“Made You Die” (For Trayvon)
Thursday, May 10th, 2012THANKS for Dr. Mark Bolden for sending me this! And, of course, thanks to dead prez, Mos Def and Mike Flo. Clarity.
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Dick Clark’s Death Is Making Me Think Of……
Thursday, April 19th, 2012……Georgie Woods, The Man With The Goods. He was The Man. Dick Clark is interviewed here.
Resurrected Tupac, Yesterday, Today, Forever
Monday, April 16th, 2012A little eerie (scary?), but it’s not like Tupac has really left the Hiphop Generation’s collective consciousness. But a tour? Really?
Trailers For Movies I Might See (“MIB 3″ and “Sparkle”)
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012Whitney looks good here. Her question “Wasn’t my life enough of a cautionary tale for you?” gives me chills.
“Be Your Best Self:” Mumia’s Message To His Peeps On Death Row
Sunday, April 8th, 2012With Mumia settling (permanently?) into general population, now that his (last?) appeal is gone, I had to post what I got today from International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, as supporters prepare to “Occupy The Justice Department” on his 58th birthday: On December 18, 2011, from his solitary cell at SCI Mahanoy, Mumia [...]
Asante Sana, Gil Noble
Sunday, April 8th, 2012I’m sure you are having a great time in the Realm of the Ancestors, sitting and talking to El-Hajj Malik-El Shabazz, Sister Betty and John Henrik Clarke. Thanks for your career, and mine.
Black Agenda Report Presents (The Pilot Episode Of) “Black Agenda Television!”
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Black Agenda TV Pilot from Black Agenda Report on Vimeo.
Randy Weston, “An African Born In America”
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012Powerful.
Homegirl
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Once apon a time there was a little girl in the ghetto (in my home ghetto, in fact) who wanted to be a princess. She had the talent (and, yes, beauty) to get away with it. She could sing with the range of her godmother and the articulation, the clarity of her cousin. She found [...]
Asante Sana, Don Cornelius
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012All I can say is THANKS.