‘Media’ Archives
Native American Youth to Diane Sawyer: We’re Not Poverty Porn via Colorlines
Last month ABC’s 20/20 aired a special they called “Children of the Plains,” that portrayed the Lakota Indian reservation as a place that only dealt with crime, unemployment, alcoholism, overcrowded trailers and crumbling schools. On Monday, young Native American [Read More]
Melvin Van Peebles Supports The Occupy Wall Street Movement With His 1971 Song From “Watermelon Man”
via Shadow and Act Famed director Melvin Van Peebles, who knows his share of controversy, decided to lend his support to the Occupy Wall Street Movement. His 1971 song “Love That’s America,” from his first Hollywood film Watermelon Man, has been used with [Read More]
We must define our place in this potent historical moment…
…here are moments captured of those of us who are awake and taking a stand… Angela Davis Speaks at Occupy Philly after Marching across Town with 300 of the 99% TitleAngela Davis Speaks at Occupy Philly after Marching across Town with 300 of the 99% Runtime13:41 [Read More]
Watch @OcuppyTheHood on Vimeo
“The white community has a cold, we have the flu.” “Wall Street was built on slave bones, my agenda is to get the neighborhood to understand that their money is tied up there too.” @OccupyTheHood, Occupy Wall Street from adele pham on Vimeo. [Read More]
Sylvia Robinson, Who Helped Make ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ Has Died : The Record : NPR
A little more than 20 years later she co-founded Sugar Hill Records and came up with the idea for the first commercially-successful hip-hop release, 1979′s “Rapper’s Delight,” by The Sugarhill Gang. Her label also signed Grandmaster Flash and [Read More]
