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April in Paris: this romantic city is home to a rich Black history
Much has changed in the more than 60 years since author Richard Wright and other African-American expatriates flocked to the legendary "City of...
Ebony, 04/01/08 by Lester Sloan · More from publication -
The news from Paris: there are only three TV anchors who are 'coloring' the French airwaves
When France's TF1, the largest privately owned television station in Europe, picked Harry Roselmack last summer as its first Black newscaster, all...
Ebony, 08/01/07 by Lester Sloan · More from publication -
Watching a community changed by immigration: with African Americans being displaced by Latinos, news coverage of South Central Los Angeles is inflaming tensions, not informing people.
The 11th annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival in South Los Angeles got off to a smooth start as residents and nonresidents alike found a spot of...
Nieman Reports, 09/22/06 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
Childhood experiences shape a reporter's journey: 'the great writers he'd discovered in the library at the orphanage became midwives to his talent.'.(Words & Reflections)(Son of the Rough South: An Uncivil Memoir)(Book Review)
Son of the Rough South: An Uncivil Memoir Karl Fleming PublicAffairs. 432 Pages. $26.95. In away, Karl Fleming has two birthdays: The first...
Nieman Reports, 12/22/05 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
A long journey home: a photojournalist on assignment uncovers dormant feelings about his past and the South.(End Note)(Column)
I was returning to a place that I had never really known, the South. It was both my end station and my beginning. A little over a year ago, when...
Nieman Reports, 09/22/05 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
Photographer Gordon Parks turns 90: 'Gordon is our lamplighter, and I love him for that.' (Nieman Notes).
In the early afternoon of November 30th of last year, 90 African-American photographers and editors gathered on the steps of a brownstone...
Nieman Reports, 06/22/03 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
Detroit turns 300
As the Motor City celebrates its tricentennial, efforts to jump-start its economy are in full swing. What does the future hold for this Black...
New Crisis, The, 09/01/01 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
Roy DeCarava Retrospective.(Brief Article)
Roy DeCarava doesn't occupy a pace, he blends with it. But to say that his approach to photography is stealth-like is to attribute to him a...
Nieman Reports, 12/22/99 by SLOAN, LESTER · More from publication -
Photo essay.
These photos are of men who attended the Million Man March on Washington in 1995. The event was defined by the media in terms of numbers, but to...
Nieman Reports, 06/22/98 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication -
Roy DeCarava retrospective.
Roy DeCarava doesn't occupy a pace, he blends with it. But today that his approach to photography is stealth-like is to attribute to him a...
Nieman Reports, 06/22/98 by Sloan, Lester · More from publication
