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The Grio’s List of Best Selling Albums Do NOT Celebrate Black Music Month

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Let’s start off by saying that Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On’ is one of the BEST albums of All Time. It’s simply timeless and very much relevant today. Right up there is ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ as well. Now we realize that not everyone can appreciate real jazz, but Miles Davis’ ‘Kind of Blue’ is the best album in the history of recorded music. Now let’s move on to a list curated by the website The Grio titled All-time black albums.  What’s going on here? To kick off this year’s Black Music Month, theGrio highlighted 16 black artists who … Continue reading The Grio’s List of Best Selling Albums Do NOT Celebrate Black Music Month

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>Two Young Filmmakers Challenge Power 92 Juneteenth Celebration

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> http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid= “The Truth Behind Juneteenth: A Paradox of Freedom” If unable to watch video here, click on to link>> A great film done in the style of Jay Leno’s “On the street” interview. Thanks to Dr. Richard M. Cooper, WURD Radio host, Fridays at 1 pm, for bringing attention to this film. This story sort of fell under the radar in 2008, but hopefully things will change in 2009 in regards to Little Rock, Arkansas Power 92’s (KIPR) Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth is a “holiday” to celebrate the end of slavery that didn’t occur until 1865, nearly two years after … Continue reading >Two Young Filmmakers Challenge Power 92 Juneteenth Celebration