NEW IN THIS ISSUE OF EV MAGAZINE
In honor of Black History Month, EVMagazine will recognize those who have made en-roads in the historical challenges for African Americans today. These are the stories of the heroic efforts you don't hear about throughout history that have largely contributed through their dangerous participations in creating a difference. Watch the spine tingling story of Adolph Hart in his true life accounts of a NYC undercover Detective in "Memoirs of a Spy." Coming in February.

"MEMOIRS OF A SPY"

1963; America was going through a transition. With the recent assassination of President Kennedy and new leaders like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, black america was gaining ground in our society. It was at this time the NYPD sought to infiltrate such troublesome groups as the Nation of Islam and the Black Communist Party. A secret weapon was needed to deal with the problem, someone they could send into Harlem to gather information and not arouse suspicion. This is the story of Adolph Hart; "Memoirs of a Spy."
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GLORY DAYS: 365 Inspired Moments in African-American History
by: Janus Adams

I chose this book because the author; Janus Adams; gives an account of events that happened in African-American history on every day of the year with topics on music, art, business, philosophy, education, architecture, literature and more. This book is entertaining and inspiring. I recommend it for yourself and your children.
I would like to take from the book one event which took place:
Monday, February 1, 1960 in North Carolina

On February 1, 1960, four students took their seats at a lunch counter and their places in history. To some, their youth meant that they had time, that their whole lives were ahead of them. To them, their youth meant that if they did not get segregation out of the way, it would waste the rest of their lives.
As NAACP Youth Chapter members, Ezell Blair, Jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond were actively committed to ending segregation. Sitting around on a Sunday night, they came to the conclusion that the best time to act was now. Their strategy would be a sit-in. At Woolworth's the next day, the North Carolina A&T freshman made a few small purchases around the store before sitting down at the lunch counter. When the waitress refused to serve them, they put forth their challenge; "Why would the store invite us in to serve us at one counter and not another?" A policeman nearby stood stunned and confused, not knowing what to do. He had a gun. He had a stick. But they had been respectful, peaceful, and logical-and that was something to which he had not been trained to respond. They occupied the seats until the store closed, and left.
Said McCain of the event years later, "If it's possible to know what it means to have your soul cleansed, I felt pretty clean that time. I probably felt better on that day than I've ever felt in my life. A lot of feelings of guilt left me...I felt as though the manhood of a number of other Black persons had been restored and had gotten some respect from just that one day."
In truth, the Greensboro sit-in was not the first. But by braving the odds, risking their safety, and acting on their own, these young men inspired similar protests by college students across the South, and they contributed to the student activism of the 1960s and 1970s that culminated in the Black Studies, women's, and antiwar movements.
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Brownie Points: What is stronger the bond of Motherhood or the divisiveness of race? A World Premier by Janece Shaffer/ Directed by; Jasmine Guy

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THE HOTEL Coming soon; a Factional Diary

You just moved into town and you're desperate for a job. Your funds are running low and you only have money to cover one months rent. With the economy on a downturn you're willing to take any job that comes through. You finally land one at the local hotel. Soon aging Clarrisa finds herself on a wild rollercoaster ride of dissatisfied guess, prostitution, police raids and crack addicts. Read the chilling diary of one woman's fall from corporate america to a a crime ridden Hotel.
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