Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
The Revolution Never Dies...
On this date in 1972, Kwame Nkrumah who was the first president of Ghana, died in exile, in Conarky, Guinea. Nkruman was an very influential advocate in the 20th century of Pan-Africanism. Along with helping Ghana gain Independence, he also helped establish the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Like Nkrumah, many believe his government was overthrown with the help of the CIA because he was seen as a future force in the growing independent Continent. He lived in exile in Guinea as the guest of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, who made him honorary co-president of the country.
Freedom From The French...
On this date in 1960, Togo gained its Independence from France. The country formerly known as Togoland would do this under Sylvanus Olympio.
Who Gonna Save Our Souls....
The publication of W.E.B. DuBois's The Souls of Black Folk on this date in 1903, was in great opposition to Booker T. Washington's program of social and political subordination. The two would bump heads for years on the roles and direction for blacks in America after the turn of the century.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Lauryn Hill Headlining Stockholm Jazz Festival This Summer...
Lauryn Hill is back at it this summer. She's back touring and this summer she will be putting on a 10 date European Tour and one of those dates just happen to be a stop at The Stockholm Jazz Festival this July. She will headline the festival which is set to take place from July 15-19 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Kobe Doin' Work...
Spike Lee's latest work is a documentary on the best basketball player in the NBA, Kobe Bryant. The new film "Kobe Doin' Work"is set for its world premiere this Saturday night at 9 p.m. at The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival which kicks off April 24 and runs through May 2 in New York City. Using 30 cameras for in-game action, Lee's crew followed Kobe for an entire day last May for one Lakers playoff game against the Spurs.
Election Time In South Africa...
Story and update on the very important election in South Africa HERE. Jacob Zuma is currently in the lead with about 66% of the votes with a little more then half of the votes being counted.All You Need Is "One Love"...
This is QuESt's "All You Need Is One Love" of his latest mixtape Distant Travels Into Soul Theory. It samples Nas's "One Love" off of his classic album Illmatic. QuESt flipped that track and wrote about a different type of love. His next mixtape Broken Headphones drops July 28.Download: QuEST- "All You Need Is One Love"
Previous: QuESt- Losing My Mind
Bonus: Nas "One Love"
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Shaun Boothe is back with his Unauthorized Biography Series with Jimi Hendrix, arguably the greatest guitarist ever.
Previous: UBJB (Unauthorized Biography of James Brown)/UBBM(Unauthorized Biography of Bob Marley)/ UBMA(Unauthorized Biography of Muhammad Ali)/UBMLK&BO (Unauthorized Biography of Martin Luther King Jr & Barack Obama)
Thursday Throwback Movie: Wattstax
The 1973 documentary was based around the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the black community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The concert was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis, Tennessee Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock. To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Eat To Live...
TOP SEVEN FOODS FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
*BLACK RASPBERRIES*STRAWBERRIES
*BLUEBERRIES
*FLAX SEEDS
*GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES
*TOMATOES
*BROCCOLI SPROUTS
The healthy and nutritious foods are high antioxidant foods, primarily fruits and vegetables. I selected these healthy foods because they contain the most powerful phytochemicals and anthocyanins which illustrate strong inhibition of chemocarcinogens.
Other foods with high antioxidant and high anti-cancer potential include walnuts, sunflower seeds, pomegranates, beets, cabbage, peppers, and parsley. Make your diet strongly cancer-protective and longevity-favorable by including these highly beneficial, nutritious foods.
A good way to think about nutritious food: Produce is the most important health care your money can buy.
Food also has the potential to harm, and these are effective foods for those attempting to die younger. One of my daughters calls this list the Seven Foods of Death.
WORST SEVEN FOODS FOR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY
*BUTTER
*CHEESE
*POTATO CHIPS & FRENCH FRIES
*DOUGHNUTS
*SALT
*SAUSAGE, HOT DOGS
*PICKLED, SMOKED OR BARBECUED MEET
Foods high in saturated fat and trans fat are consistently associated with high cancer rates. Cheese and butter typically contain over ten times as much saturated fat as fish and white meat chicken and turkey.
Salt has been consistently linked to stomach cancer and stroke, even in populations that eat diets low in saturated fat.
Add the carcinogenic potential from heated and overcooked oils (usually trans containing) delivered in doughnuts and fries with the powerful cancer inducing properties of carbohydrates cooked at high heat (acrylamide formation) and you have a great cancer potion.
Needless to say, I advise people to avoid the foods on my “worst list” entirely.
The best foods to eat are the healthy, nutritious fresh fruits and vegetables. By making these antioxidant foods the major portion of your diet, you can protect yourself against cancer and other serious diseases. As you extend your youthful vigor into later years
Props to BlackHealthMag
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Master Of The Sky Hook
On this date in 1942 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born Lew Alcindor in New York City. Kareem is one of a handful of players to win a championship on the high school, college, and NBA levels. In high school, he led Power Memorial Academy to three straight New York City Catholic championships, a 71-game winning streak, and a 79–2 overall record. He scored 2067 points in his high school career and the city all time leading scorer until his record was broken by Kenny Anderson.
He played for the UCLA Bruins from 1966 to 1969 under coach John Wooden, contributing to the team's three-year record of 88 wins and only two losses. During his college career he was twice named Player of the Year (1967, 1969), was a three-time First Team All-American (1967-69), played on three NCAA Basketball champion teams (1967, 1968, 1969), was honored as the Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament (1967, 1968, 1969), and became the first-ever Naismith College Player of the Year in 1969. The dunk was banned in college basketball after the 1967 season, primarily because of his dominant use of the shot.
He was awarded the title of NBA Rookie of the Year after being drafted first by the Milwaukee Bucks in 1969, only in their second season in the league. The day after the Bucks won the NBA championship in 1971, he adopted the muslim name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and no longer went by his birth name Lew Alcindor. He would go on to win six NBA Most Valuable Player Awards in his career.
In 1975, the Lakers acquired Abdul-Jabbar and reserve center Walt Wesley from the Bucks for center Elmore Smith, guard Brian Winters, and rookie "blue chippers" Dave Meyers and Junior Bridgeman. In the 1975-76 season, Jabbar's first season with Los Angeles, Abdul-Jabbar had a dominating season, averaging 27.7 points per game and leading the league in rebounding, blocked shots, and minutes played. His 1,111 defensive rebounds remains the NBA single-season record. He earned his fourth MVP award.
In 1979, the Lakers acquired 1st overall draft pick Earvin "Magic" Johnson. The trade and draft paved the way for a second Abdul-Jabbar dynasty as the Lakers went on to become the most dominant team of the 1980s, appearing in the finals eight times and winning five NBA championships. Individually, while Jabbar was not the dominant center he was in the 1970s, he experienced a number of highlight moments. Among them were his record sixth MVP award in 1980, four more All-NBA First Team designations, two more All-Defense First Team designations, the 1985 Finals MVP, and on April 5, 1984 breaking Wilt Chamberlain's record for career points. On June 28, 1989, after twenty professional seasons, Abdul-Jabbar announced his retirement. He is still the NBA all time leader in points.
Today In Black History...
On this date in 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this act came 9 months before President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation. The act brought to conclusion decades of agitation aimed at ending what antislavery advocates called "the national shame" of slavery in the nation's capital. The law provided for immediate emancipation, compensation of up to $300 for each slave to loyal Unionist masters, voluntary colonization of former slaves to colonies outside the United States, and payments of up to $100 to each person choosing emigration. Over the next 9 months, the federal government paid almost $1 million for the freedom of approximately 3,100 former slaves. The District of Columbia Emancipation Act is the only example of compensated emancipation in the United States. Though its three-way approach of immediate emancipation, compensation, and colonization did not serve as a model for the future, it was an early signal of slavery's death. Emancipation was greeted with great jubilation by the District's African-American community. For many years afterward, black Washingtonians celebrated Emancipation Day on April 16 with parades and festivals
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
J. Cole Performing In Va...
Who the hell is J. Scott tho???? I'm Just Saying...
Check him out on Myspace, Twitter, Or Blog
Previous: YEBies You Should Know: J. Cole
Meet "Bo", The First Pup...
The Obama's have finally gotten their dog for the White House. "Bo", the name which it will go by, is a 6-Month-Old Portuguese Water Dog. The dog was a gift from Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts who owns several Portuguese water dogs himself. The Washington Post reported in its online editions Saturday night that Obama’s daughters chose the name Bo for the pup because first lady Michelle Obama’s father was nicknamed Diddley. The name for the dog was an apparent reference to the singer “Bo” Diddley.”
The Beginning Of The End...
On this date in 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play a Major League baseball game. Robinson started at first base and went hitless, but did score the winning run. He also would go to win “Rookie of the Year” honors in his first major league season.However, this historic day was also the beginning of the end of black baseball in America. The Negro Leagues that once flourished in black communities across the country, started getting robbed of it best talent and eventually the leagues could not keep its fan base because of the lack of stars and good teams. The number of black players in the Majors peeked in the 80's but has been on a decline since the mid 90's and there are no signs that things are gonna get any better soon.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
QuESt- Losing My Mind
This is QuESt's first single of his next mixtape Broken Headphones. The tape drops July 28 and should be full of good music. Get familiar with QuESt with his other mixtapes Mind On Blast V1& 2, Where's My Rhymebook, and Distant Travels Into Soul Theory.
QuESt's Blog QuESt on Myspace
Listen/Download: QuESt- Losing My Mind
Nas- Legendary (Mike Tyson)
DJ free version of the song "Legendary" by Nas of the Nigger Tape that was released last summer before his Untitled LP. The s0ng plays tribute to "Iron" Mike Tyson.
Listen/Download: Nas- Legendary
Previous: "Iron Mike, Messiah Type"
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Today In Black History...
On this date in 1866 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. This was the first such act known as a Civil Rights Act. The act declared that "all persons born in the United States not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed," were citizens of the United States. Such citizens were "of every race and color" and "without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.
YEBies Birthday: Paul Robeson
On this date in 1898 Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey. Robeson was an dramatic actor, singer, civil rights activist, political radical and one of the most gifted men of the 20th century. He was the definition of a Renaissance Man.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Stamp That...
On this date in 1940 Booker T. Washington became the first African American to have a stamp of their likeness issued in America.Founders Day... Johnson C. Smith...
On this date in 1867 Johnson C. Smith University was established as the Biddle Memorial Institute at a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in the old Charlotte Presbyterian Church. In 1876, the charter was changed by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina and the name became Biddle University, under which name the institution operated until 1923. From 1921 to 1922, Jane Berry Smith donated funds to build a theological dormitory, a science hall, a teachers' cottage and a memorial gate. She also provided an endowment for the institution in memory of her late husband, Johnson Crayne Smith. Up until her death she donated funds for five more buildings and a campus church. In recognition of these generous benefactions, the Board of Trustees voted to change the name of the institution to Johnson C. Smith University. The charter of the school, accordingly, was amended on March 1, 1923, by the Legislature of the State of North Carolina.
"Lady Day" aka "Queen of Song"...
On this date in 1915, Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan) was given birth to in Philadelphia, Pa. She would move back to East Baltimore days after birth, where her mother and father had been living. Holiday would go on to have a great influence on jazz and pop singing. Her voice along with style and grace was admired by friends and fans all over.Billie Holiday
Monday, April 6, 2009
The Price Of Freedom...
On this date in 1846 Dred Scott and his wife Harriet filed suit against Irene Emerson for their freedom. The Dred Scott case was first brought to trial in 1847 in the first floor, west wing courtroom of St. Louis's Courthouse. Scott, a black slave from Missouri claimed his freedom on the basis of seven years of residence in a free state and a free territory. He would go on to lose the historic Dred Scott v. Sandford of 1857. The United States Supreme Court ruled seven to two against Scott, finding that neither he, nor any person of African ancestry, could claim citizenship in the United States, and that therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules.
Today In Black History...
On this date in 1931 the first Scottsboro trial began in Scottsboro, Alabama. This was the trial of nine Black youths accused of raping two white women on a freight train.Remembering Lil Bobby...
On this date in 1968 Bobby Hutton was assassinated by the Oakland Police Department. Bobby Hutton, or “L’il Bobby” as he was called, was the youngest member of the Black Panthers at the age of 16, and one of its first members.
Gone but not forgotten.... Power to the PEOPLE...
To The North We Go...
On this date in 1909, Matthew Henson became the first man to reach the North Pole. Traveling with the Admiral Peary Expedition, Henson, with his exceptional navigational skills managed to reach the North Pole almost 45 minutes before Peary and the rest of the men. Henson, a Charles County, Maryland native, would live to be 88 years old before passing away March 9, 1955.
YEBies Birthday: Billy Dee Williams...
Happy 72nd birthday to Billy Dee Willams. Billy was born William December Willams Jr, in Newy York City, New York. Williams is best known for his work in such works as "Brain's Song", "Mahogany", and two "Star Wars" sequels.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
YEBies Birthday: Colin Powell
Happy 72nd birthday Colin Powell. No matter what you think about some of his last decisions under Bush, at one point of time Powell was Obama in the eyes of a lot of Americans.
Today In Black History...
On this date in 1856 Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave in Hale's Ford, Virginia.More on Booker T. Washington HERE
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Today In Black History...
On this date in 1984 Coach John Thompson of Georgetown University became the first Black coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament. The championship game featured future Hall of Famers Patrick Ewing and Hakeem Olajuwon.Game Highlights
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
YEBies to BC...
Dead Prez- Stimulus Plan
New Music from Dead Prez off their album coming out with Green Lantern June 23rd. Met these dudes in Boston, Mass this past weekend with the brother Modi (DCtoBC) Shout out to 2DB for the link.
Listen/DL: DeadPrez- Stimulus Plan
Listen/DL: DeadPrez- Stimulus Plan
Still Asking "What's Going On?"
On this date in 1984 Marvin Gaye died in his parents Los Angeles home. Marvin was shot and killed by his father in their home a day before his 45th birthday. Born in Washington DC, Gaye was a great artist on Motown in its prime. He was dubbed "The Prince Of Motown" and "The Prince Of Soul".YEBies Birthdays....
Happy Birthday Gill Scott-Heron. Gill was born on this date in 1949 in Chicago, Illinois.
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