Hip-hop pioneers Afrika Bambaataa, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Melle Mel
and Grandmaster Caz Brown are spearheading the effort to bring a 'hip hop campus' to the Bronx,
called the Windows of Hip Hop.
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See this 1982 clip
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
African American Legacy Project
The Visual and Public Art (VPA) department of California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) in
collaboration with the National Steinbeck Center of Salinas, California has undertaken a two-year project,
African American Legacy on the Central Coast, that has included a series of exhibitions, special events and
a conference.
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Mavis Staples "Eyes On The Prize"
Unemploynent, Stop and Search, Mass Incarceration, Stand Your Ground -- Did We Blink?
Open 'em up folks. Focus!!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Freedom Riders: The Music
The riders caught the imagination of the nation and drew hundreds from all over the country to the Deep South to show their solidarity, making Jackson ground zero for the movement. Eventually, three hundred served time in Parchman: It became a badge of honor for the riders and a symbol of shame for Mississippi.
“How do you boil down the story to its essence and make sure it is the same story and not historically inaccurate?”
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