APPETIZER Shrimp Flautas Donna Nordin Cafe Terra Cotta Tucson AZ ENTREE Baby Lamb Alex Stratta Renoir, Mirage Hotel Las Vegas NV DESSERT Fresh Peach and Raspberry Shortcake Thaddeus DuBois Beau Rivage Biloxi MS
APPETIZER Oyster Stew Donald Barickman Magnolia's, Charleston SC ENTREE Grilled Tuna with Crawfish Pirlau and Watercress Essence Frank Stitt Highlands Bar & Grill, Birmingham AL DESSERT Pear Charlotte Pascal Demory Hotel Sofitel Minneapolis MN
Deep-fried Monkfish, Viennese-style on a Creamy Potato Mash Salad by Romeo Morocutti of Do & Do - Stephanplatz in Vienna, Austria. Sole and Crispy Eggplant by Dolli Irigoyen of Restaurant Dolli in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Coconut Creme Brulee by Ed Morris of Hawaiian Prince Hotel Waikiki in Honolulu, Oahu HI.
Grilled Buffalo Provolone with Marinated Tomatoes and Fennel Salad by Pablo Massey of Restaurant Massey in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pike-Perch with Celery by Francois Rodolphe of Auberge des Templiers in Les Bezards, France. Poppy Seed Crepes with Poppy Seed Filling by Harald Fargel of Figlmuller in Vienna, Austria.
Fillet of Turbot with Brioche, Beetroot, and Grapefruit Sauce by Kevin Thornton of Thornton's in Dublin, Ireland. Rack of Lamb by Jean Paul Bondoux of Restaurant La Bourgogne in Punte del Este, Uruguay. Sweet Asparagus with Strawberries and Chickweed Ice Cream by Meinrad Neunkirchner of Academie in Vienna, Austria.
Salad with Lobster-stuffed Rigatoni and Coral Sauce with Olive Paste Pastry by Patrick Henriroux of La Pyramide in Vienne, France. Roasted Lobster Tail with Apple and Lobster Ravioli and Apple Sauce by Tom Aikens of Pied a Terre of London, England. Apple and Orange-filled Crepes with Ricotta-Ginger Topping by Gerhard Mandl of Schlosshotel Obermayerhofen in Sebersdorf, Styria, Austria.
APPETIZER Shirred Eggs with White Truffles and Fingerling Potatoes Wayne Nish March New Yor NY ENTREE Oven-roasted Chicken with Soft Mascarpone Polenta and Fig-Balsamic Essence John Coletta Caliterra Chicao IL DESSERT Three-Milk Cake Jean-Luc Albin Maurice French Pastry Metairie LA
1950 - Ralph Bunche Wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1950 - Gwendolyn Brooks Becomes the First Black Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 1955 - Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat to a White Passenger on a Montgomery Bus 1956 - Althea Gibson, First Black Woman To Win a Tennis Grand Slam Event 1959 - Lorraine Hansberry's Play 'A Raisin in the Sun is Produced 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. Delivers His I Have a Dream Speech
1967 - Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction into the U.S. Army on Religious Grounds 1967 - Thurgood Marshall, First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1977 - Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family Appears on TV 2001 - Colin Powell Appointed Secretary of State 2004 - Neil deGrasse Tyson Becomes Astrophysics' Superstar
In the first two decades of the 21st Century, a new Black identity was taking shape based not on slavery or the struggle for equal rights but on excellence, on African Americans' growing role in American politics, on new forms of literature and on a rising Black entrepreneurial class that has found a home in Silicon Valley.
Community brings two women from different racial backgrounds together; Afro-Peruvian music and memories of Black life in Florida.