Happy Saturday POU! On November 2, 1983, the official federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was signed into law. The story of how two legendary, influential musicians used their talents to join forces with Coretta Scott King in securing a national holiday for her husband has been given little light. The arduous efforts of Stevie Wonder and Gil Scott-Heron can’t … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates Stevie Wonder and Gil Scott Heron’s tour for King Holiday
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Friday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates the night James Brown saved Boston
Happy Friday POU! Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death could not have been more devastating to African American communities across the country hoping to see the civil rights leader live to build on the successes of the movement. Despite King’s painfully prophetic “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech the day before his assassination in Memphis Tennessee, most people hoped … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates the night James Brown saved Boston
Thursday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates Save The Children
Good Morning POU! Imagine this one concert: Marvin Gaye, the Staple Singers, the Temptations, the Chi Lites, the Main Ingredient, the O'Jays, Isaac Hayes, Zulema, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Cannonball Adderly Quintet, the Push Mass Choir, Albertina Walker, Loretta Oliver, the Rev. James Cleveland, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, Sammy Davis Jr., Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates Save The Children
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates WattStax!
Happy Hump Day POU! We certainly couldn't do this series without paying tribute to the ultimate gathering of soul musicians in historic Watts! The infamous WattStax concert was held at the Los Anageles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized byMemphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates WattStax!
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates Soul To Soul – Ghana 1971
Good Morning POU! Ike and Tina, Wilson Pickett, The Staple Singers and more, Ghana 1971. Soul To Soul was a concert held in Accra, Ghana, on March 6 1971, by an array of mostly American R&B, Soul, Rock and Jazz musicians. It is also the name of a 1971 documentary film recording the concert. Ghana, after declaring its Independence March 6, 1957, had made a variety … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Music Month celebrates Soul To Soul – Ghana 1971