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PBS To Feature “The Story of Black Colleges & Universities” On ‘Independent Lens’ (Trailer)
November 20, 2017
Last year, we got the new mind-blowing documentary from Stanley Nelson about the rise and fall of The Black Panthers. This year, like right now, we get a trailer letting us know about the new new documentary due out 1st Quarter 2018 – “Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities.”
Stanley Nelson, the preeminent storyteller of the African-American experience and Firelight Films, the award-winning production company committed to making films about pivotal events, movements, and people in American history, unveil a new full-length trailer for the upcoming documentary Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities. The trailer provides a fast-paced, rousing overview of the complex history of how HBCUs, havens for Black intellectuals, artists and trailblazers, offered a path of promise toward the American dream, educated the architects of freedom movements throughout the decades and cultivated leaders in every field.
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges & Universities premieres on the acclaimed series Independent Lens on PBS on Monday, February 19th 2018 at 9p ET (check local listings). For more details on the film and #HBCURising campaign go to www.hbcurising.com
– Firelight Films
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Ice Cube On CNBC Right After Releasing His “Death Certificate” Album (Video)
November 8, 2017
Ah, so Jerry Heller did make some anti-defamation moves (reaching out to Simon Wiesenthal, Wiesenthal Center) like the character in “Straight Outta Compton” threatened.
Late night call-in talk show, taped right after Ice Cube left NWA and released his solo album called “Death Certificate.”
– X+
Looking at the comments on this vid on the Tube and across the Interwebs, this interview might have been part of the setup… to negatively spin Cube’s views & lyrics. Gotta say, Cube, even as a young man, repped himself and the Culture strong on air; despite the media pressure.
(Reporter/host was kind of thin-skinned near the end, right? Asking. And slipping in that “Man Of Rage” moniker… Really? He never once even raised his voice.)
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Celebrity, Cover Story, Hip-Hop, Interview, News, Television, Throwback, Videos | Tags: 1990s, 90s, CNBC, Gangsta Rap, Golden Era, Ice Cube | No Comments »
Olbermann Declares VP Pence’s Staged Walkout A Show Of Disrespect To The Flag And To America (Video)
October 13, 2017
He doesn’t rhyme like Em, but MC Keith has been spit plenty of venom at Pres. Trump and them. Today, he dumps the whole vial of vitriol on part of “them”… VP Mike Pence… for his and his boss’ disrespect of the flag! Watch and see how.
Mike Pence and Donald Trump are disrespecting the flag and the anthem.
– GQ
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Donald Trump, GQ, Keith Olbermann, Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, The Resistance, The Resistance with Keith Olbermann, The Truth About Pence’s Despicable NFL Stunt, Vice President Mike Pence | No Comments »
“Keloid” Is Young, Black, And Super-Powered! Binge Season 1. Here. NOW! (Video)
October 2, 2017
Holy sheeeit! This “Keloid” series could very well cause Blerdgasms (Blerd = BLack nERD, and if you don’t know ‘gasms’ go Google or ask your parents or some sh!t) across the Interwebs! Have you peeped it out yet? A really compelling take on the coming of age, coming into one’s own, story of a youngster with abilities. Right in keeping with young hero sagas like Gotham already on Fox Television and The Gifted and Cloak & Dagger hitting the tube soon. And see, “Keloid” is already on YouTube, thanks to continued crowdfunding.
In episode 1, Keloid and his mom disagree about the emergence of his special abilities – telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation and the control of electricity. Meanwhile his girlfriend Aisha appears at his door unannounced. Is she right on time, or is it the worst time possible?
– Black TV & Film Collective
CRAZY! Check out Episode 1 above. More (like, the rest of the season!) after the jump, after the funding link below… where you can support if you like.
Posted in Action, Call To Action, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Series, Videos, Youth | Tags: Aba Woodruff, ANOMALY, Brooklyn Boy, Check, David Nixon, Frederic Blake, Guilt, Huriyyah Muhammad, Marie Zoumangui, New York, Nicole Williams, Reason, Trackers, Triggers | No Comments »
“Homeboy” Shows Us That When One Door Opens… (Trailer)
September 22, 2017
The concept alone… DOPE! A different look at being in the trap… ensnared by a mental health challenge. Kudos to Bryan Christian for finding his way out of that trap with the help of loving fam and friends, and for this “Homeboy” film. Check out the trailer and the pitch at the end.
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Film, Health and Wellness, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Trailer, Videos | Tags: Agoraphobia, Bryan Christian, depression, Homeboy, MENTAL HEALTH, Mental Health Issues | No Comments »
Keith Olbermann Declares, “The Media Doesn’t Understand What Trump Is Doing” (Video)
September 20, 2017
Donald Trump’s not pivoting. He’s not changing. He’s just crazy.
– GQ
Interesting points, as usual, by Keith Olbermann… The media is not getting the real story of the Trump Administration out to us, not because they are holding back, but because they do not ‘get’ it. Or at least, they do not ‘get’ how to get the story out to us.
And this is NOT all the fault of Trump’s crazy ways (though Olbermann declares, several times in this clip, that Trump is, in fact, ‘crazy’). It could very well be that, unlike Olbermann’s former field of sportscasting, the mainstream news media has neither the acumen or desire to cover something as unprecedented as what is going on with the level of ‘crazy’ coming out of The White House.
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Series, Videos | Tags: Donald Trump, GQ, Keith Olbermann, Peace, President Trump, Remove, Resist, The Media Doesn’t Understand What Trump is Doing, The Resistance, The Resistance with Keith Olbermann, Trump administration | 1 Comment »
Architects and Engineers: Solving the Mystery of Building 7 – w/ Ed Asner
September 18, 2017
Hurry up and watch this one before it is “removed as a violation of YouTube’s policy against spam, scams, and commercially deceptive content”… again! Not trying to theorize on any conspiracies afoot, but watch and see if you see ‘scam’ or ‘spam’ or ‘deception.’ No. Quite the opposite. A call for a new investigation; for truth!
Take 15 minutes and watch above. Consider the argument laid out. Perhaps it will lead you to visit AE911Truth.org to investigate the explosive evidence of the Twin Towers and to sign the petition calling for a new World Trade Center 9/11 collapse investigation.
A Choir Comes From Texas To Sing “Lean On Me” And Jimmy Fallon Puts A Million Dollars In The Collection Plate For Hurricane Harvey Relief (Video)
September 7, 2017
Jimmy announces the show's $1 million donation to @JJWatt's hurricane relief fund, and invites a Houston choir to sing "Lean on Me." pic.twitter.com/R3ZQb3RDbC
— Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) September 6, 2017
Now THAT’S how you use your platform! Salute to JJ Watt of the Houston Texans and to Jimmy Fallon. That fund Watt has going to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey keeps growing a million bucks at a time, and The Tonight Show just added another million!
On top of that, Jimmy invited a Houston area Gospel choir to come take his audience to church in less than 5 minutes flat. If you’ve never been ‘full’ from some good church singing… get ready for that and press play above.
#HelpHouston
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Cover Story, Faith, Performance, Television, Videos | Tags: Cornroe, fundraising, HelpHouston, Houston Gospel Choir, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, Hurricane Relief, Jimmy Fallon, JJ Watt, JJ Watt Foundation, Marquist Taylor, Texas, The Roots, The Tonight Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Vicotria White, Victoria White | No Comments »
Michael Blackson Challenges ‘Z-List’ Celebrities To Donate To Houston (Video)
September 1, 2017
Okay, Michael Blackson’s hilarity aside (he janked on the Z-List celebs tho… baaahahaaa!), get the message. Do what you can for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Plain and simple #HelpHouston
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Comedy, Radio, Shots | Tags: Breakfast Club, Donate To Houston, Michael Blackson, Michael Blackson Challenge, Power 105, Power 105.1, Z-List Celebrities | No Comments »
Black Men Trace Their Roots… Of Their Native American Heritage (Video)
August 31, 2017
You could get in a lot of trouble if you were caught ‘out of place’ or ‘talking out of turn’… Sound familiar, like familia? It should, especially for these gentlemen who have proven that they have ‘Indian in their blood’ (as my elders used to say). But this video is more about similarities in Native American and African American heritages. This is about linkages, bonds, relationships between our peoples. Set aside about a half-hour and get this knowledge!
On the next Another View, a history lesson on the Cheroenhaka-Nottoway Indian Tribe of Southampton County, Virginia – and how a man named Walter Ashby Plecker forever changed the relationship between Native Americans and African Americans in this part of Virginia.
– WHROTV
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Education, Interview, Relationships, Series, Television, Videos | Tags: African Americans, Another View, Barbara Hamm Lee, Cheroenhaka, Cheroenhaka-Nottoway, Native Americans, Nottoway, Southampton County, Tribe, Virginia, Walter Ashby Plecker, WHROTV | 1 Comment »
An Anti-Facist Film’s Message We Need To Hear… Today! (Video)
August 25, 2017
“When that first minority lost out… everybody lost out.”
At the risk of piling on… Michael Moore said it so right in our post on here: If you are not going to say that what went down in Charlottesville was wrong (not on both sides, Mr. President; the NEO-NAZI side), you are pretty much on the wrong side! Turn it around. Don’t support racists, Neo-whatevers… none of that. Do the right thing: Stand with the right. The right side of the aisle, if you like; but at least be on the right side of HISTORY!
And speaking of history, watch the above clip. And by all means… DON’T BE A SUCKER!
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Film, History, Travel, Videos, Vintage | Tags: anti-fascist, anti-fascist film, anti-Nazi, anti-Nazi film, DON'T BE A SUCKER, World War II, WW II, WWII | No Comments »
Michael Moore Calls A Racist A Racist, All Of Them… And Those Who Will Not Denounce Them (Video)
August 25, 2017
Anybody who enables, anybody who votes for and supports a racist, is a racist.
– Michael Moore
The controversial filmmaker Moore has never had a problem calling it how he sees it. And in keeping with the lifted quote above, Moore is holding those who support the racist ralliers and those of their ilk – whether gathered at the Take ‘Murica Back rally in Charlottesville or not – just as guilty. Because #BlackLivesMatter or #AllLivesMatter or whatever matters to you aside, the venomous speech, vitriolic tone and victimization of those hurt by Neo-Nazi words and a wildly driven car… well, that all happened. And if you are not denouncing that, you are tacitly supporting it.
#LookingAtYouMrPresident #BothSidesHuh #AndThatTheStoryOfOJ #OK
Posted in Activism, Call To Action, Celebrity, Cover Story, Interview, News, Opinion, Politics, Progressive, Television, Videos | Tags: All Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Charlottesville, Michael Moore, Neo-Nazi, Racism, racist, Virginia, white supremacist | 1 Comment »
Google Doodles ‘The 44th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Hip-Hop’
August 13, 2017
So dope! I hope it still works…
I was playing with this Hip-Hop Birthday Google Doodle widget thing Friday and was getting it in, thanks to some snazzy app ware and on point tutelage from Hip-Hop icon Fab 5 Freddy. Watch, learn, play, enjoy. I certainly am!
(Shout to the homie Demetria for this epic share!)
– @ojones1
Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels Declares That Having Mental Health Problems Is Not Shameful (Video)
July 26, 2017
My brother, BoneBreaker Jones, and I are constantly talking about this. When you have a health problem, you should get help! Mental health is health, and your health is you wealth. Don’t lose your HEALTH! Mental health problems affect everyone, even the mighty King Of Rock, the Devastating Mic Controller, Darryl McDaniels aka DMC of Run DMC.
No shame. If you need help, admit it and get it! Don’t know where/how? Just start talking and asking people you care about. Ask them to help you get to the right professional. But don’t just ignore the situations you are going through like it’s all good #TalkToSomebody
– @ojones1
‘Tariq Live’ Is Now Live At ‘Tariq Radio’… For Now
July 14, 2017
Wow. Waging a cyber war for real. All supporters of Tariq Nasheed better get at him at Tariq Radio before the ‘powers that be’ are alerted by the ‘dry snitchers’ that tell them do. YouTube is on some pull-the-plug for acting up type ish today! Here’s the channel… hurry up!
NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL: TARIQ RADIO
Go subscribe to my new Youtube channel at https://t.co/1zVtjmJEMx
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) July 11, 2017
Again… wowwww.
Posted in Activism, Call To Action | Tags: Community Strikes, Tariq Live, Tariq Nasheed, Tariq Radio, YouTube | No Comments »
J-Live: The 9000 Miles Project (Video)
July 8, 2017
“Peace! My name is J-Live. I’m an emcee, producer, DJ, and an educator. Born and raised in New York City. Currently residing here in Atlanta Georgia.
9000 Miles is my very first crowdfunding project. The purpose of this campaign is to enable and empower me to serve not just an artist, but as an educator.
My vision is to not only teach through my lyrical content and performances, but also through lectures, classes and hands on workshops for aspiring artists of all ages. The title “9000 Miles” and the concept, is actually an old song of mine.” – J-Live
THE 9000 MILES PROJECT :
J-Live’s Studio Upgrade To Teach Through Hip Hop.
A $9,000 gofundme campaign.
Multi level support rewards plus free online videos from J-Live’s hip hop curriculum.
Posted in Call To Action, Cover Story, Education, Hip-Hop, Trailer, Videos, Youth | Tags: 9000 Miles Project, J-Live, J-Live: The 9000 Miles Project | No Comments »
Call To Action: WLPWR’s “Go Fund” (Video)
May 15, 2017
Will Power (record producer, 15 years) and Angela (artist manager, 10 years) are raising money to complete their studio for recording, phtog, event space and more. So far, they have $60K of their own invested in this project. Now they are calling on us to help them finish fulfilling the vision AND serve artists and the community. See video of the warehouse loft space construction/conversion in process, and listen as they explain what’s going on and what the duo hopes to achieve!
You can contact Will Power on Facebook and Twitter via @WLPWR and at WLPWR.COM for more info.
Posted in Business, Call To Action, Hip-Hop, Videos | Tags: Angela, construction, Fundraiser, Go Fund, Renovation, Studio, Will Power, William Washington, WLPWR | No Comments »
