From WNYC News: Honoring the Man Who Helped Save Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life Thursday, September 27, 2012 By Tracie Hunte Fifty-four years ago this month, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was in Harlem signing copies of his book, when a mentally disturbed woman plunged a steel letter opener into his chest. The wound punctured his sternum, mere inches away from … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The Man Who Helped Save Dr. King’s Life
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Saturday Open Thread: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite is a jazz album released on Candid Records in 1960. It contains a suite which Max Roach and lyricist Oscar Brown had begun to develop in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation.[2] The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil Rights Movement. The Penguin Guide to Jazz has … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
Friday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! HAPPY FRIDAY! This concludes our look at the Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins discussion featuring Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins. PART VI: PART VII: … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins
Thursday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at the Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins discussion featuring Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins. PART V: … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins
HAPPY HUMPDAY P.O.U.! We continue our look at the Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins discussion featuring Malcolm X, James Baldwin and Leverne McCummins. In this segment, Malcolm X mentions "the stoning of Rockwell" in Boston. He's referring to an incident where George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party, was stoned by survivors of German Nazi concentration … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Muslims vs. The Sit-Ins