Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch believes the civil rights movement begun in America in the 1960s stirred ripples of freedom and equality that spread across the globe.
EMMETT TILL: THE OPERA" SET FORAUGUST 2: Trilogy: An Opera Company's presentation of Charles Lloyd, Jr.'s, "Emmett Till: The Opera," directed by Tre Garrett and musically conducted by Gregg Payne, premieres Saturday, August 2 (8 p.m.), at Science Theatre (Science Park High School), 260 Norfolk Street in Newark, New Jersey. Free and open to the public, it's a gripping opera about young Emmett Till, whose brutal murder in 1955 in the Mississippi Delta came to symbolize the start of the Civil Rights Movement in America. [Amiri Baraka]'S "THE TOILET" FEATURES A STELLAR CAST: The positive buzz about Woodie King, Jr's New Federal Theatre (in association with City Parks Theatre) presentation of playwright Amiri's Baraka's "The Toilet" grew louder once the play's gifted cast was announced. The...
[Michael Jackson] has had an interesting relationship with Africa. In 1982 he unwittingly pirated significant riffs from Manu Dibango's 1972 classic "Soul Makossa" for the much-acclaimed "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." Dibango was swift to sue. It is said he dropped the case when he was made joint songwriter, but this year Dibango sued Michael jointly with Rihanna after she used a portion of Michael's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" without acknowledging the Cameroonian. There were no commercial music videos in those years and upon their release in the U.S., vinyl records took nearly two years to make the long sea voyage to the East African coast Once inside the charming walls of Ebrahim Camera Shop, Assanands, and Melodica, the only outlets that sold imported music in Nairobi, these album...
... very nearly became a fiasco when an American promoter named Dick Berg fled the country on the h... a music of self-assertion in an era of the Civil Rights Movement in America and decolonization in E...
On Wednesday, September 30, City of Compton officials celebrated baseball's commitment to civil rights and announced its revitalization project for the Jackie Robinson Stadium at Gonzales Park. As a part of the celebration held at Gonzales Park, select Compton high school students who participated in Compton Unified School District's essay contest on the role of the Civil Rights Movement in America were awarded scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. The top prize of a $5,000 college scholarship went to Caesar Chavez High School senior Linard Thomas for his essay "No More Excuses." Honorable mention awards of $1,000 college scholarships each went to Donnie King, a junior at Centennial High School; Vincent Torres, a senior at Dominguez High School; and Francesca Katarina Zuckerman, a...
Writes [Brian Dooley], "[Bernadette Devlin] was something of an oddity to the Black Americans. Devlin recalled their astonishment towards her: We didn't know they made white people like you,' they'd say to me. 'Are you sure you're not BlackT I'd say no, there was no question of my being Black.' He adds, "They sang *We Shall Overcome' at their marches and, in early 1969, deliberately modeled a protest march on the lines of the Selma-Montgomery march. Oddly, perhaps, the Northern Ireland protesters identified more with Black American protests than the myriad of protests in Europe that year in Paris, Prague, Berlin, Rome and London. They saw their struggle as closer to that of African Americans in the U.S." We believed in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King," said [John Hume]. "We believ...
... account of the links between the Black Civil Rights Movement in America, and the civil rights s...
I'm hoping for the day when we can shut our doors," says Equality Forum founder Malcolm Lazin, "but there's still a lot of work to be done. Lazin sees Equality Forum's evolution as a reflection of what he terms "likely the last major civil rights movement in America." When the organization began 15 years ago, many LGBT people were still in the closet due to widespread institutional homophobia. There was no discussion of same-sex marriage and virtually no legislation protecting gays and lesbians. "At a time when others were doing just pride parades, we focused on organizations and issues on what we thought was a nascent civil rights movement." Lazin emphasizes that Equality Forum isn't content with attracting members of the LGBT community solely, but seeks a healthy portion of the main...
Scott Frazier Lawrence, KS Cherish our history Dear editor I hope your readers appreciate the good news in the article by Matt Hanne that has the news that the material Bruce McKinney has collected and saved over the years, The Berdache Archives, is now at KU's Special Collections and tiiat the University of Kansas person who helped place it there, Tami Albin, understands the value of the material. (McKinney had started the collection when he started the Student Homophile Alliance at WSU, the name came from an article in Blue Boy magazine about Native Americans, something Mattachine movement founder Harry Hay would appreciate.) This once again points to the need for the community/ movement to at least support the few such archives, much less trying to get others started. Let's hope th...
... knowledge of this historic part of the civil rights movement in America. There needs to be a li...
Ms. [Lisa Jackson] said of the day's events: The children's interests were sparked from the moment we entered the Dwyer Cultural Center. The vibrant colors and audio visuals immediately tell you, this is going to be good! With the well-planned combination of the film, Harlem Is,' the quilted 'Reflections of a Community" exhibit, [Daniel Carlton]'s animated talk and the walking tour, the children were exposed to an engaging, bird's-eye view of the history and magic of Harlem. The outing was appropriately enhanced with a visit to the Schomburg, where the current St. Philip's Episcopal Church exhibit was on view. As I explained the role of the Black church to the Civil Rights Movement in America, Mrs. Mogolola, the interpreter, shared that the Black church in South Africa held the same imp...
On Feb. 28, Dr. Charles McKinney Jr., assistant professor of history at Rhodes College, will present "Race, Rights and Redemption: Lessons from North Carolina's Freedom Struggle." Free and open to the public, the lecture begins at 7 p.m. in Blount Auditorium of Buckman Hall on the Rhodes campus. McKinney's lecture is based on his recently released book, "Greater Freedom: The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina," which is a study of how this rural county built a grassroots movement that helped shape the course of the national Civil Rights Movement in America. His focus is on the struggle from the perspective of the local, working class. McKinney will sign copies of the book following the lecture.
CPS Board President Rufus Williams and the Bulls' Bob Love and Benny the Bull were also on hand for the night's festivities which included player remarks and a question and answer session with all the players. As a special treat, the players invited all 50 MVPs to the Bulls home game on Valentine's Day versus the Miami Heat to reward them for their accomplishments. The students also got to screen the movie Black Magic which discusses the injustice that defined the Civil Rights Movement in America, as told through the lives of basketball players and coaches who attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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