Welcome to the weekend POU! Our final historic pop culture moment comes from 1983: Vanessa Williams crowned Miss America. The first African Americans to appear in the Miss America Pageant came onstage as 'slaves' for a musical number in 1923. It was not until 1970 that black women were even allowed to compete. That year, Iowa's Cheryl Brown, won a state title and … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Historic Pop Culture Moments
Friday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Happy Friday POU! It is probably the epitome of irony that the most historic, iconic performances of the National Anthem, are performances by African-Americans. Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock 1969 “The moment when he played ‘The Star-Spangled Banner, kinda stopped everything.” - Henry Ditz, official photographer for Woodstock Jimi Hendrix's unorthodox Woodstock … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Thursday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments
Good Morning POU! When MTV launched, in 1981, it was an outlet for something that barely existed: The channel had about a hundred videos in its inventory, mostly by marginal or unpopular British and Australian bands. But it soon became the sun around which popular culture rotated. The MTV aesthetic during its golden age of 1981 to 1992—quick cuts, celebrations of youth, … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Historic Pop Culture Moments