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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 2426 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 11:55 pm:        American Gangster, a film based on the life of Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, hits movie screens this weekend starring Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington. This week's Next Big Thing looks at pop culture's fascination with black gangsters through the years. Mark Rowland, producer of a new BET series on gangsters of color, is joined by filmmaker Marc Levin to discuss America's fascination. Listen: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15837148&ft=1&f=46   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 5655 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Friday, November 02, 2007 - 02:27 pm:        I suppose you liked it better when we were toms, coons and mammies.