He knows how to get high on music and take us all along for the ride. He went to a Warriors game and mentioned Steph Curry in a song. No one compares to him! No one struts and walks with a cane like The Purple One. No one is funkier than Prince. No one is […]
Read more "Prince"He was the recipient of a MacArthur Genius award. The work is based on oral history taken in 2003 by Jones with Dora Amelan, who was 95 years old, a French Jewish nurse/social worker, WWII survivor and his mother-in-law. The work is 85 minutes in length with no intermission. Dora’s son, Jones’ current husband, is […]
Read more "Bill T. Jones"He tied Lil Wayne’s Billboard Hot 100 record for most appearances for a solo artist. He has been on the chart 132 times Elvis is second with 108, followed by James Brown, 91, and Jay Z 86. The cast of Glee holds the top spot at 207. One Dance is the first Spotify track to […]
Read more "Drake"You just another nigger. You are a woman-less man. Fences are made to keep people in and out. I can’t taste nothing. A watched pot never boils. Stick with Uncle Sam and retire early. You gotta take the crookeds with the straights. It helps me get out of bed in the morning. One time in […]
Read more "Fences"Born Alice Faye Williams sunrise 1/10/47, Lumberton, North Carolina, sunset 5/2/16, Sausalito, California. Tupac Shakur was her son. 2/6/07 she delivered the keynote address at Vanderbilt University’s Black History Month Comemoration. She founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foudation with revenue from Tupac’s posthumously released albums. She founded Amaru Entertainment, the holding company for all Tupac’s […]
Read more "Afeni Shakur #BlackPanthersAt50"He was born 5/24/43 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). His graphic art was featured in the newspaper, The Black Panther. He was also the art director, designer, and main illustrator. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a youth […]
Read more "Emory Douglas #BlackPanthersAt50"Sunrise 8/30/48 Summit, Illinois, sunset 12/4/69 Chicago, Illinois. He was initially involved with the NAACP. He joined the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP). He negotiated a nonaggression pact between Chicago’s most powerful street gangs. He developed a class consciousness multi-racial alliance between the BPP, Young Patriots Organization, and the Young […]
Read more "Fred Hampton #BlackPanthersAt50"She was born 1/26/44 in Birmingham, Alabama. As a girl scout she protested against segregation. She went to a Quaker school in New York during her junior and senior years in high school. She was one of three black students at Brandeis during her freshman year. She was prosecuted for conspiracy in 1970, spent 18 […]
Read more "Angela Davis #WeAreEverywhere"She became the first female African-American aviator in 1921 by obtaining an international aviation license. She was born Elizabeth Coleman. In 1923 she came to Oakland, California to publicize the Coast Tire and Rubber Company in newspaper ads. The sign announcing the roadway is four foot high and greets visitors entering OAK. She was born […]
Read more "Bessie Coleman"She was born Araminta “Minty” Ross the exact date, year and place is unknown as it was for many slaves. She was married twice, first to John Tubman and had one child, Gertie through adoption. She had a brother named Moses. She helped newly freed slaves find work. She was the first woman to lead […]
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