[Adimos]

i want to stress this is not a debate thread. please either post something positive or just read along and say nothing.

Emmett Till

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

The trial attracted a vast amount of press attention. Bryant and Milam were acquitted of Till's kidnapping and murder, but a year later, protected by double jeopardy, they admitted to killing him in a magazine interview. Till's murder is noted as one of the leading events that motivated the African-American Civil Rights Movement.


and some nina

[Indinehon]

this is kinda fluff but she's missed the us open and the australian open and imo is the best tennis player ever

[arreskslarlig]

Her portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge was awesome!

[trilochana.nejman]

The first black Super Bowl-winning QB in NFL history:

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[Zoxeeoy]

The greatest of all time!

[incizarry]

Penned by a white jewish boy, who changed his name to Lewis Allen in order to avoid the wave of antisemitism.

Made famous by Billie Holiday....

Strange Fruit

Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

[abOfU9nJ]

[Lapsinuibense]

martin luther king jr ~ way more complex then most think

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.


and diana ross who i enjoy musically and she was awesome in lady sings the blues imo

[Junrlaeh]

[KojlinMakolvin]

Frederick Douglass Quotes

A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
Frederick Douglass

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.
Frederick Douglass

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.
Frederick Douglass

A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
Frederick Douglass

America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.
Frederick Douglass

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
Frederick Douglass

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
Frederick Douglass

Fugitive slaves were rare then, and as a fugitive slave lecturer, I had the advantage of being the first one out.
Frederick Douglass

I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
Frederick Douglass

I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave.
Frederick Douglass

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.
Frederick Douglass

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.
Frederick Douglass

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
Frederick Douglass

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Frederick Douglass

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
Frederick Douglass

It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
Frederick Douglass

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Frederick Douglass

One and God make a majority.
Frederick Douglass

[tactWeiccaf]

Another great black 'King'...

[Wheegiabe]

Did I mention that I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi?

[Henldyhl]

Some interesting tid bits on the history of the color black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black#Etymology

The word black comes from Old English blæc ("black, dark", also, "ink"), from Proto-Germanic *blakkaz ("burned"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- ("to burn, gleam, shine, flash"), from base *bhel- ("to shine"), related to Old Saxon blak ("ink"), Old High German blah ("black"), Old Norse blakkr ("dark"), Dutch blaken ("to burn"), and Swedish bläck ("ink"). More distant cognates include Latin flagrare ("to blaze, glow, burn"), and Ancient Greek phlegein ("to burn, scorch"). Black supplanted the wonted Old English word sweart ("black, dark"), which survives as swart, swarth, and swarthy (compare German schwarz and Dutch zwart, "black"). A "black day" (or week or month) usually refers to a sad or tragic time. The Romans marked fasti days with white stones and nefasti days with black.

* E.g., the Wall Street Crash 1929, the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, which is the start of the Great Depression, is nicknamed Black Tuesday, and was preceded by Black Thursday, a downturn on October 24 the previous week.
* Black Monday, stock market crash on October 19, 1987.
* Black Wednesday caused Britain to pull out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
* Black Friday, various tragic events. # Black months include:

* the Black September in Jordan, in which thousands of people were killed.
* Black July killing of the Tamil population by the Sinhalese government in Sri Lanka.
* Black Spring 2001 (Printemps noir), in the Berber region of Kabylia (Algeria), when the police shot and killed more than 100 people.

# The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, was a pandemic in Europe that killed tens of millions of people.
# The Black Hole of Calcutta was the overcrowding of an impromptu prison cell in which many died.

[UHlVExs7]

A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Malcolm X

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Malcolm X

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American black man's problem just to avoid violence.
Malcolm X

I believe in a religion that believes in freedom. Any time I have to accept a religion that won't let me fight a battle for my people, I say to hell with that religion.
Malcolm X

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.
Malcolm X

I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
Malcolm X

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.
Malcolm X

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Malcolm X

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.
Malcolm X

If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary.
Malcolm X

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
Malcolm X

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
Malcolm X

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
Malcolm X

Nonviolence is fine as long as it works.
Malcolm X

Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.
Malcolm X

Power never takes a back step only in the face of more power.
Malcolm X

Stumbling is not falling.
Malcolm X

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Malcolm X

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.
Malcolm X
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Malcolm X

Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
Malcolm X

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.
Malcolm X

You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.
Malcolm X

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X

You don't have to be a man to fight for freedom. All you have to do is to be an intelligent human being.
Malcolm X

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
Malcolm X

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
Malcolm X

[extessarere]

Charlie Patton, considered to be the originator of the Delta Blues guitar sound, performing a great old black spiritual:

[Frogzlovzy]

Possibly the most representative of the Delta Blues style he originated:

[maxsobq]

There's a ton of amazing old Delta Blues out there - I can post quite a few more, if anybody is interested.

[pageup85]

Eldon, it sure sounds like you know you some blues.........

I look forward to listening in the "what ya'll listening to"?? thread....

Good stuff...

[AdSuiteAdobe]

The blues were a part of my life, growing up in the 60s in Mississippi, and very much the progenitor of rock...Led Zeppelin is the blues, made electric...