I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word chess, automatically the name Bobby Fischer pops into my head. It’s generally not a game I identify with African-American players. Although, there have been several players of color. In 2014, Cuba Gooding, Jr starred in Life of a King, about Eugene Brown. Brown started a chess club for inner city students in Washington D.C. after he had been jailed for 18 years. Maurice Ashley is a Jamaican American chess grandmaster, author, commentator, app designer, puzzle inventor, and motivational speaker. In 1992, he shared the United States Game/10 chess championship with Maxim Dlugy. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation (FIDE) awarded…
Author: Carla Renata
Carla Renata
A Bison, Virgo, devoted daughter, yoga and spinning, graduate of the "mecca" - Howard University's School of Communications, former publicist, actress, radio co-host and "doggie mom" to an adorably smart-energetic maltese are just a few of the characteristics that make up the essence of me – The Curvy Film Critic - Carla Renata. As a member of the (AAFCA) African American Film Critic's Association, one can catch me at www.UBNRadio.com reviewing films and Co-Hosting for the entertainment internet radio talk show "On Air With Tony Sweet" and freelance for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered. It is my sincere hope that although not every opinion I have will or will not be embraced, I am grateful for the opportunity to share it...enjoy and see you on the red carpet!!!
Review by Carla Renata for UBNRadio.com and The Curvy Critic.com As the child of a military family, we traveled for most of my life. However, in between moves, we always went back “home”. Home for me is St, Louis, Missouri. Both of my parents were born and raised there. My relatives on my maternal and paternal side still live there. I went to the prom, fell in love for the first time, had my first date, learned to drive, got my first job, became a beauty queen and attended my first college…all in the state of Missouri. My memories are…