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soulbrotherv2:

Documentary based on the book Negroes with Guns: Robert Williams and Black Power

First published in 1962, “Negroes with Guns” is the story of a southern black community’s struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. The single most important intellectual influence on Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, “Negroes with Guns” is a classic story of a man who risked his life for democracy and freedom.

Documentary, complete with facilitator’s guide for educators, can be screened through California Newsreel.

imoimeh:

Seventeenth Cadence (detail). Here is the original drawing and then the final painting.

This work was always meant to be more of a drawing than a painting. Even in the completed version, I have allowed many of the original linear elements to remain. Big drawings are fun to make. I enjoy all of the messy lines that interrupt any attempt at a refined “completed” work in this painting.

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black-hands:

Collage by Emory Douglas.

Found here.

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vagabondaesthetics:

Charles Mingus - Freedom

This mule ain’t from Moscow.
This mule ain’t from the South.
But this mule’s had some learnin’
Mostly mouth-to-mouth.

This mule could be called stubborn, and lazy,
But in a clever sorta’ way
This mule could be workin’, waitin’ and learnin’ and plannin’
For a sacred kind of day-
A day when burnin’ sticks and crosses
Is not mere child’s play,
But a madman in his most incandescent bloom
Whose lover’s soul is imperfection, in its most lustrous groom.

So stand, fast young Romeo
Soothe in contemplation
Thy burning whole and aching thigh
Your stubbornness is ever-living
And cruel anxiety is about to die.

Freedom for your daddy
Freedom for your momma
Freedom for your brothers and sisters
But no freedom for me.

Freedom for your daddy’s daddy
Freedom for your momma’s momma
Freedom for your brothers and sisters
But no freedom for me.

Freedom for your daddy’s daddy
Freedom for your momma’s momma
Freedom for your brothers and sisters
But no freedom for me.

Everyday is Valentine’s Day because I surround myself with only those who have love for me.

Al sorting inventory for Al & AyeJay’s Danger Room Comic book dealership.

Simmer Sundays by AyeJay: Beef Stew.

Simmer Sundays: Yellow rice & beans

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