. >>> how might i invoke james baldwin's act of piety. my task is to raise debate.about blackness, that's about being committed to people who are caught. >>> welcome back to "our world with black enterprise." we're here with an expert panel and we're discussing the issue of what does it mean to be black in the 21st century. before we broke, teree had made a point about blackness being something that's far more difficult to get our arms around now. and that he argued that to some extent, the only thing we have in common is the common experience of racism is that what binds us. what do you say? >> i want to make two points. one is that we to be very careful with certain kinds of utterances in ordinary speech, right? oftentimes when we say that's not black. when they say black people don't skydive, that's more about white people than black people. >> what do you mean? >> teree, what i mean is that black people going to the movies. when they see a white person going to the house, and all of a sudden -- black people don't go into the house. >> that's not narrow view of b

they were listening to james baldwin.about the murder of four little girls in alabama. he had the fire in his voice. they all said they were going to read james baldwin. now when i pick up a book, i can hear what he sounds like on the pages. books are important. our history is important. as i said, we have to tell our story. you have an opportunity to tell your story. buy the book, support this project. i will sign them. i'm happy to do that. please go to "redefining black power".com. the information is on the back. if you didn't get a chance to make a comment, you can record a video message, it you can send a blog post. i want to thank my mother, the professor -- check out his blog -- new black man at blogspot.com.

examples of what things like this ought to be but they were also creative writers, people like james baldwin and richard wright and studs terkel work for the project. we know of the art project that exist on public buildings around the country in the schools and hospitals and other public buildings and this not only connects us with the arch of the early 20th century, but the extent to which the wpa was willing to - people who couldn't build roads and bridges and the like and the artists included jackson pollock and william triet music projects range from a symphony orchestras to dance and entertained hundreds of thousands of people. the fever project is perhaps best known in new york and it employed people well. the project put on circus's. a one performer was a young acrobat whose name was burt lancaster. sidney was a child actor working for the speaker of the the project and so was joseph coffin, an actor. but the best known of the fielder projects was done by orson welles and john houseman he treated the negro theater as one of the future arms here in new york from and wells and housing

james cameron film, "avatar." >>> after speculation of an early departure from "30 rock," actor alec baldwin confirmed to an audience at the national press club that he has signed on for the show's seventh season. baldwin is scheduled to be on capitol hill today lobbying congress to increase arts funding. >>> and finally, it's what we've all been waiting for, right? it's always the ring. we want to see what it looks like. here's a closer look at angelina jolie's engagement rock. don't even know if we can call it a ring. brad pitt reportedly helped her design or helped design the sparkler. an expert tells "people" magazine the ring could weigh in at more than 10 carats with a price tag of a million bucks. nice. >>> and this comes to us from knbc, nbc 4 news in los angeles, where a dog has been reunited with her owners after a very touching video went viral. this is heartbreaking. the black lab named maggie stood in traffic guarding over another dog who had just been killed by a hit-and-run driver. the person who shot the video set up traffic cones to prevent another tragedy as the dog just waited there. well, maggie'

james cameron film, "avatar." >> that little movie? >> after speculation of an early departure from "30 rock." actor alec baldwinhe is in fact signed on to do the show's seventh season. baldwin is scheduled to be on capitol hill today, to lobby congress to increase arts funding. >>> and finally, it's what you've all been waiting for, take a good luck. a closer look at angelina jolie's engagement ring. brad pitt reportedly helped design the ring. an expert tells "people" magazine it could weigh in at more than ten carats with a price tag of more than $1 million. >> isn't the wedding band supposed to go around that? >> maybe she'll wear it on the other hand. these are difficult problems to have, i'm sure. >> do they have enough money to afford another ring? >> it would be hard to imagine, if they wouldn't. >> i'll help them out if they need some. >> i'm sure brad will appreciate you pulling the ring out of the cracker jack box. >>> stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> mitt romney tells president obama, it's time to start packing. as new polls show a head-to-head matchup between them

james singleton for the dunk. the wizards go on to win it, 87-84. their first win in chicago since april of 2008. so we have a couple winners tonight. but the most important >>> actor alec baldwind.c. to encourage funding for the arts. at the national press club, he said, arts and architecture are important to sustaining pride in the country. he said if you adjust for inflation, the government is spending $100 million less on the arts than 20 years ago. >>> students at maclean high school got a lesson. associate director from shakespeare theater company shared his expertise. he told students, celebrity casting that you see on "the smash" program is pretty close to the real thing. he said success on stage doesn't always translate to big

they would listen to james baldwin, who is talking about the murder of the four girls in that churchid they heard the fire and is void and they said i will go read some james baldwin because i would pick up the book i can hear what he sounds like on the pages, not boring anymore. so books are important. our history is important. the brothers there is said we have to tell our story. you have an opportunity to tell your story, so buy the book, support this project, support the team here at hue-man books. i know they are for sale up front. you guys know i will sign. i'm happy to do. you have postcards on your chip if information is on the back but if you didn't get a chance to make it, tonight, my dear husband, love him is at the back. you can record a video message was and if you consider blog post via the website, redefined black bar.com. but again i want to thank professor marc anthony neal, check out his blog, new black men.com and check out byron's fantastic work. check out -- soul food junkies which has just been approved. but most of all, sorry for, most of all i really want to t