Who was Ella Baker? Struggling myself don’t mean a whole lot. I come to realize that teaching others to stand up and fight is the only way my struggle survives. Thanks Patience for the suggestion.
From a 2014 Huff-Post post: This year also marks the 30th anniversary of one of Cockburn’s signature tunes “If I Had A Rocket Launcher.” Given the current international instability and conflict, he says he’s not shocked the song still resonates three decades later. “I can’t say I’m really surprised by the fact that it’s still […]
From Janna, who suggested this one: They played this song at the memorial of Dr. Quentin Young, a great civil rights physician, and it’s stuck to me since as a great reminder that history zigs and zags and there’s a time for peace and resistance along the way.
You may write me down in history With your bitter twisted lies You may trod me down in the very dirt And still like the dust I’ll rise Does my happiness upset you Why are you best with gloom Cause I laugh like I’ve got an oil well Pumpin’ in my living room Thanks […]
Gil called this one 46 years ago. “The revolution will not be televised; the revolution will be live [streamed].” Thanks, Kevin, for the suggestion. He writes “Only the results of the Revolution will be televised.”
From history.com: If the legendary gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson had been somewhere other than the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on this day in 1963, her place in history would still have been assured purely on the basis of her musical legacy. But it is almost impossible to imagine Mahalia Jackson having been anywhere other […]
