Drums in the Global Village

……..SeeingBlack.com!

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………….NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” today?
Sometimes I think I give WAMU WAY too much credit. Then Rehm does a show like the first hour of today’s.
Please listen to the whole thing. Powerful hour.

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Another thing worth checking out.
          IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING A REPUBLICAN?

 
NEW HIPHOP & JAZZ ‘DOCUMIXTORY’ PODCAST ENDS SPECULATION ON WHERE HE STOOD ON THE ISSUES
RARE SPEECHES MIXED OVER A CORNUCOPIA OF GROOVES

November 16, 2006–Washington, D.C.—With current attempts by Republican candidates for office to label Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican, and […]

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………………C-SPAN getting on the Youtube/LiveDigital et. al. bandwagon?
If so, click here.

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………….”COON”?!?!?

Young Blacks using the word “coon” to jokingly describe the activities of each other????
Nah. No way. I REFUSED to believe it when Richard Prince told me, but here it is.

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Went to the ceremony last Friday. Shook Morgan Freeman’s hand and told him that, to me, he’d always be Easy Reader  from “The Electric Company.” 
So the Foundation (based in my adopted hometown of Hyattsville! Woo-woo!) gave out its Legacy Awards for Black literary excellence.
Emcee S. Epatha Merkerson (yep, the sister from NBC’s “Law And […]

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After reading the stories below, check out these interviews. And don’t forget to watch the “60 Minutes” tribute this Sunday night.
NEW YORK (CNN) — Ed Bradley, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported on subjects ranging from jazz musicians to the Columbine school shootings, has died. He was 65. 
Bradley died Thursday at New York’s Mount Sinai […]

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……….Syndication One’s “The Michael Eric Dyson Show” and “Keeping It Real With The Rev. Al Sharpton” for yesterday and today providing TWO FULL DAYS of national election coverage from the Black liberal-to-progressive perspective.
Cathy Hughes and Tom Joyner have their (deserved) critics, but I ain’t one—at least not today. :)  REACH Media allowed me to experience […]

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View No. 1:

(This counts DOUBLE for Rumsfeld’s ouster!!!) 
On the other hand, before we get too carried away, here’s the second view—one in which I also agree. A great dose of truth.
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AMY GOODMAN: For analysis on Tuesday’s election and the Democratic victory in the House, we’re joined by consumer advocate and two-time presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, in […]

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The latest from FreeMix Radio.
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Music: Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Sizzla, Ghostface, Spinna, Hi-COUP, Blitz, Pharaoh Monch, Wildchild, M.O.P., Flawless Blak, Nas, Papoose, D’angelo, AZ, CL Smooth, Serious Jones, Premier, Common, Dead Prez and more…
News/Interviews: DC Radio CO-OP interviews Dead Prez plus: Johonna McCants discusses Carceral Studies and the Prison Industrial Complex, Nas and […]

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