The "Roby" Comes to Harlem

We have just been informed (we don't pay much attention to these things, being consistently non-award-winning) that there is such a thing as a "National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame."

Its most prestigious award (named after Paul Robeson) is the "Roby", or "will be," according to their press. How dig-ni-fied!

We applaud this effort. For too long, black people have been forced to admire other black people in historically unglamorous, undercompensated fields including medicine, engineering, politics, business, manufacturing, law enforcement, and theology.

So we say, stop the ignorance and let's give Ossie Davis yet another award for directing five movies in the 1970's! Let's honor Dorothy Dandridge for being a basket case!

The "Roby" Comes to Harlem

We have just been informed (we don't pay much attention to these things, being consistently non-award-winning) that there is such a thing as a "National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame."

Its most prestigious award (named after Paul Robeson) is the "Roby", or "will be," according to their press. How dig-ni-fied!

We applaud this effort. For too long, black people have been forced to admire other black people in historically unglamorous, undercompensated fields including medicine, engineering, politics, business, manufacturing, law enforcement, and theology.

So we say, stop the ignorance and let's give Ossie Davis yet another award for directing five movies in the 1970's! Let's honor Dorothy Dandridge for being a basket case!