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A Nigger Un-Reconstructed: The Legacy of Richard Pryor by Mark Anthony Neal “Unreconstructed Black men don’t have the manners of their reconstructed ‘Negro’ brethren, who are always trying to put a ‘civilized’ face…

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“There was a world of junkies and winos, pool hustlers and prostitutes, women and family screaming inside my head, trying to be heard.”

A Nigger Un-Reconstructed: The Legacy of #RichardPryor
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Am I Black Enough For You? The Legacy of Billy Paul by Mark Anthony Neal Billy Paul was a grown man of 37 years-old when he registered his first and only Pop hit with the classic “Me and Mrs. Jones.” But to think…

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“in my case, that meant singing like a horn player. I’d always been a John Coltrane fan—he was from Philly; you know, and he told me once he wanted to be a singer and that’s why he played the way he did. Well, I sang the way he blew."
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"Reagan is the Pres but I voted for #ShirleyChisholm" -- Biz Markie

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Frankie too is a Sagittarius
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Motown and Berry Gordy’s Wildest Dreams by Mark Anthony Neal Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations is a Tony Award winning musical about a group of young Black men, who came of age…

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'Berry Gordy, Jr. is the very embodiment of the so-called American Dream and hid record company, Motown, might be the most recognizable African American brand of the 20th century.'

Motown and #BerryGordy’s Wildest Dreams
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The Original GOAT...

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“I’m the Head the Nigger in Charge…”: The Legacy of Robert Guillaume by Mark Anthony Neal The above quote is taken from the film Lean On Me (1989), a biopic of New Jersey educator Joe “bat man” Clark. Ostensibly a star turn for…

"The character was irreverent. The question was, how to express such irreverence? In reading the lines, I felt an immediate rapport with this butler called Benson…I saw Benson as Mantan Moreland’s revenge..." -- Robert Guillaume

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The #JimiHendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival, 1970)

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"Sagittarius" · Cannonball Adderley feat. Rick Holmes and the Nat Adderley Sextet

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