Blackflix Movie News Presents: American Gangster

Studio:   Universal Pictures
Plot:   A detective tries to bring down the drug empire of a heroin kingpin smuggling drugs into the country in the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.
Cast:  Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee, Clarence Williams III.
Rating:   R
Bottom Line:     ***

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Book Reveiw 6-21

The Rainbow
By Pearl S. Buck
ISBN:  671-80319-0
Publisher:  Pocket Books
Available:  Bookstores everywhere and Pearl S. Buck House

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Teen Talk 6-21

Hi, my name is Taylor Noel Taylor and I am in the 5th grade at Cornell Elementary.    I am excited to be here today to tell you about my personal experience with Junior Achievement. 

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Wellness News 6-21

The immune system is the body’s natural protector of diseases through detecting and destroying viruses, bacterial infections and tumor cells. 

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HOW TO FAIL IN BUSINESS

You likely have heard about the 2001 report from the U.S. Census Bureau that states that African Americans are more likely to start a business, than their white counterparts.

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    Ask the Business Librarian 6-21

    Q:  Since the 2008 Presidential election is such a hot topic right now, I started thinking about how candidates get selected.  Does the library have any information that can help me understand this better?

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    TNCP interview with D.L. Hughley

    (This is a Two Part Interview- Part I was in the previous edition.)

    D.L. Hughley has a natural gift for comedy, yet trained himself to better at his profession. He recently performed at the Wharton Center in Lansing, MI and sat down for a heart-to-heart.  Family life was part of his workout.

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    The International Print Portfolio: Artists’ Expressions of Universal Human Rights

    Before the Nazi Holocaust, it was a generally-held belief that protecting human rights was the concern of individual governments. But the international alliance formed during World War II, combined with the final revelation of the horrors that had taken place at the hands of the Nazis, convinced many people of the necessity of making human rights a universal concern monitored under universal standards.

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