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Rev Jesse Jackson - Sampled

I curated this with my late friend @duanemyers.bsky.social in mind. We shared a lifelong, eclectic love of music. I thought of him with a smile as I crafted this singular and relatively short collection of tracks
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Happy Thanksgiving, y’all 🍂

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MUSIC MONDAY: “The Crossroads: A Blues Halloween Playlist” (LISTEN) by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) It’s Music Monday and Halloween here at Good Black News! It…

It’s that time again.
Blues Halloween

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My favorite sign at the Glendale NO KINGS protest. #nokings #nokingsprotest

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Before our screening of ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. It is showing at the Vista Theater, in existence since 1923. It’s one of 4 theaters in the world projecting it in VistaVision on “platters”. It Is the first film to do so since 1961.

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Right?!

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Ready to take doors at any season

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Hard to find new old photos of Halloween costumes, or ones that aren’t altered or prompted, but here we go again…

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Thanks!!

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Who. Is. This. Brotha?

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MUSIC MONDAY: “Dance Jazz” (LISTEN) by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. I hope this missive finds you smilin…

Here's my latest sonic offering for Good Black News. A collection of "Dance Jazz" to make you move. Rare Groozes, Remixes, Hip-hop collabs, and other funky Jazz explorations to start your week.

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I approve 🙏🏾🖤

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Jackie and Joan of the Runaways

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The best “Florida man” headline ever!!

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5 Ways 'Hidden Figures' Redefined Representation in Film | Black Girl Nerds 'Hidden Figures' tells the tale of how NASA mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson

Based on the unbelievably true life stories of these three women, Taraji P. Henson, Janelle Monae, and Octavia Spencer help to bring this story to the big screen — which definitely qualifies as some Black Girl Magic.

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My sparse drawing of Emmett Till on the anniversary of his murder in 1955.

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Toshiro Mifune & Akira Kurosawa behind the scenes of 'Yojimbo' - 1961

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Writer, critic, and photographer Carl Van Vechten was best known for his association with the Harlem Renaissance. Here are a few color photos of artists he took that would garner success on the small and/or big screen.

James Earl Jones
Eartha Kitt
Diahann Carroll
Harry Belafonte

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August 24, 1931: Filming begins on “Frankenstein” with the cemetery scene.

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150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music The British composer was a generational success story before his death at 37 — yet keeping that legacy in view has always been a challenge, even during his lifetime.

150 years of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, overlooked icon of Black classical music
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Bootsy Collins explains the concept of the "the One"
Bootsy Collins explains the concept of the "the One" YouTube video by ROGUE SPECIES

The One👌🏾
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#jaws #behindthescenes🎬 #filmmaking #robertshaw 1975

50 year anniversary 🤯🤯🤯

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The thing in the crypt! Conan encounters a skeleton, seated on a throne w/ a sword across its lap.

The thing in the crypt! Conan encounters a skeleton, seated on a throne w/ a sword across its lap.

Roy Thomas, Sal Buscema, and Ernie Chan - interior splashin’ in Conan the Barbarian 92 (1978).

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Another MUSIC MONDAY offering via @goodblacknews.bsky.social
Enjoy my free-wheeling collection of Soul Duets. #musicmonday #duets

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Thanks, @duanemyers.bsky.social

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Thanks, my dear brotha

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Marlon West, Brooke Breton Join Academy Foundation Board Disney’s Marlon West, 'Avatar' VFX vet Brooke Breton, and 'Shrek' costume designer Isis Mussenden bring animation and effects to Academy Foundation’s board.

Thrilled to serve. What an amazing group

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Christopher Lee, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Cushing having a laugh.

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