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THE LIFE & TIMES OF BAYARD RUSTIN

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One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, 

Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi,

 spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington,

 and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront

 of a nation's consciousness. 

But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, 

the openly gay Rustin is not the household name 

that many of his activist contemporaries are.

 In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio 

explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and

 why his brilliant strategies were not followed, 

or were followed by those he never meant to help.

WODAABE!

ETTA JAMES- LEGENDARY

I HAD A PLEASURE OF WITNESSING ETTA JAMES LIVE 

@ THE CATCH ONE-LA- CIRCA 1984ISH.

SHE WENT ON STAGE BAREFOOT, BELTING OUT SONGS THAT TORE THE CLUB UP!

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QUINCY JONES: THE SUNDAY INTERVIEW

SERENA WILLIAMS: THE WORLD OWES YOU AN APOLOGY

The world owes you an apology 
Not just the umpire 
Not just the French Open 
Not just racists who ask if you feel intimidated by Sharapova’s basic looks 
Or being drug tested more than
The basic looking actual drug user
The nurses and doctors who ignored
Your knowledge
Of your own body
Almost causing your death
Every time they questioned your
Femininity
Ability
Strength
Integrity
Victory
They did so because of your skin
Asian parents who mold their children are
Tiger mothers
White parents who risk everything
Turn sex tapes into millions
Are momagers
But your father who made legends out of
Compton Concrete
Shaping you and your sister
Like Michelangelo chiseled David
He is loud
Obnoxious
Insane
The world owes you an apology
But we know it will never come
Because first they would have to acknowledge
The hatred
The racism
It isn’t your black panther suit
Your beauty
Your millions
You venting to a umpire
A broken racket
Or a demand of proper medical care
It’s your blackness that offends
Your power when you should be powerless
Your confidence
When you should always grovel
Always remind yourself
That you should thank them
for allowing you
To be on the courts at all
As if a Queen tells the jester
thank you for her
Throne
You are the living breathing embodiment of
#blackgirlmagic
The dream of our ancestors
The power of our foremothers
The strength that the
Middle passage
Slavery
Jim Crow
and America
Could not break
You are more than the
GOAT
You are goddess
Fearless
More than tennis
You are a living black legend
And they hate you for it” ~ Leslé Honoré

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JAMES BALDWIN

 (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)

an American novelist and social critic. 

His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), 

explore intricacies of racial, sexual, 

and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. 

Some of Baldwin's essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), 

No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). 

Baldwin's novels and plays fictionalize fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures thwarting the equitable integration not only of African Americans, but also of gay and bisexual men, while depicting some internalized obstacles to such individuals' quests for acceptance. 

Such dynamics are prominent in Baldwin's second novel, Giovanni's Room, written in 1956, well before the gay liberation.

In 2016, Raoul Peck released his documentary film I Am Not Your Negro. 

It is based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript, Remember This House. It is a ninety three minute journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights Movement to the present of Black Lives Matter. It is a film that questions black representation in Hollywood and beyond.

In 2017, Scott Timberg wrote an essay for the Los Angeles Times in which he noted existing cultural references to Baldwin, thirty years after his death, and concluded: 

"So Baldwin is not just a writer for the ages, but a scribe whose work—

as squarely as George Orwell's—speaks directly to ours."

TERRY CREWS TELLS IT LIKE IT IS- THE LEGACY OF TOXIC MASCULINITY

Actor, artist & activist Terry Crews

accepts the Voice of Courage Award at Safe Horizon's 2018 Champion Awards.

NINA SIMON- I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE

Nina Simone - I wish I knew how it would feel to be free (Live in Montreux) 1976

CABIN IN THE SKY- TORNADO

Cabin in the Sky 

 1943 American musical film based on the 1940 stage musical of the same name.

 Directed by Vincente Minnelli, the film stars Ethel Waters and Rex Ingram, who reprised their roles from the Broadway production, as well Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson and Lena Horne. It was Horne's first and only leading role in an MGM musical. Louis Armstrong was also featured in the film as one of Lucifer Junior's minions, and Duke Ellington and his Orchestra have a showcase musical number in the film.

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Music video by Logic feauturing- 

 Alessia Cara, Khalid

 (C) 2017 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

 Aug 17, 2017

Director - Andy Hines

Executive producer- Luga Podesta & Brandon Bonfiglio 

Producer- Andrew Lerios & Alex Randall 

Director of photography- Jeff Bierman

Production Designer - Hannah Beachler 

Edited by Joe Calardo 

Casting - German Legarreta

Assistant production supervisor - Kai Lusk

Assistant Director - Giovanni Cotto-Ortiz

Sound- Joe Bartone & Eric Ballew

Gaffer- Theodore Rysz 

Grip- Matthew Lim

Stylist- Antionette Messam

Color by Sean Coleman

Additional footage by- Justin Fleischer, Mike Holland, 

Josh Rimmey & Zach Williams 

Production Assistant Alec Schweitzer

Written & Directed by Andy Hines 

THE ROYAL DRUMMERS OF BURUNDI

The Royal Drummers of burundi
 have been carrying their musical knowledge of father to son for generations. 
They play hollowed-out logs during all kinds of parties from the king.

 And these days are all over the world. 

THE HISTORY OF MAXINE WATERS

Maxine Waters 

(born August 15, 1938)

 an American politician, serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving since 1991. 

A member of the Democratic Party, she is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Before becoming a member of Congress she served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an Assembly member, Waters advocated for divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime. 

In Congress, she is an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War and Donald Trump.

Waters was born in 1938 in Kinloch, Missouri, the daughter of Velma Lee (née Moore) and Remus Carr. Fifth out of thirteen children, Waters was raised by her single mother once her father left the family when Maxine was two.  She graduated from Vashon High Schoolin St. Louis, and moved with her family to Los Angeles, California, in 1961. She worked in a garment factory and as a telephone operator before being hired as an assistant teacher with the Head Start program at Watts in 1966.

 She later enrolled at Los Angeles State College (now California State University, Los Angeles) and graduated with a sociology degree in 1970.

In 1973, she went to work as chief deputy to City Councilman David S. Cunningham, Jr.. Waters entered the California State Assembly in 1976. While in the assembly she worked for the divestment of state pension funds from any businesses active in South Africa, a country then operating under the policy of apartheid, and helped pass legislation within the guidelines of the divestment campaign's Sullivan Principles. She ascended to the position of Democratic Caucus Chair for the Assembly.

Waters voted against the Iraq War Resolution, the 2002 resolution that funded and granted Congressional approval to possible military action against the regime of Saddam Hussein.

 She has remained a consistent critic of the subsequent war and has supported an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq. Waters asserted in 2007 that President George W. Bush was trying to "set [Congress] up" by continually requesting funds for an "occupation" that is "draining" the country of capital, soldier's lives, and other resources. 

 In a subsequent floor speech, Waters told her colleagues that Congress, lacking the votes to override the "inevitable Bush veto on any Iraq-related legislation," needed to "better [challenge] the administration's false rhetoric about the Iraq war" and "educate our constituents [about] the connection between the problems in Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran with the problems we have created in Iraq."

 A few months prior to these speeches Waters became a cosponsor of the House resolution to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney for making allegedly 

"false statements" about the war.

Waters has been very critical of the Tea Party movement. On August 20, 2011, while at a town hall discussing some of the displeasure that supporters of President Obama have had with the Congressional Black Caucus not supporting the president, Waters stated, 

"This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. 

And as far as I’m concerned, the ‘tea party’ can go straight to Hell ...

 and I intend to help them get there.

In a 2017 discussion with MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes, Waters said President Trump's friends and advisors who have ties to Russia or have oil and gas interests are "a bunch of scumbags". In February 2017, Waters said that Trump was "leading himself" to possible impeachment because of his conflicts and because many have suspicions,

 and that he was creating "chaos and division".

 Waters initiated urging for President Trump's impeachment shortly after he was sworn 

in as President of the United States.

 In April 2017, Waters stated “I want this president impeached.”

 Then Waters began publically leading activists in chants of “Impeach 45!