Lee, Melvin Van Peebles

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Paperback | 1 February 2000 | Edition Number 1

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From Spike Lee's encouragement of independent, community fundraising to Joycelyn Elders's warning about the failings of our "sick-care" system to Stanley Crouch's disputation on "heroic" versus "anarchic" individuality, Black Genius is an exceptional, unique colloquy. Conceived by acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley and sponsored by the New York University Africana Studies Program and the Institute of African American Affairs, this book originated as a series of community conversations where "visionaries with solutions" shared powerful views on personal and communal struggles, triumphs, and aspirations. The list of contributors suggests the range of perspectives and talents brought to bear on such issues as economics, political power, work, authority, and culture. Black Genius is a point of departure for vigorous discussion of our current realities and goals for the future-and a portrait of "genius" that leads the way to enriching American life in the twenty-first century.

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Introduction	p. 7
Dealing to do Doable Films: Life as a Very Independent Independent Filmmaker	p. 15
Giving Back	p. 33
"As Serious as First Love": Building Black Independent Institutions	p. 51
Get on-Line!	p. 87
Blood Money or Money and Bloods	p. 107
Simple Living: An Antidote to Hedonistic Materialism	p. 125
Wall Street, Main Street, and the Side Street	p. 145
Educating on Behalf of Black Public Health	p. 173
Prison Abolition	p. 193
Holding the Media Accountable	p. 215
Straighten up and Fly Right: An Improvisation on the Podium	p. 245
Public Lives, Private Selves: Toward an Open Conversation	p. 269
Perfecting our Democracy for the Benefit of the Black World	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 313
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