Category Archives: race

STRANGE FRUIT Billy Holiday

February 12, 2017 – 11:21 am

Billy Holiday was introduced to the song STRANGE FRUIT by the owner of NY’s integrated nightclub Cafe Society. The words came from a poem by a Jewish school teacher from the Bronx. According to Wikipedia she first performed the song in 1939 closing out her set in total darkness other than the light on her […]

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Big Mouth White Boy

February 12, 2017 – 9:50 am

The Boston Celtics had assembled the Big Three to win the NBA Championship. In 2008 my team won the title behind Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett with help from center Kendrick Perkins and the playmaking sensation Rajon Rondo. The Celtics met the LA Lakers in 2010 Finals to repeat their success. Kobe subbed […]

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Marcus Garvey on History

February 11, 2017 – 7:10 pm

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” Marcus Garvey

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe

February 10, 2017 – 8:11 pm

I’m not a church-goer and if I hear church music I turn off the station, but banning Sister Rosetta Tharpe from my ears would be a sacrilege. This guitar-playing churchlady was credited with the first rock song in 1942. She was ahead of her times and everyone else too. Sister Rosetta weren’t no beauty, but […]

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WHAT’S GOING ON Marvin Gaye Detroit Mix

November 20, 2016 – 10:03 am

The production history of Marvin Gaye’s WHAT’S GOING ON from Wikipedia; In late March 1970, Marvin Gaye had fallen into a deep depression following the death of his singing partner and fellow Motown artist Tammi Terrell. Gaye refused to record or perform, going as far as to attempt an athletic career in football with the […]

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