Showing posts with label Memphis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memphis. Show all posts
Monday, February 25, 2013

Rarely Seen Film "King: A Filmed Record" Traces MLK’s Struggle From Montgomery to Memphis

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Monday, January 24, 2011

I Remember a King - do You?

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The African American community has changed significantly since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and not for the better. Segregati...
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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Mr. President: Recession hitting us folk hard

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The recession is crushing African American communities in major urban centers like Detroit and Memphis. Since the collapse of the auto indus...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

from Tobe to Joe Sixpack

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One of the events in my life that I have never forgotten occurred when I was in Junior High School. It was when the television mini-series...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008

buss first or buss back

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Over the recent days with the current economic crisis, I have revisited in my head conversations and discussions I have had with a number of...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Intro to Memphisian 101

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I will free your mind today. thought amnesty. u dont have to think - let me entertain u Point of order: 12Kyle stopped by shop again. N...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

intro to memphisian 099 (remedial)

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I will free your mind today. thought amnesty. u dont have to think - let me entertain u I have been told by some that I speak memphasian ...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Once upon an Oligarchy

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Point of order: Been jamming that Hill St. (saint) Soul , love that cut Pieces , check it , cop that. As many of you know, i'm forever ...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Denouement

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I first came across the word denouement in a 7 th grade honors English class. It was really part of a program in the Memphis Public Schoo...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

40 on 40

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This April will mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr . It’s been forty years since that tragic day in Memphis of...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

y yawl hang up on me jones

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Yo, after the post I wrote on Mike Savage , I made a pledge to myself to tackle injustice where it rose. No, I aint the super friends but I...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

Ode to Miss Anne

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As I have recanted an inordinate amount of time, I am a country boy. I’m proud to be a country boy and from flip flops and socks, to wearin...
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Friday, January 18, 2008

thank we free

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Yo folk, this is self-evaluative…. we some fked up folks. We seem and appear to care about the mundane, music, sports (of which I am guilty...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

poor mr. or mrs. next president

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It was my intention to not discuss the caucus results of Iowa and or Barack Obama at all so early in the election. I was hoping after rea...
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Friday, June 08, 2007

Haute Couture

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Went to a fashion show over the weekend. My boy wanted to shoot some models to build his clientele and my girl was star of the show. Now I a...
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Friday, February 23, 2007

The New Civil Rights Battle

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Man, let me make one query, what is the new civil rights battle currently and of the future? No, it is not gay rights, but if you do not hav...
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Thursday, March 30, 2006

claimin Tru

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Folk bout to get ghost, heading to the home front, flip town – Memphis. I will be traveling with my body god, or as Charlie Chan would say, ...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Whoop That Trick

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The audacity of some Negroes and aunt Tomisinas have to criticize folks just because they don’t present the modus operandi of that reflects ...
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