Had never seen (or heard of) this. Williams is always fascinating. Thanks to Kalamu for showing this to me.
Category Archives: world history
The Gold Standard
Been thinking about Lerone Bennett Jr. a lot lately. About how serious he is. About how he accomplished more with 10 books than others with 20-plus. (And most of the 10 shaped the entire development of Black history in the 20th century!) About how he, Du Bois and Diop were the only historians I remember John Henrik Clarke writing articles about. About those Ebony “encyclopedias” I grew up with, and stole from my mother when I moved to Maryland almost 20 years ago.
I’m 43, and have produced no major work. I think 45 (2013) might be the year to try to walk down Lerone Bennett’s road.
The Full Life
Thoroughly enjoyed this.
Angela Davis Speaks To Occupy New York Folks (From October 30)
The Inside Story On One Of My Favorite Books
With stuff this good at 3:50 a.m., it may be a looooonnnnnggggg time before I sleep late again! This aired on the BBC World Service this morning. Mandela gives his account of what happened in his book.
Jimi And The Black Power Movement
Man, the BBC World Service stuff that NPR airs in the middle of the morning…..! And it’s always fascinating to hear the Black Power Movement discussed in news/history programs. Very rare in American media, which happily and deliberately hides the Black Power Movement within the much more accepted Civil Rights Movement.
re: "Like It Is" (1968-2011): Goodbye, Farewell, Amen
I especially liked when Herb Boyd and Betty Dopson read from “Black Is The Color of My TV Tube.” As an undergraduate, I had that book glued to my body the way many students kept “The Autobiography” in their knapsacks. Bill Cosby said pretty much everything I would have said if I had been on this last show.
U.S. Supreme Court Says, "Not My Business……."
…..so I guess 30 (!) years in, they’ll be more legal wrangling before the inevitable. Not exactly a victory, as Pam Africa said here.
Asante Sana, Fred Shuttlesworth
Well done, sir. The Realm of the Ancestors has another champion.
Asante Sana, Lydia Barashango
I will never forget your cooperation and kindness as I reported and wrote one of my all-time favorite stories. May The Ancestors greet you into their realm with great joy.
