Good Morning POU! The Slap Heard Round The World They called it the "Slap Heard 'Round the World." It happened partway through "In the Heat of the Night" -- a movie released at the height of racial tensions during the Civil Rights Era (on August 2, 1967) -- in a scene where a bigoted Southern cotton plantation owner slaps Sidney Poitier and Poitier slaps back just as … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
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Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Good Morning POU! Did you know, By the eighth and final night of "Roots," movie theaters in many cities didn't even try to compete. They simply closed their doors. Eighty million viewers watched that last two-hour episode. Its 51.1 rating and 71 Nielsen share were a record that will likely never be matched. Mayors in more than 30 cities declared it "Roots" … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Monday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Good Morning POU! We're revisiting some important pop culture moments! This week we'll highlight moments in pop culture where the influence of African-Americans reign paramount. Actually every single aspect of pop culture in this country is influenced by us! We'll just shine a light on 6 big ones that changed art, film, music and fashion forever. The story of the … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Saturday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Undine Eliza Anna Smith Moore (25 August 1904 – 6 February 1989) was a notable and prolific African-American composer of the 20th century. She was also a professor emeritus at Virginia State University. Moore wrote more than 100 compositions, although only about 26 of these were published in her lifetime. Much of her work was composed for choir or voice and many of these were … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
Thursday Open Thread: Black Music Composers
George Theophilus Walker (born June 27, 1922) is an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He received the Pulitzer for his work Lilacs in 1996. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Music Composers