This week’s show deals with some history of Dallas education around the time of the Reconstruction and discuss modern African-influenced art and culture.
First, I share a snippet of a lecture that I recorded at the downtown Dallas library from professor and author, Michael Phillips. The results of his research are found in his [...]
Along with music from Daniel Berkman (thanks, Magnatune), Tony Vincent (big thanks, Tony), and Vu Ray Robers(thanks for the musical satire, Robert), this show touches on Roy Simmons’ moving tale of addiction and redemption, and I discuss my own addiction and how I deal; plus interesting podcasts dealing with racism in the Latter-Day Saints movement [...]
Blended here in various jazz styles are stories about immigration of enslaved Africans to Mexico, cool podcasts I’ve listened to lately, and request to help a friend raise money for charity.
Links:
Mexico’s Legacy: A Refuge for Fugitive Slaves and Black Job-Seekers
Radio 713
Miss Money
2006 Outmusic Awards
Earthel Forster interview at Beppepodcast
Thomas Glave interview
Kentie’s Easter Seals page.
Today’s music:
New Blood
Sai [...]
Today’s I’m sharing some good poetry with you from Marie Brown and Amiri Baraka. Also, there’s an invitation to hear more stories. Listen to find out where!
Happy New Year and Happy Kwanzaa!
Technorati Tags: Kwanzaa, creativity, spoken word, poetry, African-American
Part 3 in this three-part series on the Dallas Southern Pride celebration is a quick word with the committee’s treasurer, Howard Okon, who’s also the proprietor of Joe’s/The Brick at 4117 Maple Street in Dallas. Howard and I discuss the racism that black gays experienced during the emerging Dallas gay nightlife scene during the [...]
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