…..you’ll just have to see the Newseum for itself. I just can’t do it justice.
Category Archives: world history
Thank You, Michael Gurevitch
And Now, Season Four
And just when I swore I was not going to watch it illegally online this season, that I was not going to care so much this time because of Freema getting the boot (well, sort of).
*SIGH*
Seven Books, Eight Movies!
Good news here, because I thought while reading Book Seven, “How can the filmed version of this be under five hours?”
Power-less
Okay, look: I fully admit that I have a little bit of a crush (intellectually, although I’ve always had a little thing for redheads 🙂 ) on Samantha Power.
She’s everything I want to be: an author, a journalist, a talking head.
I’m really sorry that she spoke her mind this time, ’cause I hate to see someone this incredible (and dedicated) get smeared around the world—particularly when what she said was more true than mean. 🙂
In The Spirit of Multiculturalism…….
………….I have to offer this, tongue firmly in cheek. Happy African Heritage Month! 🙂 LOL!
P.S. I gave up watching “Friends” reruns a couple years back when I realized I had memorized every other line, so…… 🙂
A Belated Congrats To………..
…………Ruby Dee for winning the SAG.
It’s the LEAST Hollywood could have done for this Queen Mother, since she didn’t win the Oscar.
Heard About………..
Independent Audio/Video You Should Check Out (Twelfth In A Long-Running Series)
VoxUnion Media
February 25, 2008This Jazz & Justice “redux” tribute is paid to Malcolm X in sad honor of this (February 21, 1965) the 43rd anniversary of his assassination. Hear words and music all dedicated to the honor of both the revolutionary and the idea of revolution.
CLICK HERE to download and/or visit voxunion.com for the download/stream option and much more including the latest edition of Roots Revolution from DJ Soul Rebel with the latest on Kenyan political struggle.
—“Once Black youth began to approach the ideas of Malcolm X it became necessary to destroy what he stood for. Once Black youth began to approach the ideas of Malcolm X it became necessary to destroy the man’s image that produced those ideas… if Malcolm were alive today he’d be a political prisoner and we wouldn’t be here having a discussion about {sic} his life… because the political prisoners we have today get no support…”
“The Many Sides of Malcolm Part I” by Melki
“The Many Sides of Malcolm” represents the original “Documixtory” done for “Black World Report,” an online radio newsmagazine of The Black World Today and the NNPA, the Black Press of America. It includes speeches from Malcolm (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), and commentaries from now-ancestors Dr. Betty Shabazz, Dr. John Henrik Clarke and Alex Haley.
Produced in 2001, it pulls audio from the first Malcolm X International Conference in New York City in 1990.
If you are a fan of Malcolm or one who studies history, you will enjoy this fully. Click here to hear the program.
Drums in the Global Village 