Music history, Art, and Blues culture. Roscoe Gordon & Charles “Buddy” Bolden Stan. ♠️Disco King Mario and Chuck City Crew “21 Days of Summer” July 1973
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A band called 'Death' was punk before punk was punk
Formed in November 1971 by the 3 Hackney brothers, they were influential pioneers of the genre and, along with Pure Hell, the first all-black proto-punk/punk band.
#death #protopunk #history #punkrockhistory #knowyourroots
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Juan Atkins was born in this city, and he gave the world a new sound. As a teenager with a synthesizer and a big idea, he imagined what the music of the future could be. Then he built it.
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When you hear “Dying Crapshooters Blues,” you might think of it as just another raw blues lament from the early 20th century. But listen closer, and Blind Willie McTell turns it into something far more haunting. Recorded in the late 1920s, his version carries the sound of street corners, dice games, and lives balanced on chance. McTell’s twelve-string guitar rings with a calm precision, while his voice tells a story of loss and inevitability without melodrama. There is no preaching here, only observation. Overshadowed by flashier blues names, this song never chased fame, yet it preserves a world long gone. Hear it again, and you don’t just hear the blues — you hear history speaking softly through Blind Willie McTell.
Blind Willie McTell - Dying Crapshooters Blues ~
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On this day in 1856, T. Thomas Fortune was born enslaved in Florida. He became a leading Black journalist, editor of The New York Age, and co founder of the Afro American League.
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Yall! “YODEL” is out now! 🎶🎶🐎🐎😬😬
Head to iTunes, @amazonmusic and ALL streaming services.
While your at it be sure to pre-Add( rebels y’all pre-add😉) and Presave my new album “Jesus &Whiskey”releasing Oct 16🦋 @puddintheoutlaw ❤️
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Here is Booker T. Washington, founding Principal of Tuskegee University, delivering his 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech in his own voice.
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Henry Ossawa Tanner, born in Philadelphia, he pursued art and eventually found international acclaim in Europe, becoming the first Black American painter to achieve international recognition.
The Banjo Lesson, 1893
The Thankful Poor, 1894
The Annunciation, 1898
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Langston Hughes, a year after his first book was published, at Tuskegee with Jessie Fauset and Zora Neale Hurston.
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We Wear the Mask
Paul Laurence Dunbar
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile
And mouth with myriad subtleties,
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but oh great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile,
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
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A Virginia farmer drove down to Arkansas to buy an idle mill, and now runs the only Black owned rice mill in the country.
PJ Haynie farms land his family has worked since his ancestors were enslaved there.
He and farmer Billy Bridgeforth bought a shuttered Pine Bluff mill in 2021 and now run it at about 22 tons of rice an hour.
Track down the rice growers and small mills near you on Localize.
Sources: CNN
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Doggie Diamonds Shatters Kool Herc Story on Drink Champs | KRS-One Credits Puerto Ricans. nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1dJrPrprP…
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New days and continued blessings. Building a relationship with Howard Schultz has taught me so much about business already. I’m excited to continue to learn & grow with him as a partner. As the saying goes.
“Onward & Upward”.
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A collection of mostly unseen photos from the early 1970s is finally being published as a book called "Soul City: Oakland, USA" with a foreword by Ishmael Reed...
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Patrice Rushen: 2026 NEA Jazz Master. Read our appreciation and be sure to tune in to JazzTimes.com on September 15 (8 p.m. PT) for a special livestream of the 2026 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert. jazztimes.com/blog/patrice-r…
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Much of BET’s digital journalism is no longer available on the live web.
Internet Archive has preserved more than 199,000 BET articles over the years. They can now be accessed through the @waybackmachine & a new pilot explorer: wayback-labs.sf.archive.org/…
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Our family has been asking @ParamountPics to add a disclaimer to this film to help inform audiences that my ancestor Civil Rights Leader Vernon Dahmer Sr is a REAL PERSON. This movie attempts to erase who he was as a person & his legacy actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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Black Enterprise: Larenz Tate is giving independent filmmakers more control over distribution, pricing, and revenue!
thevaultaccess.com/
The actor and producer has joined Vault, a new streaming and distribution platform designed to give independent filmmakers more control over how their work reaches audiences and how they make money from it, according to Variety. Tate has partnered with Vault Founder Kenneth Gifford, also the founder of the Newark International Film Festival, alongside his brothers and business partners, Larron and Lahmard Tate.
Vault allows filmmakers to host content at no cost while deciding which projects are free and which are behind a paywall. Creators retain control over pricing, monetization, and revenue. The platform also provides them with marketing tools, including branded landing pages designed to help filmmakers promote individual projects and connect with viewers. In addition to independent films, creators can share TV shows, documentaries, short-form projects, and music on Vault. According to Variety, more than 50,000 subscribers have already signed up.
thevaultaccess.com/
