Touré (journalist)

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==Early life, family and education== ==Early life, family and education== Touré was born Touré Neblett in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts], on March 20, 1971.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=474842&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=Home&sId=&sInfo= |title= Target Entertainment launches over 100 hours of new programming at MIPTV |work= virtualpressoffice.com |date= March 21, 2011 |quote= renowned music journalist Touré Neblett talks with some of the most provocative players in music today.... |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120405132051/http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=474842&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=Home&sId=&sInfo= |archive-date= 2012-04-05 |url-status= dead |access-date= April 23, 2026}}</ref><ref name=HuffPost>{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-marshall-lewis/toure-post-blackness_b_936202.html |title= It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Black |last= Lewis |first= Miles Marshall |author-link= Miles Marshall Lewis |date= August 25, 2011 |work= [[HuffPost]] |quote= Touré Neblett is the cultural critic folks love to hate. |access-date= March 19, 2015}}</ref> His father, Roy E. Neblett, was an accountant and a member of the personal staff of Boston mayor [[Kevin White (mayor)|Kevin White]]. Touré's parents met while Roy was studying at [[Suffolk University Law School]], and his mother Patricia also worked at the Neblett accounting firm. Touré's paternal grandparents were immigrants to [[Harlem]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], from [[Barbados]] and the [[British Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Marquard|first=Bryan|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2018/03/06/roy-neblett-who-ran-accounting-firm-and-worked-city-hall-dies/YgOmudl4vvKvB40vHJR7KO/story.html|title=Roy E. Neblett, 86; ran accounting firm and worked in City Hall|work=[[Boston Globe]]|date=March 6, 2018| access-date= }}</ref> Touré was born Touré Neblett in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], on March 20, 1971.<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=474842&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=Home&sId=&sInfo= |title= Target Entertainment launches over 100 hours of new programming at MIPTV |work= virtualpressoffice.com |date= March 21, 2011 |quote= renowned music journalist Touré Neblett talks with some of the most provocative players in music today.... |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120405132051/http://www.virtualpressoffice.com/publicsiteContentFileAccess?fileContentId=474842&fromOtherPageToDisableHistory=Y&menuName=Home&sId=&sInfo= |archive-date= 2012-04-05 |url-status= dead |access-date= April 23, 2026}}</ref><ref name=HuffPost>{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-marshall-lewis/toure-post-blackness_b_936202.html |title= It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Black |last= Lewis |first= Miles Marshall |author-link= Miles Marshall Lewis |date= August 25, 2011 |work= [[HuffPost]] |quote= Touré Neblett is the cultural critic folks love to hate. |access-date= March 19, 2015}}</ref> His father, Roy E. Neblett, was an accountant and a member of the personal staff of Boston mayor [[Kevin White (mayor)|Kevin White]]. Touré's parents met while Roy was studying at [[Suffolk University Law School]], and his mother Patricia also worked at the Neblett accounting firm. Touré's paternal grandparents were immigrants to [[Harlem]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], from [[Barbados]] and the [[British Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Marquard|first=Bryan|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2018/03/06/roy-neblett-who-ran-accounting-firm-and-worked-city-hall-dies/YgOmudl4vvKvB40vHJR7KO/story.html|title=Roy E. Neblett, 86; ran accounting firm and worked in City Hall|work=[[Boston Globe]]|date=March 6, 2018| access-date= }}</ref>

He attended [[Milton Academy]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bigcitypix.com/toure-biography-reality-show-host-writer-journalist-critic-television |title= Touré BIOGRAPHY: Writer, Journalist, Critic and Television Host |date= February 1, 2008 |website= bigcitypix.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120203062702/http://www.bigcitypix.com/toure-biography-reality-show-host-writer-journalist-critic-television |archive-date= 2012-02-03 |url-status= dead |access-date= }}</ref> and then [[Emory University]] but dropped out after his junior year.<ref name="AfraidGoogle">{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZwb3eJuLw4C&pg=PR19|title=Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?|author=Toure|year=2011|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=9781439177563| via= Google Books| access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> In 1996, he attended [[Columbia University]]'s MFA writing program for one year.<ref name="Jones02">{{cite news|title=BIBR spotlight: Toure: a charmed life| first= Mondella S. |last= Jones| url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BIBR+spotlight%3A+Toure%3A+a+charmed+life.-a089148215|work=Black Issues Book Review|date=July 1, 2002| access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref> He attended [[Milton Academy]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.bigcitypix.com/toure-biography-reality-show-host-writer-journalist-critic-television |title= Touré BIOGRAPHY: Writer, Journalist, Critic and Television Host |date= February 1, 2008 |website= bigcitypix.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120203062702/http://www.bigcitypix.com/toure-biography-reality-show-host-writer-journalist-critic-television |archive-date= 2012-02-03 |url-status= dead |access-date= }}</ref> and then [[Emory University]] but dropped out after his junior year.<ref name="AfraidGoogle">{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZwb3eJuLw4C&pg=PR19|title=Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness?|author=Toure|year=2011|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn=9781439177563| via= Google Books| access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> In 1996, he attended [[Columbia University]]'s MFA writing program for one year.<ref name="Jones02">{{cite news|title=BIBR spotlight: Toure: a charmed life| first= Mondella S. |last= Jones| url= http://www.thefreelibrary.com/BIBR+spotlight%3A+Toure%3A+a+charmed+life.-a089148215|work=Black Issues Book Review|date=July 1, 2002| access-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>

==Career== ==Career==