by John Hope Bryant | Dec 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
"Personally, I think we all should go back to school and enroll in classes “Caring 1A,” and “Love, Advanced Level 1B.” We, as individuals can change our own destiny, simply by taking responsibility for our own decisions, by fighting our petty resistances against...
by John Hope Bryant | Dec 29, 2006 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms, Bryant Traveling Man, Global Dignity
Los Angeles, CA—Friday, December 29, 2006—Operation HOPE (HOPE) helped individuals claim nearly $12 million in Earned Income Tax Credits and income tax refunds, granted $500,000 to hurricane victims and reached an unprecedented $39,667,509 in approvals for small...
by John Hope Bryant | Dec 29, 2006 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms
"When Daddy King (Martin’s father) was stopped by a traffic policeman who addressed him as ‘boy,’ he pointed to Martin on the seat beside him and snapped, ‘that’s a boy. I’m a man." From the book Martin Luther King, Jr., A...
by John Hope Bryant | Dec 29, 2006 | Bryant Quotes & Bryantisms, Global Dignity
The following is a great summary of a new book on America’s first black female millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker, written by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles. Enjoy. I did. For at least a decade I danced around the inevitable, knowing all the...
by John Hope Bryant | Dec 29, 2006 | Uncategorized
By DAVE MCNARY of the Daily Variety The 15th annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival has tapped Andrew Young to receive its lifetime achievement award on Feb. 9. Other honorees include documaker St. Clair Bourne (Pioneer Award), actor Blair Underwood (Canada Lee...