My favorite Cornel West Quote |
"Any time there is a self-loving, and self-determining Black man or woman, he or she is one of the most dangerous folks in America. Because it means you are free enough to speak your mind, you're free...
Posted by Divine on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:09:00 PST |
Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July |
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before...
Posted by Divine on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:06:00 PST |
Ujamaa, the cooperative economics of hip hop |
I found this article on-line and wanted to posted for all to read. This Sista breaks down the reality of the economic reality of the entertainment industry!
Ujamaa, the cooperative economics...
Posted by Divine on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:15:00 PST |
Fishbone - Alternative Black Music! |
Funk, rock, punk, metal there's no one way to describe the band Fishbone.
The new album is titled Still Stuck in Your Throat. It's the first release in more than six years for Fishbone, which is no...
Posted by Divine on Tue, 22 May 2007 04:13:00 PST |
Tamar-kali: A Punk Artist with Soul |
Tamar-kali: A Punk Artist with Soul
News & Notes, March 30, 2007 ยท Brooklyn native Tamar-kali heads her own rock band. It's part of New York's small but strong black punk and h...
Posted by Divine on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:24:00 PST |
NPR Story: God, The Blackman and the Five Percenters |
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God, the Black Man and the Five Percenters
Portrait of Allah the Father, a one-time member of the Nation of Islam who split from the group in 1963.
By Christopher Johns...
Posted by Divine on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 04:58:00 PST |
The Field Negro Index |
The index below comes courtesy of the blog "Field Negro". I passed with flying colors. Where do you stand?
You might be a field negro if.....
One question that often comes up among my acquaintance...
Posted by Divine on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:04:00 PST |
RIP James Brown - The King of Soul |
Like many of us, I listened in shock and sadness as I heard the news of the passing of James Brown on Christmas Day. The whole week since has been a downer for me as Brown's passing once again reminds...
Posted by Divine on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 04:54:00 PST |
Sistas |
I was listening to Lauryn Hill singing in the movie "Block Party" the other night and had a sort of epiphany. It dawned on me that "sistas" had been there for me and basically taken care of me my whol...
Posted by Divine on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:47:00 PST |
Black folks need to stop... |
This past week I watched the fire storm that developed around Micheal Richards (who used to play "Kramer" on the show Seinfeld) when he shouted "nigger" a bunch of times at somebody who was heckling h...
Posted by Divine on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:42:00 PST |
