Fifty years ago The Last Poets formed as a group in Marcus Garvey Park on what would have been Malcolm X’s 43rd birthday. The outspoken minister and activist was killed three years earlier in 1965 amidst civil rights turmoil in the country and a serious disagreement with Nation Of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad.Continue Reading
Google honors what would have been Dr. Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday today with a Doodle. The doodle’s audio is set to her Still I Rise poem with the voices of some people she has inspired including Oprah Winfrey, Alicia Keys, America Ferrera, Martina McBride, Laverne Cox and her son GuyContinue Reading
[youtube id=”zDMtaIcrfQ0″]  “List Of Demands (Reparations)” is a poetic, punk and hip-hop sonic trek from Saul Williams’s self-titled second album. Williams’s frenetic but funky demand for justice with a video of Black partygoers in a semi-mosh pit was the very definition of Afropunk. The lyrics call for him to be seenContinue Reading
[youtube id=”YiGAmJr4wgY”] Sekou Sundiata was a poet, professor and Grammy-nominated performer from Harlem. Sundiata’s work deals with identity, politics, rhythm and slavery. “Come On And Bring On The Reparations” examines compensation for the descendants of ex-slaves for past labor and ongoing cultural contributions that are never truly acknowledged by society.Continue Reading