#Lewis F. Powell Jr.

[famousdeaths]

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.

Link: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 30, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

MAY 01, 2024

This morning, Time magazine published a cover story by Eric Cortellessa about what Trump is planning for a second term. Based on two interviews with Trump and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisors, the story lays out Trump’s conviction that he was “too nice” in his first term and that he would not make such a mistake again. 

Cortellessa writes that Trump intends to establish “an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.” 

He plans to use the military to round up, put in camps, and deport more than 11 million people. He is willing to permit Republican-dominated states to monitor pregnancies and prosecute people who violate abortion bans. He will shape the laws by refusing to release funds appropriated by Congress (as he did in 2019 to try to get Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to smear Hunter Biden). He would like to bring the Department of Justice under his own control, pardoning those convicted of attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, and ending the U.S. system of an independent judiciary. In a second Trump presidency, the U.S. might not come to the aid of a European or Asian ally that Trump thinks isn’t paying enough for its own defense. Trump would, Cortelessa wrote, “gut the U.S. civil service, deploy the National Guard to American cities as he sees fit, close the White House pandemic-preparedness office, and staff his Administration with acolytes who back his false assertion that the 2020 election was stolen.”

To that list, former political director of the AFL-CIO Michael Podhorzer added on social media that if Trump wins, “he could replace [Supreme Court justices Clarence] Thomas, [Samuel] Alito, and 40+ federal judges over 75 with young zealots.” 

“I ask him, Don’t you see why many Americans see such talk of dictatorship as contrary to our most cherished principles?” Cortellessa wrote. No, Trump said. “‘I think a lot of people like it.” 

Time included the full transcripts and a piece fact-checking Trump’s assertions. The transcripts reflect the former president’s scattershot language that makes little logical sense but conveys impressions by repeating key phrases and advancing a narrative of grievance. The fact-checking reveals that narrative is based largely on fantasy. 

Trump’s own words prove the truth of what careful observers have been saying about his plans based on their examination of MAGA Republicans’ speeches, interviews, Project 2025, and so on, often to find themselves accused of a liberal bias that makes them exaggerate the dangers of a second Trump presidency. 

The idea that truthful reporting based on verifiable evidence is a plot by “liberal media” to undermine conservative values had its start in 1951, when William F. Buckley Jr., fresh out of Yale, published God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of “Academic Freedom.” Fervently opposed to the bipartisan liberal consensus that the federal government should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, protect civil rights, and promote infrastructure, Buckley was incensed that voters continued to support such a system. He rejected the “superstition” that fact-based public debate would enable people to choose the best option from a wide range of ideas—a tradition based in the Enlightenment—because such debate had encouraged voters to choose the liberal consensus, which he considered socialism. Instead, he called for universities to exclude “bad” ideas like the Keynesian economics on which the liberal consensus was based, and instead promote Christianity and free enterprise.

Buckley soon began to publish his own magazine, the National Review, in which he promised to tell the “violated businessman’s side of the story,” but it was a confidential memorandum written in 1971 by lawyer Lewis M. Powell Jr. for a friend who chaired the education committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that insisted the media had a liberal bias that must be balanced with a business perspective. 

Warning that “the American economic system is under broad attack,” Powell worried not about “the Communists, New Leftists and other revolutionaries who would destroy the entire system.” They were, he wrote, a small minority. What he worried about were those coming from “perfectly respectable elements of society: from the college campus, the pulpit, the media, the intellectual and literary journals, the arts and sciences, and from politicians.” 

Businessmen must “confront this problem as a primary responsibility of corporate management,” he wrote, launching a unified effort to defend American enterprise. Among the many plans Powell suggested for defending corporate America was keeping the media “under constant surveillance” to complain about “criticism of the enterprise system” and demand equal time. 

President Richard Nixon appointed Powell to the Supreme Court, and when Nixon was forced to resign for his participation in the scheme to cover up the attempt to bug the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel before the 1972 election, he claimed he had to leave not because he had committed a crime, but because the “liberal” media had made it impossible for him to do his job. Six years later, Ronald Reagan, who was an early supporter of Buckley’s National Review, claimed the “liberal media” was biased against him when reporters accurately called out his exaggerations and misinformation during his 1980 campaign. 

In 1987, Reagan’s appointees to the Federal Communications Commission abandoned the Fairness Doctrine that required media with a public license to present information honestly and fairly. Within a year, talk radio had gone national, with hosts like Rush Limbaugh electrifying listeners with his attacks on “liberals” and his warning that they were forcing “socialism” on the United States. 

By 1996, when Australian-born media mogul Rupert Murdoch started the Fox News Channel (FNC), followers had come to believe that the news that came from a mainstream reporter was likely left-wing propaganda. FNC promised to restore fairness and balance to American political news. At the same time, the complaints of increasingly radicalized Republicans about the “liberal media” pushed mainstream media to wander from fact-based reality to give more and more time to the right-wing narrative. By 2018, “bothsidesing” had entered our vocabulary to mean “the media or public figures giving credence to the other side of a cause, action, or idea to seem fair or only for the sake of argument when the credibility of that side may be unmerited.”

In 2023, FNC had to pay almost $800 million to settle defamation claims made by Dominion Voting Systems after FNC hosts pushed the lie that Dominion machines had changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and it has since tried to retreat from the more egregious parts of its false narrative. 

News broke yesterday that Hunter Biden’s lawyer had threatened to sue FNC for “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light, the unlicensed commercial exploitation of his image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him.” Today, FNC quietly took down from its streaming service its six-part “mock trial” of Hunter Biden, as well as a video promoting the series. 

Also today, Judge Juan Merchan, who is presiding over Trump’s criminal trial for election fraud, found Trump in contempt of court for attacking witnesses and jurors. Merchan also fined Trump $1,000 per offense, required him to take down the nine social media posts at the heart of the decision, and warned him that future violations could bring jail time. This afternoon, Trump’s team deleted the social media posts. 

For the first time in history, a former U.S. president has been found in contempt of court. We know who he is, and today, Trump himself validated the truth of what observers who deal in facts have been saying about what a second Trump term would mean for the United States.

Reacting to the Time magazine piece, James Singer, the spokesperson for the Biden-Harris campaign, released a statement saying: “Not since the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault at home as they are today—because of Donald Trump. Trump is willing to throw away the very idea of America to put himself in power…. Trump is a danger to the Constitution and a threat to democracy.” 

Tomorrow, May 1, is “Law Day,” established in 1958 by Republican president Dwight D. Eisenhower as a national recognition of the importance of the rule of law. In proclaiming the holiday today, Biden said: “America can and should be a Nation that defends democracy, protects our rights and freedoms, and pioneers a future of possibilities for all Americans. History and common sense show us that this can only come to pass in a democracy, and we must be its keepers.” 

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[theculturedmarxist]

"Attack on American Free Enterprise System"

That about adding Regan's inauguration got me to thinking. I wonder of there's a correlation between the recipients of The Powell Memo and financial contributors to Ronald Reagan's election campaign.

On August 23, 1971, less than two months before he was nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. mailed a confidential memorandum to his friend Eugene B. Sydnor, Jr., Chair of the Education Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The memo was titled Attack On American Free Enterprise System and outlined ways in which business should defend and counter attack against a "broad attack" from "disquieting voices."

Initially the memo was viewed, and praised, by only a select few within the Chamber. That all changed on September 28 & 29, 1972, when the leaked document was the topic of negative treatment in syndicated newspaper columnist Jack Anderson's Washington Merry Go Round. With quotations from the document now public, the Chamber published it in full in Washington Report, the Chamber's newsletter. An off-print of the memo was made available to anyone requesting it from the Chamber.

Interest in the memorandum was revived in the early 1990s. The Alliance for Justice's 1993 report, Justice for Sale, mentions it prominently. The case for the memo being a seminal document in the neoconservative movement in the U.S. was made in 2000 with the publication of John B. Judis’s The Paradox of American Democracy. The Internet became a medium for access to the memo and for posting articles about it. Mediatransparency.org was one of the first World Wide Web sites to feature the memo, as was the official site of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Today the memo is both credited as having "changed America" and scorned as being "far out of touch with the concerns and structures of the current right."

Whatever it's influence, it has been and remains today the single most requested document in the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Papers. On the fortieth anniversary of its creation, the Powell Archives has here assembled links to the memo and related documents from the Powell Papers. Lyman Johnson, Robert O. Bentley professor of law at Washington and Lee university School of Law, also wrote this piece in commemoration of this anniversary.

[junipuzzle]

Sunday, February 4, 2024

"Punch Lines" by Daniel Grinberg

Time: 18:00

Cluing: ★★★★ Theme: ★★★★ Fill: ★★★★

Lookups:

69A: 1970s-'80s Supreme Court justice _____ F. Powell Jr. (5)

80A: South American grassland (5)

34D: Director Lupino (3)

58A: HBO comedy about a sports agent (6)

Favorite Clues:

1A: Pink, purple, and blue Pride display, familiarly (6)

108A: It's signed after a break (4)

4D: Sense of orientation (6)

54D: Person of interest? (9)

99D: School name that sounds like a Canadian territory (5)

hello to all gamers, and happy sunday. today we have a classic sunday theme of several bad puns! i thought the theme was a good concept and the fill decent, but there was a bit of a disconnect for me mentally. maybe i just couldn't focus in enough for whatever reason, but it felt like i understood the gist but just didn't click well. looking back at the filled grid, the long theme entries are very lovely, so I'm giving a couple nuggets of points back in retrospect.

the SW, NE, and central areas were slow for me - the center due to a handful of trivia clues i had to look up, and the two corners due to taking a while for INCENTIVE and ALLEGORIC to click in my head. words just weren't coming to me today. enjoyed the queer cross in the NW of BI FLAG, GAYDAR, and AREOLAE (okay not really queer but i'll pretend it is).

Answers to noted clues:

69A: LEWIS F. Powell jr

80A: the LLANO grassland

34D: Director IDA Lupino

58A: ARLISS (stylized Arli$)

1A: BI FLAG

108A: CAST

4D: GAYDAR could have used a ?

54D: LOAN SHARK clue contender

99D: U CONN

[astrognossienne]

What celebrities can you think of that have managed to develop their sun or reach its highest potential if that makes sense? Like how you said Betty White is one of the few developed Capricorns, do you think there are others who have done the same with their sign?

aries: lady gaga, kristen stewart, reese witherspoon, jennifer garner, selena, jessica chastain, bette davis, marvin gaye, gregory peck

taurus: malcolm x, audrey hepburn, george clooney, leonardo da vinci, elizabeth II, penelope cruz, cher, william shakespeare, daniel day-lewis, stevie wonder, orson welles, tchaikovsky, socrates, jimmy stewart, laurence olivier

gemini: lauryn hill, lenny kravitz, jfk, marilyn monroe, stevie nicks, johnny depp, prince, paul mccartney, naomi campbell, judy garland, jean-paul sartre, marquis de sade, michael j. fox, anne frank, miles davis, josephine baker

cancer: robin williams, princess diana, meryl streep, diahann carroll, prince william, elon musk, solange, dalai lama, nikola tesla, tom hanks, nelson mandela, angela merkel, mike tyson, alexander the great, frida kahlo, liv tyler, ernest hemingway, anthony bourdain, julius caesar, natalie wood, franz kafka, ringo starr, richard branson, malala yousafzai, debie harry, elizabeth warren, chris cornell, missy elliott, marcel proust, antoine de saint-exupery, cat stevens, helen keller, kawhi leonard, lena horne, michael phelps

leo: jackie kennedy, jennifer lopez, arnold schwarzenegger, robert de niro, coco chanel, kate bush, helen mirren

virgo: michael jackson, keanu reeves, mother theresa, karl lagerfeld, elizabeth I, jeremy irons, ray charles, mary shelley

libra: desmond tutu, rita hayworth, cardi b, brigitte bardot, gwen stefani, catherine deneuve, kim kardashian, oscar wilde, bruce springsteen, christopher reeve

scorpio: lisa bonet, grace kelly, vivien leigh,alain delon, pablo picasso, winona ryder, marie curie, hedy lamarr, rupaul, chloe sevigny, robert f. kennedy, carl sagan, sylvia plath, joni mitchell, anna wintour, albert camus

sagittarius: jimi hendrix, zoe kravitz, brad pitt, bruce lee, tina turner, frank sinatra, ludwig van beethoven, edith piaf, maria callas, jane birkin, adam clayton powell jr, marina abramovic, jane austen, gianni versace

capricorn: david bowie, aaliyah, betty white, dolly parton, mlk, ralph fiennes, michelle obama, francoise hardy, kate moss, sade, marlene dietrich, joan of arc, benjamin franklin

aquarius: abraham lincoln, jennifer aniston, shakira, mozart, oprah, megan thee stallion, paul newman, fdr, thomas edison, virginia woolf, kelly rowland, brandy, michael hutchence, peter gabriel, eddie van halen

pisces: sidney poitier, anais nin, albert einstein, kurt cobain, liz taylor, drew barrymore, juliette binoche, edgar cayce, jon bon jovi, johnny cash, chopin, michelangelo, nina simone, fred rogers, ruth bader ginsburg

[todaysdocument]

Roll Call Tally on the Expulsion of Preston Brooks, 7/14/1856

After Preston Brooks beat Charles Sumner nearly to death with a cane in the Senate chamber, the House voted on whether to expel him from Congress. They failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed. 

Series: General Records, 1791 - 2010

Record Group 233: Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789 - 2015

Transcription:

July 14. 1856

On LD Campbells 1st Resn from Sel Com

THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

335

[column one]

YEA | NAMES. | NAY.

A.

|William Aiken...S.C. | 1

1 | Charles J. Albright...Ohio. |

| James C. Allen...Ill. | 2

2| John Allison...Penn. |

B.

3 | Edward Ball...Ohio |

4 | Lucian Barbour...Ind. |

|David Barclay [struck through] |

| William Barksdale...Miss. | 3

| P.H. Bell...Texas. | 4

5 | Henry Bennett...N.Y. |

| Hendley S. Bennett...Miss. | 5

6 | Samuel P. Benson...Me. |

7 | Charles Billinghurst...Wis |

8 | John A. Bingham...Ohio |

9 | James Bishop...N.J. |

10 | Philemon Bliss...Ohio |

| Thomas S. Bocock...Va. | 6

| Thomas F. Bowie...Md. | 7

| William W. Boyce...S.C. | 8

11 | Samuel C. Bradshaw...Penn. |

| Lawrence O'B. Braneh...N.C. | 9

12 | Samuel Brenton...Ind. |

| Preston S. Brooks [struck through]...S.C. |

13 | Jacob Broom...Penn. |

14 | James Buffinton...Mass. |

15 | Anson Burlingame...Mass. |

| Henry C. Burnett...Ky. | 10

C.

| John Cadwalader...Penn. | 11

16 | James H. Campbell...Penn. |

|John P. Campbell [struck through]...Ky. |

17 | Lewis D. Campbell...Ohio |

| John S. Carlile...Va. | 12

| Samuel Caruthers [struck through]...Mo. |

| John S. Caskie...Va. | 13

18 | Calvin C. Chaffee...Mass. |

| Thomas Child, jr [struck through] ...N.Y. |

19 | Bayard Clarke...N.Y. |

20 | Ezra Clark, jr...Conn. |

21 | Isaiah D. Clawson...N.J. |

| Thomas L. Clingman...N.C. | 14

| Howell Cobb...Ga. | 15

| Williamson R.W. Cobb...Ala. | 16

22 | Schuyler Colfax...Ind. |

23 | Linus B. Comins...Mass. |

24 | John Covode...Penn. |

| Leander M. Cox...Ky. | 17

25 | Aaron H. Cragin...N.H. |

| Burton Craige...N.C. | 18

| Martin J. Crawford...Ga. | 19

| Elisha D. Cullen [struck through]...Del. |

26 | William Cumback...Ind. |

D.

27 | William S. Damrell...Mass. |

| Thomas G. Davidson...La. | 20

| H. Winter Davis...Md. | 21

28 | Timothy Davis...Mass. |

29 | Timothy C. Day...Ohio. |

30 | Sidney Dean...Conn. |

| James W. Denver...Cal. | 22

31| Ale["xander" struck through] De Witt...Mass. |

[Column Two]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

32 | John Dick...Penn. |

33 | Samuel Dickson...N.Y. |

34 | Edward Dodd...N.Y. |

| James F. Dowdell...Ala. | 23

35 | George G. Dunn...Ind. |

36 | Nathaniel B. Durfee...R.I. |

E.

37 | John R. Edie...Penn. |

| Henry A. Edmundson [struck through] ...Va. | 1

38 | Francis S. Edwards...N.Y. |

| John M. Elliott...Ky. | 24

39 | J Reece Emrie...Ohio. |

| William H. English...Ind. | 25

| Emerson Etheridge...Tenn. | 26

| George Eustis, jr...La. | 27

| Lemuel D. Evans...Texas. | 28

F.

| Charles J. Faulkner...Va. | 29

| Thomas T. Flagler [struck through]...N.Y. |

| Thomas B. Florence...Penn. | 30

| Nathaniel G. Foster...Ga. | - 31

| Henry M. Fuller [struck through] ...Penn. |

| Thomas J. D. Fuller [struck through] ...Me. |

G.

40 | Samuel Galloway...Ohio. |

41 | Joshua R. Giddings...Ohio. |

42 | William A. Gilbert...N.Y. |

| William O. Goode...Va. | 32

43 | Amos P. Granger...N.Y. |

| Alfred B. Greenwood...Ark. | 33

44 | Galusha A. Grow...Penn. |

H.

| Augustus Hall...Iowa. | 34

45 | Robert B. Hall...Mass |

46 | Aaron Harlan...Ohio. |

| J. Morrison Harris...Md. | 35

| Sampson W. Harris...Ala. | 36

| Thomas L. Harris...Ill. | 37

| John Scott Harrison...Ohio. | 38

47 | Solomon G. Haven...N.Y. |

| Philemon T. Herbert...Cal. |

48 | John Hickman...Penn. |

49 | Henry W. Hoffman...Md. |

50 | David P. Holloway...Ind. |

51 | Thomas R. Horton...N.Y. |

52 | Valentine B. Horton...Ohio. |

| George S. Houston...Ala. | 39

53 | William A. Howard...Mich. |

54 | Jonas A. Hughston...N.Y. |

J.

| Joshua H. Jewett...Ky. | 40

| George W. Jones...Tenn. | 41

| J. Glancy Jones...Penn. | 42

K.

| Lawrence M. Keitt...S.C. | 43

| John Kelly...N.Y. | 44

55 | William H. Kelsey...N.Y. |

| Luther M. Kennett...Mo. | 45

| Zedekiah Kidwell...Va. | 46

56 | Rufus H. King...N.Y. |

57 | Chauncey L. Knapp...Mass. |

58 | Jonathan Knight...Penn. |

59 | Ebenezer Knowlton...Me. |

60 | James Knox...Ill. |

61 | John C. Kunkel...Penn. |

[Column Three]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

L.

| William A. Lake...Miss. | 47

62 | Benjamin F. Leiter...Ohio. |

| John Letcher...Va. | 48

| James J. Lindley...Mo. | 49

| John H. Lumpkin...Ga. | 50

M.

| Daniel Mace [struck through] ...Ind. |

| Alexander K. Marshall...Ky. | 51

| Humphrey Marshall...Ky. | 52

| Samuel S Marshall...Ill. | 53

63 | Orsamus B. Matteson...N.Y. |

| Augustus E. Maxwell...Fla. | 54

64 | Andrew Z. McCarty...N.Y. |

| Fayette McMullin...Va. | 55

| John McQueen...S.C. | 56

65 | James Meacham...Vt. |

66 | Killian Miller...N.Y. |

| Smith Miller...Ind. | 57

| John S. Millson...Va. | 58

67 | William Millward...Penn. |

68 | Oscar F. Moore...Ohio. |

69 | Edwin B. Morgan...N.Y. |

70 | Justin S. Morrill...Vt. |

71 | Richard Mott...i o |

72 | Ambrose S. Murray...N.Y. |

N.

73 | Matthias H. Nichols...Ohio |

74 | Jesse O. Norton...Ill. |

O.

75 | Andrew Oliver...N.Y. |

| Mordecai Oliver...Mo. | 59

| James L. Orr...S.C. | 60

P.

76 | Asa Packer...Penn. |

| Robert T. Paine [struck through] ...N.C. |

77 | John M. Parker...N.Y. |

78 | John J. Pearce...Penn. |

79 | George W. Peek...Mich. |

80 | Guy R. Pelton...N.Y. |

81 | Alexander C.M. Pennington. N.J. |

82 | John J. Perry...Me. |

83 | John U. Pettit...Ind. |

| John S. Phelps...Mo. | 61

84 | James Pike...N.H. |

| Gilchrist Porter...Mo. | 62

| Paulus Powell...Va. | 63

85 | Benjamin Pringle...N.Y. |

86 | Samuel A. Purviance...Penn. |

| Richard C. Puryear...N.C. | 64

Q.

| John A. Quitman...Miss. | 65

R.

| Edwin G. Reade...N.C. | 66

| Charles Ready...Tenn. | 67

| James B. Ricaud...Md. | 68

| William A. Richardson [struck through] ...Ill. |

87 | David Ritchie...Penn. |

| Thomas Rivers...Tenn. | 69

88 | George R. Robbins...N.J. |

89 | Anthony E. Roberts...Penn |

90 | David F. Robison...Penn. |

| Thomas Ruffin...N.C. | 70

| Albert Rust...Ark. | 71

[Column Four]

YEA. | NAMES. | NAY.

S.

91 | Alvah Sabin...Vt. |

92 | Russell Sage...N.Y. |

| John M. Sandidge...La. | 72

93 | William R. Sapp...Ohio. |

| John H. Savage...Tenn. | 73

94 | Harvey D. Scott...Ind. |

| James L. Seward...Ga. | 74

95 | John Sherman...Ohio. |

| Eli S Shorter...Ala. | 75

96 | George A. Simmons...N.Y. |

| Samuel A. Smith...Tenn. | 76

| William Smith...Va. | 77

| William R. Smith...Ala. | 78

| William H. Sneed...Tenn. | 79

97 | Francis E. Spinner...N.Y. |

98 | Benjamin Stanton...Ohio. |

| Alexander H. Stephens...Ga. | 80

| James A. Stewart...Md. | 81

99 | James S.T. Stranahan...N.Y. |

| Samuel F. Swope...Ky. | 82

T.

| Albert G. TAlbott...Ky. | 83

100 | Mason W. Tappan...N.H. |

| Miles Taylor...La. | 84

101 | James Thorington...Iowa. |

102 | Benjamin B. Thurston...R.I. |

103 | Lemuel Todd...Penn. |

104 | Mark Trafton...Mass |

| Robert P. Trippe...Ga. | 85

105 | Job R. Tyson...Penn. |

U.

| Warner L. Underwood...Ky. | 86

V.

106 | George Vail...N.J. |

| William W. Valk [struck through] ...N.Y. |

W.

107 | Edward Wade...Ohio. |

108 | Abram Wakeman...N.Y.

109 | David S. Walbridge...Mich. |

110 | Henry Waldron...Mich |

| Percy Walker...Ala. | 87

| Hiram Warner...Ga. | 88

111 | Cadwalader C. Washburne, Wis. |

112 | Ellihu B. Washburne...Ill. |

113 | Israel Washburn, jr...Me. |

| Albert G. Watkins...Tenn. | 89

114 | Cooper K. Watson...Ohio.|

115 | William W. Welch...Conn. |

116 | Daniel Wells, jr...Wis. |

| John Wheeler...N.Y. | 90

117 | Thomas R. Whitney...N.Y. |

118 | John Williams...N.Y. |

| Warren Winslow...N.C. | 91

119 | John M. Wood...Me. |

120 | John Woodruff...Conn. |

121 | James H. Woodworth...Ill. |

| Daniel B. Wright...Miss. | 92

| John V. Wright...Tenn. | 93

Z.

| Felix K. Zollicoffer...Tenn. | 94

[end columns]

MAY 21, 1856

NATHANIEL P. BANKS, JR., of Massachusetts, Speaker.

ex [sideways]

Y 121

N 95

[immaculatasknight]

Zombies in jackboots

[richardnixonlibrary]

#Nixon50 #OTD 10/21/1971 President Nixon, via a televised speech, announced his intentions to nominate attorney Lewis F. Powell, Jr. and William H. Rehnquist, Assistant Attorney General, to be Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Rehnquist later became Chief Justice in September 1986. (Image: WHPO-7555-2A)

[emerald-studies]

The powerful  John Lewis

Early Life

John Robert Lewis was born outside of Troy, Alabama, on February 21, 1940. Lewis had a happy childhood — though he needed to work hard to assist his sharecropper parents — but he chafed against the unfairness of segregation. He was particularly disappointed when the Supreme Court ruling in 1954's Brown v. The Board of Education didn't affect his school life. However, hearing Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons and news of the 1955-56 Montgomery bus boycott inspired Lewis to act for the changes he wanted to see.

Civil Rights Struggle

In 1957, Lewis left Alabama to attend the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. There, he learned about nonviolent protest and helped to organize sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. He was arrested during these demonstrations, which upset his mother, but Lewis was committed to the Civil Rights Movement and went on to participate in the Freedom Rides of 1961.

Freedom Riders challenged the segregated facilities they encountered at interstate bus terminals in the South, which had been deemed illegal by the Supreme Court. It was dangerous work that resulted in arrests and beatings for many involved, including Lewis.

In 1963, Lewis became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. That same year, as one of the "Big Six" leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, he helped plan the March on Washington. Lewis—the youngest speaker at the event—had to alter his speech in order to please other organizers, but still delivered a powerful oration that declared, "We all recognize the fact that if any radical social, political and economic changes are to take place in our society, the people, the masses, must bring them about."

After the March on Washington, in 1964, the Civil Rights Act became law. However, this did not make it easier for African Americans to vote in the South. To bring attention to this struggle, Lewis and Hosea Williams led a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. After crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the marchers were attacked by state troopers. Lewis was severely beaten once more, this time suffering a fractured skull.

The violent attacks were recorded and disseminated throughout the country, and the images proved too powerful to ignore. "Bloody Sunday," as the day was labeled, sped up the passage of 1965's Voting Rights Act.

U.S. Congressman

Lewis left the SNCC in 1966. Though devastated by the assassinations of King and Robert Kennedy in 1968, Lewis continued his work to enfranchise minorities. In 1970, he became director of the Voter Education Project. During his tenure, the VEP helped to register millions of minority voters.

Lewis ran for office himself in 1981, winning a seat on the Atlanta City Council. In 1986, he was elected to the House of Representatives. Today, representing Georgia's 5th District, he is one of the most respected members of Congress. Since entering office, he has called for healthcare reform, measures to fight poverty and improvements in education. Most importantly, he oversaw multiple renewals of the Voting Rights Act. When the Supreme Court struck down part of the law in 2013's Shelby County v. Holder, Lewis decried the decision as a "dagger into the heart" of voting rights.

In the wake of the mass shooting that took place on June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Florida, Lewis led a sit-in comprised of approximately 40 House Democrats on the floor of the House of Representatives on June 22nd in an attempt to bring attention and force Congress to address gun violence by taking definitive legislative action. “We have been too quiet for too long,” Lewis said. “There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet. This is the time.”

The protest came just days after several measures including a bill regarding background checks and adding restrictions on the purchase of guns by people on the federal no-fly list, failed in the Senate. Senator Chris Murphy applauded the protest. Murphy had previously led a filibuster in the Senate which led to the subsequent vote.

Clashing With Donald Trump

Lewis also spoke out against the presidency of Donald Trump, who was elected on November 8, 2016. In an interview with Chuck Todd for NBC News’ Meet the Press, which aired on January 15, 2017, Lewis said he didn’t believe Trump was a “legitimate president” because of Russian interference in the election. “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton,” Lewis said in the interview. He also said he would not attend Trump’s inauguration.

Trump responded on Twitter, criticizing Lewis’ work as a congressman and tweeting that Lewis was “All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!” The president-elect's attack on Lewis came just days before the Martin Luther King holiday, and prompted vocal support of the civil rights icon across social media. Several Democratic lawmakers also joined in support of Lewis, and boycotted Trump’s inauguration.

Trump continued his war of words, tweeting: “John Lewis said about my inauguration, ‘It will be the first one that I've missed.’ WRONG (or lie)! He boycotted Bush 43 also because he...thought it would be hypocritical to attend Bush's swearing-in....he doesn't believe Bush is the true elected president. Sound familiar!”

A spokeswoman for Lewis confirmed that he had missed the inauguration of George W. Bush: "His absence at that time was also a form of dissent. He did not believe the outcome of that election, including the controversies around the results in Florida and the unprecedented intervention of the U.S. Supreme Court, reflected a free, fair and open democratic process.”

Cancer Diagnosis

In December 2019, Lewis announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

Although he was "clear-eyed about the prognosis," Lewis said he felt encouraged that medical advancements had made this type of cancer treatable in many cases, adding that he intended to return to work as soon as possible.

Legacy

Though the Supreme Court's decision about the Voting Rights Act was a blow to Lewis, he has been encouraged by the progress that has occurred in his lifetime. After Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, Lewis stated that "When we were organizing voter-registration drives, going on the Freedom Rides, sitting in, coming here to Washington for the first time, getting arrested, going to jail, being beaten, I never thought—I never dreamed—of the possibility that an African American would one day be elected president of the United States."

In addition to continuing his work in Congress, Lewis has reached out to a younger generation by helping to create a series of graphic novels about his work in the Civil Rights Movement. In 2016, he won the National Book Award for the third installment in the series March: Book Three, which marks the first time a graphic novel has received the honor.

He accepted the award with co-writer Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell and spoke of its significance in an emotional acceptance speech. “Some of you know I grew up in rural Alabama, very poor, very few books in our home,” Lewis said. “I remember in 1956, when I was 16 years old, going to the public library to get library cards, and we were told the library was for whites only and not for coloreds. And to come here and receive this honor, it’s too much.”

He also spoke about the importance of books in his life. “I had a wonderful teacher in elementary school who told me: ‘Read, my child, read’, and I tried to read everything," he said. "I love books.”

The civil rights icon has also been honored with numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the sole John F. Kennedy "Profile in Courage Award" for Lifetime Achievement.” (source)

Glad he’s still around!

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-People Involved-

The Chief Justice was Warren E. Burger, along with the associate justices  William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens

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[TASK 149: THE BAHAMAS]

In celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 250+ Bahamian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK -  examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

F:

Debbie Cameron / Deborah Cameron (1958) Afro-Bahamian - singer.

Janine Antoni (1964) Bahamian - artist.

Wendy Coakley-Thompson (1966) Afro-Bahamian - author.

Persia White (1972) Afro-Bahamian / Irish - actress, singer-songwriter, and model.

Sydney Tamiia Poitier (1973) Afro-Bahamian / Lithuanian Jewish, Irish - actress.

Trina / Katrina Taylor (1974) Afro-Bahamian / Afro-Dominican - rapper and tv personality.

Brettina / Brettina Robinson (1976) Afro-Bahamian - actress, singer-songwriter, and model.

Jeanene Fox (1978) Afro-Bahamian / Italian, Scottish - tv personality, model, and interior designer.

Tia Mowry (1978) Afro-Bahamian [including Ghanaian, Ivorian, Cameroonian, Congolese, Malian] / Irish, British, Unspecified Iberian, Unspecified Other European - actress.

Shakara Ledard (1979) Afro-Bahamian / French - actress and model.

Maryke Hendrikse (1979) Bahamian - actress.

Kourtney Brown (1984) Bahamian - actor, tv host, model, and visual artist.

Denia Nixon (1986) Afro-Bahamian - model.

Anastagia Pierre (1988) Afro-Bahamian - actress and model.

Whitney Thompson (1987) 1/16 Bahamian, 15/16 mix of Irish, Scottish, English - model.

Toria Nichole / Toria Nichole Penn (1988) Afro-Bahamian - model and Miss Universe Bahamas 2015.

Zoë Kravitz (1988) 1/8 Afro-Bahamian, 3/8 African-American, 7/16 Russian Jewish, 1/16 Belarusian Jewish - actress, singer, and model.

Ayisa Adderley (1993) Bahamian / Filipina - actress and singer.

Mecca White (1995) Afro-Bahamian, Irish / Unknown - actress, singer, and filmmaker.

Kendearia Pratt (1995) Afro-Bahamian - youtuber (Kendearia & Ricardo).

Chase Carter (1997) Afro-Bahamian / Unspecified White - model.

Angelique Sabrina (1998) Afro-Bahamian - singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.

Nique (2000) Afro-Bahamian - instagrammer (kissmyspiffyness).

Sasha Fox / Sasha Gabriella Fox (2000) Afro-Bahamian, Italian, Scottish / African-American, English, Welsh, Unconfirmed Unspecified Native American - actress and filmmaker.

Neshuh B. (2000) Afro-Bahamian - funimate star (OfficialNeshuhB).

Nyah Bandelier (2000 or 2001) Bahamian - model Miss World Bahamas 2019.

Haylie Turnquest (2002) Afro-Bahamian - mode (Instagram: haylie_turnquest)

Ashley Hanna (?) Afro-Bahamian - Miss Bahamas Universe 2016.

Kendra Beneby (?) Afro-Bahamian - model.

Saida Karamo (?) Afro-Bahamian - model, actress and singer (Instagram: saidakaramo).

Tiasha Lewis (?) Afro-Bahamian - beauty queen and model (Instagram: queen.tiasha).

Meecah (?) Afro-Bahamian - model, actress, and singer.

Bekuh / beautybybekuh (?) Afro-Bahamian, British, Unknown - Instagrammer (beautybybekuh).

Chelsea Se'Anne (?) Afro Puerto Rican, Bahamian, African-American, Unspecified White - model (Instagram: model_citizensb).

Ariel Newbold (?) Afro-Bahamian - singer (Instagram: _heyyitsari).

Leah Eneas (?) Bahamian - actress and singer.

Syngular Journeé (?) Afro-Bahamian - singer (Instagram: syngularjournee).

Zaafira (?) Afro-Bahamian- singer (Instagram: zaafiramusic).

Jasy Davis (?) Afro-Bahamian - actress and model.

Phara (?) Afro-Bahamian - model (Instagrammer: _pretty_phara).

Antonia.S (?) Afro-Bahamian - model (Instagram: antonya._).

Alexandria P. (?) Afro-Bahamian - model (Instagram: alexandria_pinder).

Michelle E. Louidor (?) Afro-Bahamian - model (Instagram: me_louidor).

Nyesha Carissa (?) Afro-Bahamian - Mrs. Galaxy Bahamas (Instagram: nyeshacarissa).

Tomii Culmer (?) Afro-Bahamian - Miss Universe Bahamas 2014.

Sarafine Andres (?) Bahamian, Indian, Jamaican  - Instagrammer (sarafine_andres).

The Find (?) Afro-Bahamian - Youtuber (The Find Guru) and Instagrammer (goldennn_xo).

Nathaniel Prince Lewis (?) Bahamian - producer, actor, and screenwriter.

Cindy Raphael (?) Bahamian, Haitian - actress.  

Shelly P. (?)  Afro-Bahamian - YouTuber.

TAP (?) Jamaican, Bahamian - YouTuber (Instagrammer: theycallmetap).

Sienna Evans (?) Afro-Bahamian - model (Instagram: sienna.evans).

Lori (?) Afro-Bahamian - Instagrammer (thereallovelori),

F - Athletes:

Claudette Powell (1952) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Shonel Ferguson (1957) Afro-Bahamian - track and field athlete.

Oralee Fowler (1961) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Debbie Greene (1962) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Eldece Clarke-Lewis (1965) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Laverne Eve (1965) Afro-Bahamian - track and field athlete.

Pauline Davis-Thompson (1966) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Jackie Edwards (1971) Afro-Bahamian - long jumper.

Chandra Sturrup (1971) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Dedra Davis (1973) Afro-Bahamian - long jumper.

Savatheda Fynes (1974) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough (1975) Afro-Bahamian- basketball player.

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (1976) Afro-Bahamian- sprinter.

Tonique Williams-Darling (1976) Afro-Bahamian- sprinter.

Christine Amertil (1979) Afro-Bahamian - track and field athlete.

Tamicka Clarke (1980) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Yolett McPhee-McCuin (1983) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Shandria Brown (1983) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Nikia Deveaux (1985) Afro-Bahamian- swimmer.

Larika Russell (1985) Afro-Bahamian - tennis player.

Alana Dillette (1987) Afro-Bahamian- swimmer.

Lanece Clarke (1987) Afro-Bahamian- sprinter.

Bianca Stuart (1988) Afro-Bahamian - long jumper.

Cache Armbrister (1989) Bahamian [Jamaican] - sprinter.

Sheniqua Ferguson (1989) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (1990) Afro-Bahamian- swimmer.

Krystal Bodie (1990) Afro-Bahamian - hurdler.

Nivea Smith (1990) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Ivanique Kemp (1991) Afro-Bahamian - hurdler.

Kerrie Cartwright (1992) Afro-Bahamian - tennis player.

V'Alonee Robinson (1992) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Tamara Myers (1993) Afro-Bahamian - triple jumper.

Anthonique Strachan (1993) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson (1993) Afro-Bahamian / Unspecified - track and field athlete.

Emily Morley (1993) Bahamian - rower.

Adanaca Brown (1993) Afro-Bahamian - hurdler.

Katrina Seymour (1993) Afro-Bahamian - hurdler.

Tynia Gaither (1993) Afro-Bahamian - hurdler.

Shaunae Miller-Uibo (1994) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Jonquel Jones (1994) Afro-Bahamian- basketball player.

Devynne Charlton (1995) Afro-Bahamian- hurdler.

Carmiesha Cox (1995) Afro-Bahamian- hurdler.

Pedrya Seymour (1995) Afro-Bahamian- hurdler.

Simone Pratt (1996) Afro-Bahamian - tennis player.

Jenae Ambrose (1997) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Joanna Evans (1997) Bahamian- swimmer.

Shaquania Dorsett (1997) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Devine Parker (2000) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

M:

Sidney Poitier (1927) Afro-Bahamian - actor, director, and author.

Pat Rolle (1943/1944) Afro-Bahamian - singer.

Nile Rodgers (1952) 21/32 African-American, 1/4 Afro-Bahamian, 1/16 Unspecified Iroquois, 1/32 mix of Irish, English - singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, composer, and arranger.

Luke / Uncle Luke / Luke Skyywalker / Luther Campbell (1960) Afro-Bahamian / Afro-Jamaican - actor, rapper, record executive, and promoter.

Ron Butler / Ronnie Butler / Ronald Butler Jr (1962) Afro-Bahamian - actor, comedian, and director.

Lenny Kravitz (1964) Afro-Bahamian, African-American / Ashkenazi Jewish - singer-songwriter and actor.

Michael K. Williams / Michael Kenneth Williams (1966) Afro-Bahamian / African-American - actor.

Sebastian Bach / Sebastian Bierk (1968) Bahamian [Norwegian, Dutch, German, Scottish, English, Unconfirmed Lucayan] - actor and singer-songwriter.

Rick Fox / Ulrich Fox (1969) Afro-Bahamian / Italian, Scottish - actor, basketball player, franchise owner, and businessman.

Blue Curry (1974) Bahamian - artist.

Rik Carey (1977) Afro-Bahamian - singer and musician.

Bryan-Michael Cox (1977) Afro-Bahamian - musician-songwriter and producer.

Lil Duval / Ronald Powell (1977) Afro-Bahamian - actor, rapper, singer, comedian, and writer.

Kazi / Kharma Kazi / Chris Role (1978) Afro-Bahamian - rapper, record executive, and activist.

Tavares Strachan (1979) Afro-Bahamian - artist.

Alano Miller (1980) Bahamian, Cuban, Jamaican - actor.

Skyy John (1980) Afro-Bahamian - tv host and youtuber.

Duncan Casey (1984) Bahamian - actor.

Avvy (1984) Afro-Bahamian - singer.

Don Panton (1984) Afro-Bahamian - youtuber.

Tahj Mowry (1986) Afro-Bahamian [including Ghanaian, Ivorian, Cameroonian, Congolese, Malian] / British, Irish, Unspecified Iberian, Unspecified Other European - actor.

Dorian Foyil (1992) Bahamian - drummer and producer.

Young Raven Miyagi / Ultimate Denzel Curry / Denny Cascade / Denzel Aquarius’killa Curry / Zeltron 6 Billion / Black Metal Terrorist / Denzel Curry (1995) Afro-Bahamian - rapper-songwriter and singer.

Ahmaad Aspen / Ahmaad Aspen Grant (1995) Afro-Bahamian - singer-songwriter.

Ricardo McCartney (1995) Afro-Bahamian - youtuber (Kendearia & Ricardo).

ChristianAdamG / Christian Adam (1998) Afro-Bahamian - rapper and youtuber.

Wyldcard / Kendrick Dean (?) Afro-Bahamian - singer-songwriter, pianist, drummer, organist, and producer.

DJ Ferret / Patrick Rodgers (?) Bahamian - DJ, promoter, producer, and advocate.

Romel Kelly (?) Afro Bahamian - model (Instagram: greek_god96)

Aidan Notarfancesco (?) Bahamian, Italian - model (Instagram: a.notarfrancesco)

Gianni ''Gigi'' Smith (?) Afro-Bahamian, Belgium - dancer and model (Instagram: gianni_smith)

Jared Kemp (?) Afro-Bahamian / Unknown - actor.

Alfred Adderly (?) Afro-Bahamian, Choctaw - actor.

Adam Nicholas Brown (?) Afro-Bahamian - actor, model, and film director.

Chris Rolle (?) Afro-Bahamian - rapper, founder of a record company, and activist.

M - Athletes:

Gomeo Brennan (1939) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Laurence Burnside (1946) Bahamian - cyclist.

Cyril Pinder (1946) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Nat Knowles (1948) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Ed Armbrister (1948) Afro-Bahamian - baseball player.

Ed Smith (1950) Afro-Bahamian - American football player.

Geoffery Burnside (1950) Bahamian - cyclist.

Mychal Thompson (1955) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Andy Knowles (1955) Bahamian - swimmer.

Kendal Pinder (1956) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Lynden Rose (1960) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Steve Larrimore (1963) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Roger Smith (1964) Bahamian - tennis player.

Ray Minus (1964) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Philip Pinder (1964) Bahamian - boxer.

Lionel Haven (1965) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

David Morley (1965) Bahamian - swimmer.

Sean Nottage (1965) Bahamian - swimmer.

Tito Horford (1966) Dominican [Bahamian / Unspecified]  - basketball player.

Ian Lockhart (1967) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Kevin Davies (1967) Bahamian - footballer.

Andre Seymour (1967) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Garvin Ferguson (1968) Bahamian - swimmer.

Dexter Nottage (1970) Afro-Bahamian - American football player.

Mark Dean (1971) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Jocelyn Borgella (1971) Afro-Bahamian - American football player.

Mark Knowles (1971) Bahamian - tennis player.

Mark Merklein (1972) Bahamian - tennis player.

Allan Murray (1972) Bahamian - swimmer.

Freeman Barr (1973) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Kamal Degregory (1974) Bahamian - football player.

Nesley Jean (1975) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Damien Neville (1975) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Rhadi Ferguson (1975) Afro-Bahamian - mixed martial arts trainer, strength and conditioning coach, motivational speaker, and black belt in judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Samari Rolle (1976) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Yves Edwards (1976) Afro-Bahamian - mixed martial artist.

Dada 5000 / Dhafir Harris (1977) Afro-Bahamian - mixed martial artist and former internet celebrity.

Narendra Ekanayake (1977) Bahamian [Sri Lankan] - cricketer.

Christopher Murray (1978) Bahamian - swimmer.

Jermain Mackey (1979) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Damani Horton (1979) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Trevor Harvey (1980) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Gavin Christie (1981) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Anwar Ferguson (1981) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Jeremy Knowles (1981) Bahamian - swimmer.

Nicholas Rees (1982) Afro-Bahamian - swimmer.

Antrel Rolle (1982) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Alex Smith (1982) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Edner Cherry (1982) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Devard Darling (1982) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Abali Hoilett (1983) Afro-Bahamian - cricketer.

Marvin Rolle (1983) Afro-Bahamian - tennis player.

D'Brickashaw Ferguson (1983) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Mackenson Altidor (1984) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Daron Beneby (1984) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Tureano Johnson (1984) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Donald Thomas (1984) Afro-Bahamian - high jumper.

Chris Vythoulkas (1984) Bahamian - swimmer.

Torin Ferguson (1985) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Devin Mullings (1985) Afro-Bahamian - tennis player.

Myron Rolle (1986) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Dwayne Whylly (1986) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Al Horford (1986) Dominican Republic [Afro-Bahamian] - basketball player.

Magnum Rolle (1986) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Ryan Sweeting (1987) Bahamian - tennis player.

Happy Hall (1987) Bahamian - footballer.

Ramon Miller (1987) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Shemord Thompson (1987) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

J. R. Cadot (1987) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Eric Gordon (1988) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Mychel Thompson (1988) Bahamian - basketball player.

Brian Rolle (1988) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Valentino Knowles (1988) Afro-Bahamian - boxer.

Cameron Hepple (1988) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Aleks Vanderpool-Wallace (1988) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Demont Mitchell (1988) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Elvis Burrows (1989) Afro-Bahamian - swimmer.

Demetrius Pinder (1989) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Lesly St. Fleur (1989) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Dwayne Forbes (1989) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Denair Mitchell (1989) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Kadeem Coleby (1989) Afro-Bahamian - basketball player.

Geno Smith (1990) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Klay Thompson (1990) Afro Bahamian, unspecified other  - basketball player.

Michael Bethel (1990) Bahamian - footballer.

Ambry Moss (1990) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Raynaldo Sturrup (1990) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Jon Horford (1991) Afro-Bahamian, Dominican Republic - basketball player.

George Hunter (1991) Bahamian - rugby player.

Trayce Thompson (1991) Afro-Bahamian - baseball player.

Anton Sealey (1991) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

David Nesbitt (1991) Afro-Bahamian - baseball player.

Denzel Deveaux (1992) Bahamian - footballer.

Raymorn Sturrup (1992) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Buddy Hield (1992) Afro-Bahamian - baseball player.

O'Jay Ferguson (1993) Afro-Bahamian - sprinter.

Duane Beneby (1993) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Kristoff Wood (1993) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Matthew Lowe (1994) Bahamian - swimmer.

Terry Delancy (1994) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Julio Jemison (1994) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Lourawls Nairn Jr. (1994) Afro-Bahamian - baseball player.

Keanu Pinder (1995) Afro-Bahamian / Unspecified Indigenous Australian - basketball player.

Valin Bodie (1995) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Tre Barry (1996) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Dustin Tynes (1996) Afro-Bahamian - swimmer.

Jaelin Williams (1997) Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

Marcel Joseph (1997) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Isiah Collie (1997) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Troy Pinder (1997) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Devaughn Williamson (1997) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Joshua Fernander (1998) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Christopher Godet (1998) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Deandre Ayton (1998)  Afro-Bahamian - American footballer player.

N'Nhyn Fernander (1998) Afro-Bahamian - swimmer.

Re'john Ene (1999) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Ricardo McPhee (1999) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Ethan Willie (1999) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Liam Holowesko (2000) Bahamian - cyclist.

Jordan Farquharson (2000) Afro-Bahamian - footballer.

Problematic:

Al Roker (1954) Afro-Bahamian / Afro-Jamaican, African-American - actor, tv personality, weather forecaster, journalist, and author - Comments that are racist to Japanese people and defended a white weatherman over his racist remarks referring to Martin Luther King Jr.

Tamera Mowry / Tamera Mowry-Housley (1978) Afro-Bahamian [including Ghanaian, Ivorian, Cameroonian, Congolese, Malian] / British, Irish, Unspecified Iberian, Unspecified Other European - actress, model, singer, tv host, and author - Sexist/slut-shaming comments and believes one can be racist to white people.

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ep. 44: Dawn Powell? She made the jokes Dorothy Parker got credit for.

Dawn Powell? Dorothy Parker? Never heard of ‘em. We’re a few steps behind Rory and Lane on this double reference, which is why we gotta dig deep to get to the bottom of the controversy about who really wrote some funny jokes—and the original version of A Star Is Born—in the 1920s and ‘30s. 

Then we gotta figure out why Amy Sherman-Palladino named her production company after one of these ladies, all the weird ways their lives overlap, and, um, where their bodily remains went. Speaking of funny lady writers, we gotta give a special shout-out to writer/director Amy Sherman-Palladino who has now won all the Emmys for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel! (Okay, or at least a lot of the Emmys.) And whether you decide you’re #TeamDawn or #TeamDorothy, stay tuned—we’ve got a bonus episode coming your way next week to supplement this discussion!

Other pop culture we ref: Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Eden, Sid Vicious, Nancy Spungen, Jack Kerouac, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, Harpo Marx, Robert Benchley, Calvin Coolidge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gore Vidal, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Eminem, Edgar Allan Poe, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Amy Schumer

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MORE ABOUT DAWN POWELL

Gore Vidal’s response to Diana Trilling’s comment about Dorothy Parker stealing Dawn Powell’s witticisms, NYBooks.com (1987)

“The Country and the City,” TheAtlantic.com (2001)

“Minding Other People’s Business: On Dawn Powell,” LAReviewOfBooks.org (2015)

MORE ABOUT DAWN POWELL’S BIOGRAPHER, TIM PAGE

Review of Dawn Powell: A Biography in The Austin Chronicle (1998)

“Parallel Play” by Tim Page, NewYorker.com (2007)

“Dawn Powell’s Masterful Gossip: Why Won't It Sell?” NewYorker.com (2012)

MORE ABOUT DAWN AND DOROTHY’S CONNECTIONS

“Who really makes the jokes that Dorothy Parker gets credit for?” UDayton.edu (2016)

The New York City walking tour the Dorothy Parker Society hosted to see where Dorothy and Dawn lived (2016)

MORE ABOUT DOROTHY PARKER

Dorothy Parker bio, DorothyParker.com

Listen to Dorothy Parker read her work, DorothyParker.com

Read Dorothy Parker’s work, DorothyParker.com

Read Dorothy Parker’s poetry, PoetryFoundation.org

Dorothy Parker’s bio, Britannica.com

“Dorothy Parker, The Art of Fiction No. 13,” TheParisReview.org (1956)

Amy Sherman-Palladino talks about how much she loves Dorothy Parker, LATimes.com (2001)

“Dorothy Parker’s Stunning Wit and Tragic Life,” BBC.com (2017)

MORE ABOUT THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL’S EMMYS

Us freaking out about Mrs. Maisel winning Best Comedy

Why Mrs. Maisel’s wins are a big deal for Gilmore Girls fans, WashingtonPost.com (2018)

JUST FOR FUN

The episode This Day in History Class that Taylor listened to to learn about the Sacco and Vanzetti trial

Hopsin is super excited Eminem name-dropped him (NME.com, 2018)

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Randall Adams part 2 Dallas prosecutor Douglas D. Mulder charged Adams with the crime, despite the evidence against Harris, apparently because Harris was a juvenile at the time and Adams, as an adult, could be sentenced to death under Texas law. Adams testified that after leaving the drive-in movie, Harris dropped Adams off at his motel, where Adams and his brother watched TV and then went to sleep. He claimed he was not in the car when the shooting happened. Harris testified that Adams was not only in the car, but was the driver, as well as the shooter of Officer Wood. Testimony by Harris and several questionable eyewitnesses – including Emily Miller and R.L. Miller, who claimed to have driven past Harris' stopped vehicle immediately before the shooting – led to Adams' conviction. Texas forensic psychiatrist James Grigson (a.k.a. "Dr. Death") was also a witness for the prosecution. Having administered a psychiatric evaluation of Adams, he told the jury that Adams would be an ongoing menace if kept alive. As a result of this testimony, Adams was given the death penalty. His conviction was unanimously upheld by the Texas Courts of Appeals in 1979. Many years later, in 1995, Grigson was expelled by the American Psychiatric Association and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians for unethical conduct. Adams' execution was originally scheduled for May 8, 1979, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. ordered a stay only three days before the scheduled date. In 1980, the Supreme Court on an 8–1 vote ruled unconstitutional a Texas requirement for jurors to swear an oath that the mandatory imposition of a death sentence would not interfere with their consideration of factual matters, such as guilt or innocence, during a trial. As a result of the decision, Adams' death sentence was reversed and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted him a new trial. Before the trial could begin, however, Texas Governor Bill Clements commuted Adams' sentence to life in prison at the request of the Dallas County District Attorney. #destroytheday

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The #1 New York Times bestselling series continues! Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, continues his award-winning graphic novel trilogy with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell, inspired by a 1950s comic book that helped prepare his own generation to join the struggle. Now, March brings the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence - but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before.Faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, arson, and even murder, the young activists of the movement struggle with internal conflicts as well. But their courage will attract the notice of powerful allies, from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy... and once Lewis is elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this 23-year-old will be thrust into the national spotlight, becoming one of the 'Big Six' leaders of the civil rights movement and a central figure in the landmark 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

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Noticias de series de la semana

Renovaciones

Netflix ha renovado Love and Anarchy por una segunda temporada

Netflix ha renovado Cidade Invisível por una segunda temporada

CBS ha renovado The Equalizer por una segunda temporada

Apple TV+ ha renovado Central Park por una tercera temporada

Amazon ha rescatado la tercera temporada de Loudermilk que no llegó a emitir Audience Network

Cancelaciones

La segunda temporada de Special (Netflix) será la última

La quinta temporada de Queen of the South (USA Network) será la última

Fichajes

Claire Foy (The Crown) y Paul Bettany (WandaVision) protagonizarán la segunda temporada de A Very English Scandal. Serán los duques de Argyll, cuyo divorcio fue muy sonado en los años 60.

Josh Holloway (Lost, Colony) protagonizará Duster. Será el valiente conductor de las escapadas de una banda criminal en el suroeste de Estados Unidos en los años 70.

Dakota Fanning (The Alienist, I Am Sam) será Marge Sherwood, americana viviendo en Italia que sospecha de las motivaciones de Ripley (Andrew Scott), en Ripley.

Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars, How I Met Your Mother) será Lake Edmunds, nueva agente de policía, en Ragdoll.

Chloe Bennet (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nashville), Dove Cameron (Liv and Maddie, Descendants) y Yana Perrault serán The Powerpuff Girls en The CW.

Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Kajillionaire), Jake Johnson (New Girl, Stumptown) y Kesler Talbot (50 States of Fright) protagonizarán Lost Ollie, la serie de Netflix híbrido entre acción real y animación. Serán Sharon y  James, los padres de Billy; y Billy, el niño que ha perdido a su conejo Ollie. Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter, Looking) pondrá voz a Ollie, que ha acabado en una tienda de segunda mano sin poder volver a casa. Mary J. Blige (The Umbrella Academy, Power Book II: Ghost) y Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) pondrán voz a Rosy y Zozo, una osita de peluche y un muñeco payaso que ayudan a Ollie a encontrar a Billy. La serie de cuatro episodios ha sido creada, escrita y producida por Shannon Tindle (Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings). Será dirigida por Peter Ramsey (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rise of the Guardians). La animación corre a cargo de Industrial Light + Magic (The Mandalorian).

Famke Janssen (How to Get Away with Murder, X-Men) será recurrente en Long Slow Exhale como la doctora Melinda Barrington, la rectora de la universidad.

Annie Murphy (Schitt's Creek, Kevin Can F*** Himself) y Carolyn Michelle Smith (House of Cards, Colony) se unen a la segunda temporada de Russian Doll. No se conocen detalles.

Connor Swindells (Sex Education, Emma.) protagonizará SAS: Rogue Heroes. Será David Stirling, un excéntrico soldado aburrido. Hospitalizado tras un ejercicio de entrenamiento que sale mal y convencido de que los comandos tradicionales no funcionan, decide crear otra forma de ataque y reclutar a los soldados más duros, valientes e imprudentes para una unidad encubierta. Le acompañarán Jack O'Connell (Skins, Godless), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones, Jojo Rabbit), Sofia Boutella (Modern Love, Atomic Blonde), Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair), Amir El-Masry (Industry, Jack Ryan), Theo Barklem-Biggs (The First Team, Carnival Row), Corin Silva (The Bay), Jacob Ifan (Bang, Cuffs), Dónal Finn (Cursed, The Witcher), Jacob McCarthy (A.P. Bio), Michael Shaeffer (Bodyguard, The Salisbury Poisonings) y Miles Jupp (The Durrells, Rev.).

Leslie Bibb (Popular, Nobodies) y Kevin Dunn (Veep, Samantha Who?) serán Satán y Gene, el padre de Clark (Ben Falcone), que es el mensajero de Dios, en God's Favorite Idiot.

Tom Mison (Sleepy Hollow, Watchmen) participará en la segunda temporada de See.

Katrina Law (Arrow, Hawaii Five-0) se une como recurrente a la decimoctava temporada de NCIS con posibilidad de convertirse en regular en la decimonovena. Será la agente especial Jessica Knight, experta en negociación en secuestros.

Snoop Dogg (Dolemite Is My Name), La La Anthony (Power, The Chi) y Serayah (Empire) serán recurrentes en Black Mafia Family como el pastor Swift, consejero espiritual de la familia Flenory; Markaisha Taylor, esposa de un traficante de drogas; y Lori Walker, novia de Demetrius Flenory (Lil Meech).

Mark Pellegrino (Supernatural, 13 Reasons Why) se une como regular a American Rust. Será Virgil Poe, marido de Grace (Maura Tierney).

Michelle Gomez (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Flight Attendant) se une como regular a la tercera temporada de Doom Patrol. Será Madame Rouge, excéntrica con una misión muy específica pero que no recuerda.

Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) será recurrente como Malia, la hija de Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), en The First Lady. Aya Cash (The Boys, You're the Worst), Jake Picking (Hollywood), Cayden Boyd (Heathers, Awkward), Marc Hills (Snatchers), Ben Cook (Paterno), Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer (Bridge and Tunnel), Thomas E. Sullivan (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; Roswell, New Mexico) y Patrice Johnson Chevannes (Chambers) serán Esther Liebowitz, secretaria de prensa de Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer); la versión joven de Jerry Ford (Aaron Eckhart); Michael, Jack y Steven, los hijos de Betty Ford; Martha Graham, profesora de baile de Betty en 1939; Bill Warren, el primer marido de Betty y Clara Powell, la niñera de los Ford; en The First Lady.

Shar Jackson (Moesha) participará en los episodios finales de Shameless como Constance, una prima de Veronica (Shanola Hampton) que vive en Louisville.

Adelayo Adedayo (Timewasters, Origin), Ian Hart (My Mad Fat Diary, The Last Kingdom), MyAnna Buring (Ripper Street, The Salisbury Poisonings), Kerrie Hayes (The English Game, Tin Star), Warren Brown (Strike Back, Luther), Josh Finan y Emily Fairn protagonizarán The Responder junto a Martin Freeman.

Lizzie Broadway (Here and Now, The Rookie) y Jaz Sinclair (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) se unen al spin-off de The Boys que Amazon estaría a punto de encargar.

Barrett Carnahan (Cobra Kai, Alexa & Katie), Andrea Anders (Joey, Ted Lasso), Benjamin J. Cain Jr. y Nicole Bilderback (Dawson's Creek, Dark Angel) se unen como recurrentes a Cruel Summer.

Ruby Cruz (Castle Rock, Mare of Easttown) sustituye a Cailee Spaeny en el papel de Kit, la hermana melliza del príncipe secuestrado, en Willow.

Midori Francis (The Birch, Dash & Lily), Gavin Leatherwood (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Christopher Meyer (Tell Me a Story, The Affair), Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (Queenpins), Lauren "Lolo" Spencer (Give Me Liberty) y Renika Williams (Over-the-Rhine) se unen como regulares a The Sex Lives of College Girls. Serán Alicia, Nico, Canaan, Lila, Jocelyn y Willow, estudiantes de Essex College.

Babs Olusanmokun (The Defenders, The Widow), Christina Chong (Line of Duty, Bulletproof), Celia Rose Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Jess Bush (Playing for Keeps) y Melissa Navia (Dietland) se unen a Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Uyoata Udi será Inspectah Deck en la segunda temporada de Wu-Tang: An American Saga.

Joshua Caleb Johnson (The Good Lord Bird, Snowfall) se une como recurrente a Women of the Movement. Será Wheeler Parker Jr., el primo y mejor amigo de Emmett Till (Cedric Joe).

Dominique Fishback (The Deuce, Judas and the Black Messiah) será Robyn, amiga de la familia que ayuda a Ptolemy (Samuel L. Jackson), en The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.

Sarah Catherine Hook (NOS4A2) y Imani Lewis (Star, The Get Down) protagonizarán First Kill. Serán Juliette Fairmont, una tímida y amable vampira adolescente; y Calliope Burns, una adolescente vulnerable y valiente cazadora de monstruos.

Pósters

       Nuevas series

Natalie Portman (Black Swan, Jackie) y Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave, Us) protagonizarán Lady in the Lake, limited series de Apple TV+ ambientada en Baltimore en los años 60 y adaptación de la novela de Laura Lippman (2019). Serán Maddie Schwartz, un ama de casa y madre que se reinventa como periodista de investigación tras un asesinato sin resolver; y Cleo Sherwood, una mujer muy trabajadora que combina la maternidad con varios trabajos y la meta de ayudar con el progreso de la comunidad negra en Baltimore. Escrita por Dre Ryan (Colony, The Man in the High Castle) y Alma Har'el, dirigida por Har'el (Honey Boy) y producida por Ryan (The Man in the High Castle, The Exorcist), Har'el, Portman y Nyong'o.

Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory, The Flight Attendant) protagonizará y producirá una limited series sobre Doris Day. Basada en su biografía 'Doris Day: Her Own Story' escrita por A.E. Hotchner (1976). Producida por Warner Bros TV y Greg Berlanti (The Flight Attendant, Brothers & Sisters). Aún no hay cadena asociada.

Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth, Saturday Night Live) protagonizará y producirá Expiration Date, drama de Peacock sobre un hombre roto que considera suicidarse para que su familia pueda cobrar el dinero del seguro y planea qué hacer en el año que todavía debe permanecer con vida. Escrito y producido por Harry y Jack Williams (The Missing, Liar).

Peacock encarga Langdon, serie precuela de The Da Vinci Code y adaptación de la novela de Dan Brown 'The Lost Symbol' (2009) en la que Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman; Succession, A Teacher) deberá resolver una serie de rompecabezas mortales para salvar a su mentor y frustrar una escalofriante conspiración global. Completan el reparto Valorie Curry (The Following, The Tick), Rick Gonzalez (Arrow), Eddie Izzard (Hannibal, Powers) y Sumalee Montano (This Is Us, Scandal). Escrita y producida por Dan Dworkin y Jay Beattie, guionistas de Criminal Minds y Revenge y creadores de Scream y Matador. Producida por Dan Brown, Brian Grazer y Ron Howard, que ya produjeron las adaptaciones cinematográficas de The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons e Inferno.

FX ha encargado nueve episodios de Fleishman Is in Trouble, limited series sobre un cuarentañero recién separado y con hijos cuya esposa desaparece sin dejar rastro y deberá afrontar qué pasó con su matrimonio para saber qué le ha ocurrido a ella. Escrita y producida por Taffy Brodesser-Akner y basada en su novela (2019).

ITV encarga tres episodios de The Tower, thriller criminal en el que un policía veterano y una adolescente mueren al caer desde lo alto de un edificio en Londres mientras quedan vivos en la azotea un niño de cinco años y una agente novata que desaparece horas después. Adaptación de 'Post Mortem' (2015), la primera novela de la saga de Kate London, antigua agente de la Policía Metropolitana en la unidad de homicidios y delitos graves. Escrito y producido por Patrick Harbinson (Homeland, Person of Interest) y dirigido por Jim Loach (Save Me, Victoria).

Amazon desarrolla Women of the Year, antología adaptación del proyecto 100 Women of the Year de Time. Cada episodio se centrará en una mujer. Creada y producida por Alma Har'el (Honey Boy).

OWN ha encargado The Kings of Napa, drama sobre una familia afroamericana cuyo patriarca abandona la empresa de viñedos dejando a sus tres hijos luchando por el control. Escrita por Janine Sherman Barrois (Claws, Criminal Minds) y producida por Oprah Winfrey. Matthew A. Cherry (Hair Love) dirigirá los dos primeros episodios.

Amazon desarrolla The Wives, thriller sobre una mujer localmente enamorada de su marido, aunque sepa que tiene dos esposas más que ella no conoce, que un día entabla una relación con la más joven y comienza a preguntarse quién es su marido exactamente. Adaptación de la novela de Tarryn Fisher (2019). Escrita y producida por Kayla Alpert (Code Black, Ally McBeal).

Searchlight Television ha adquirido la saga de novelas fantásticas The Inheritance Trilogy, donde los dioses moran entre los mortales y una familia poderosa y corrupta gobierna la Tierra, para su adaptación televisiva. Producida por Will Smith y Jada Pinkett Smith.

Bradley Walsh (Doctor Who, Coronation Street) y Joanna Scanlan (No Offence, Hold the Sunset) serán Pop y Ma en The Larkins, dramedia adaptación de la novela 'The Darling Buds of May' (1958) de H.E. Bates para ITV. Sabrina Bartlett (Bridgerton, Victoria) será Mariette Larkin, una de los seis hijos de esta familia de clase obrera. Tok Stephen (Grantchester, Holby City) será Cedric 'Charley' Charlton. Escrita por Simon Nye (The Durrells, Finding Alice). Producida por Bradley Walsh. Seis episodios.

Peacock desarrolla Wild Cards, adaptación de las novelas de George R.R. Martin que desarrolló previamente Hulu.

ITV encarga seis episodios de The Ipcress File, adaptación de la primera novela de la saga de Len Deighton (1962) protagonizada por el espía Harry Palmer (Joe Cole; Gangs of London, Peaky Blinders). Completan el reparto Lucy Boynton (The Politician, Sing Street), Tom Hollander (The Night Manager, The Missing), Ashley Thomas (Them, Top Boy), Joshua James (Industry, Life), David Dencik (Top of the Lake, Genius) y Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Dublin Murders, Love/Hate). Escrita y producida por John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach). Dirigida y producida por James Watkins (McMafia, Black Mirror).

HBO Max desarrolla Enjoy Your Meal, comedia que examina satíricamente la cultura tóxica de la industria food media. Inspirada en los escándalos del verano de 2020 en adelante, se centrará en un grupo de jóvenes asistentes negros que se alzaron para destrozar la cultura corporativa. Escrita y producida por Amy Aniobi (Insecure). Ryan Walker-Hartshorn (Bon Appétit) servirá como consultora.

ABC Signature y Searchlight Television han adquirido City of Ghosts, la novela de Victoria Schwab (2018) que sigue a una adolescente que se ve inmersa en una épica batalla entre fantasmas y humanos, para su adaptación. Escrita por David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete's Dragon) y Sehaj Sethi (Two Sentence Horror Stories) y dirigida por Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete's Dragon). Producida por Schwab y Gerard Butler.

ALLBLK ha encargado seis episodios de Lace, que sigue a una prolífica y exitosa abogada de Los Ángeles (Maryam Basir) que no respeta los límites entre el bien y el mal al proteger a su rica y poderosa clientela. Completan el reparto Skyh Black (Sistas), Tanyell Waivers (Queen Sugar), Antoine Harris (Ballers, The Breaks), Terrell Carter (Empire), Leonard Roberts (Heroes, American Crime Story), Kellita Smith (The Bernie Mac Show, Z Nation), Shanti Lowry (Family Time, The Game), Chris Attoh (A House Divided), Nate Walker, Jordan T. Johnson, Taylor Bynoe, Mollie Dolcimascolo y Isaac Stephen Montgomery. Creada, escrita y producida por Katrina Y. Nelson y Michelle Ebony Hardy y dirigida por Jamal Hill (Deuces, Brotherly Love).

 Fechas

Grace se estrena en ITV el 14 de marzo

La tercera temporada de Family Reunion llega a Netflix el 5 de abril

La quinta y última temporada de Queen of the South se estrena en USA Network el 7 de abril

Them llega a Amazon el 9 de abril

La quinta y última temporada de Van Helsing se estrena en Syfy el 16 de abril

La segunda temporada de Bigger se estrena en BET+ el 22 de abril

La segunda y última temporada de Special llega a Netflix el 20 de mayo

Tráilers y promos

Line of Duty - Temporada 6

Them

Family Reunion - Temporada 3

Van Helsing - Temporada 5 y última