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Articles in April-May 1994 issue of American Visions
- Discovering orchestral composers - Anthony Kelley, whose career was enhanced by winning a Detroit Symphony Orchestra competition
- African-American artists' passionate visions: generations rediscovering - tribute to African American folk art - excerpt from essay 'Artists, Folk and Trained: An African-American Perspective' in exhibit catalog 'Passionate Visions of the American South:
by Lowery Stokes Sims
- Billy. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- Selected Poems. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- The cost of digging up your roots - African American genealogy
by Herman Mason, Jr.
- An outpouring of respect - April 1994 tribute to Kenyan expatriate Ngugi wa Thiong'o to be held at Pennsylvania State University
- Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White. - book reviews
by David Nicholson
- Black Resistance/White Law: A History of Constitutional Racism in America. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- The Price You Pay. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- Marcus Roberts: tradition with vision - newly appointed musical director of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, New York, New York
by Douglas Turner
- Shopping around: antique villages, outdoor markets and retail stores - Maryland's African American Culture: A Guide to Maryland's African American Attractions and Events - Directory
by Henry Chase
- An interactive Niagara movement - American Visions and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation sponsor African-American Computer Culture Symposium, January, 1994, to address how the projected information superhighway will contribute to addressing social iss
by Timothy L. Jenkins
- Y.E.S. to Jobs - Youth Entertainment Summer to Jobs program, based in Los Angeles, California, sponsors summer internships for minority youths
- Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America. - book reviews
by David Nicholson
- Don't Look Back: Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying - the Underground Tradition of African-American Humor That Transformed American Culture, from Slavery to Richard Pryor. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- Black operators in heritage touring - African Americans who conduct historical tours of black heritage in various communities - includes sample list of tour operators in Alabama, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South
by R.S. Kolemaine
- Hard-Headed Women - actress Rhodessa Jones' play 'Big-Butt Girls, Hard-Headed Women' about women prison inmates
- Final outcome? Fifty years after the Port Chicago mutiny - includes related article on Navy's investigation into the September 1944 court martial case
by Robert L. Allen
- William Johnson's Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro. - book reviews
by David Nicholson
- Going Through the Storm: The Influence of African American Art in History. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- Changing the culinary landscape - career opportunities for African American gourmet chefs
by Milford Prewitt
- Maryland's black bounty - state's rich African American heritage - Maryland's African American Culture: A Guide to Maryland's African American Attractions and Events
by Henry Chase
- Three women speak their minds - exhibit of three African American women artists, Carole Byard, Dori Lemeh and Evelyn Patricia Terry at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin - includes schedule information for the artists' other exhibit
- Going downhill fast: The National Brotherhood of Skiers - predominantly African American group that sponsors skiers
by Anthony C. Murphy
- The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt. - book reviews
by David Nicholson
- Juba to Jive: The Dictionary of African-American Slang. - book reviews
by Gary A. Puckrein
- Jennifer Lewis' quest for meaning - TV and film actress performs in her one-woman play 'The Diva Is Dismissed'
by Marlena Donohue
- Roots and reunions: family reunions Maryland Style - suggestions for African American family celebrations of kinship and lineage - Maryland's African American Culture: A Guide to Maryland's African American Attractions and Events
by Luwanda Jenkins