Film icon Glover uses big screen to tackle big issues
Kam Williams
Born on July 22, 1946, Danny Lebern Glover was the eldest of five children raised in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco by postal workers James and Carrie Glover. After graduating from George Washington High School, he attended San Francisco State University, where he forged his progressive political perspective as a member of the Black Student Union.
In his late twenties, Glover developed an interest in acting and started studying at the Black Actors’ Workshop in San Francisco. His screen debut came in 1979’s “Escape from Alcatraz,” though his breakout role would come five years later, acting as Moze opposite Sally Field in 1984’s “Places in the Heart.” Full story
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Popular N.C. writer still sells books at mini-mart
Thomasi McDonald
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tiphani Montgomery’s books, “The Millionaire Mistress” and its sequel “Still A Mistress: The Saga Continues,” can be found on the Internet and on the shelves of most national book chains. “The Millionaire Mistress” made Essence magazine’s best-seller list five times last year, reaching No. 1 in July.
But Montgomery can be found selling her books most weekdays in front of the Oakwood Mini Mart on Tarboro Street just east of downtown. For her, selling her book in front of a busy mini mart is just good business sense.
“The bookstore is the worst place in the world to sell your book,” she said. “The reason I have been successful is because I step out of the box.” Full story
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