Happy Saturday POU! Of course we could not leave out one of the most pivotal moments in Olympic history: The Black Power Salute America was going through a cultural revolution in the 1960s, and one of the defining moments during that decade was the "Black Power Salute" in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. On Oct. 16, 1968, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Happy Hump Day POU! We continue our series on Black Athletes and their involvement in social and political protests. Today we look back on The Orangeburg Massacre. On a February night in 1968, a linebacker on the South Carolina State football team named Robert Lee Davis went with three or four teammates to a bowling alley just off the black college’s campus in … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Good Morning POU! Today we feature the 1965 American Football League players boycott of the All-Star game. The Stand The Stand is not about sports, a football game or sporting event, it was one of the most significant events in the Civil Rights Movement in America during the 1960’s. It’s about Segregation, standing against Racism, being a voice for the unheard; it … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Wednesday Evening Thread: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Friday Afternoon Thread: The Legacy of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke put the spirit of the black church into popular music, creating a new American sound andsetting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race relations in America. With “You Send Me”in 1957, Cooke became the first African-American artist to reach #1 on both the R&B and pop charts. It was risky for this young gospel … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: The Legacy of Sam Cooke