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John Coltrane - \"Wise One\" John Coltrane - "Wise One"
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 542 seconds

The haunting "Wise One", from Coltrane's 1964 album Crescent; taking listeners through the entire emotional cycle of fragile longing, seeking that reaches up, and reconciliation. Inspired by Coltrane's first wife, Naima.
- John Coltrane (tenor sax)
- McCoy Tyner (piano)
- Jimmy Garrison (double bass)
- Elvin Jones (drums)

Related: avant, beautiful, bop, church, coltrane, free, garde, hard, jazz, john, melancholy, mesmerizing, modal, noble, spiritual, william

Secret Malcolm X recording with FBI Secret Malcolm X recording with FBI
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 531 seconds

FBI agents visit to the office of Malcolm X after his suspension from the NOI, with the intent of coercing him to provide information about his Black Muslim group. Employing one of the FBI's own covert tactics, Malcolm secretly recorded the conversation with a tape recorder hidden under his couch.
Extremely rare audio.

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¡ Afro-Cuban Rumba ! ¡ Afro-Cuban Rumba !
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 388 seconds

Afro-Cuban Rumba

Related: afro-cuban, black, castro, cristianos, dance, drum, fidel, haiti, moros, music, puerto, rico, rumba, santeria, slavery

Slave Catchers/Resistors 6 - Nat Turner Slave Catchers/Resistors 6 - Nat Turner
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 403 seconds

Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors
(dispelling the Myth of the "docile & content" slave)
- Christianity as a tool of control
- Nat Turner rebellion of 1831

Related: african, america, civil, colonies, crow, jim, plantation, racism, reconstruction, segregation, slavery, terrorism, transatlantic, war

Heatwave - \"Star Of A Story\" montage Heatwave - "Star Of A Story" montage
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 330 seconds

Classic burner from Heatwave, "Star of a Story"... along with some old Jazz and Soul album covers.
Dorothy Dandridge - Ella Fitzgerald - Sarah Vaughn - Billie Holiday - Tammie Terrell - Pam Grier - Angela Bassett - Cassandra Wilson - Erykah Badu - Jill Scott - Amel Larrieux - Lina - Conya Doss - India Arie - Phyllis Hyman - Anita Baker - Cherokee - Kenya Moore - Sy Smith

Related: 70s, african, afroamerican, american, beauty, blue, funk, jam, jazz, note, quiet, r&b, slow, soul, storm, women

Chicago Streets Chicago Streets
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 516 seconds

Chicago projects

Related: cabrini, chicago, class, classism, crime, discrimination, drugs, gangs, green, poverty, projects, robert, southside, taylor

Yoruba Culture in Cuba Yoruba Culture in Cuba
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 211 seconds

Strong presence of traditional Yoruba culture in Cuba.

Related: africa, afro-cuban, black, drum, francesa, haiti, igbo, music, nigeria, puerto, rico, rumba, santeria, slavery, tumba, voodoo, yoruba

Mahalia Jackson, two enchanting numbers Mahalia Jackson, two enchanting numbers
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 358 seconds

Two deeply enchanting ol' tyme Gospel numbers from the Queen of Gospel. 1964
"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"
"Holding My Savior's Hand"

Related: 1960s, 60s, african, afroamerican, american, black, concert, gericho, gospel, jackson, mahalia, spiritual, traditional

Black Male Crime & Incarceration (1 of 2) Black Male Crime & Incarceration (1 of 2)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 253 seconds

Video segment reveals reasons behind high incarceration rates of black males locked up in Chicago jail.
Part 1 of 2

Related: chicago, crime, discrimination, drugs, gangs, jail, poverty, prison, projects

The Last Poets - Niggaz Are Scared Of Revolution The Last Poets - Niggaz Are Scared Of Revolution
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 236 seconds

The Last Poets - Niggaz Are Scared Of Revolution

Related: angela, beat, black, davis, ghetto, last, malcolm, panthers, poetry, poets, the

Color-Coding and Bias in Hollywood (1 of 2) Color-Coding and Bias in Hollywood (1 of 2)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 297 seconds

Are there biases within Hollywood pertaining to blacks, particularly color biases?
Part 1 of 2

Related: african, afroamerican, american, bias, black, hollywood, racism, skin, tone

Color-Coding and Bias in Hollywood (2 of 2) Color-Coding and Bias in Hollywood (2 of 2)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 206 seconds

Are there biases within Hollywood pertaining to blacks, particularly color biases? Actress Nia Long gives her take.
Part 2 of 2

Related: african, afroamerican, american, bias, black, hollywood, long, nia, racism, skin, tone

Gospel - The Founding Fathers Gospel - The Founding Fathers
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 438 seconds

A look at two founding fathers of the Gospel music form: Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933), and Thomas Andrew Dorsey (1899-1993).

Related: afroamerican, american, black, christianity, crow, gospel, hymn, jackson, jim, mahalia, music, segregation

Malcolm X on Negro Leaders and March on Washington (pt 1/2) Malcolm X on Negro Leaders and March on Washington (pt 1/2)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 480 seconds

Pre-hajj Malcolm speech, concerning "Negro Leaders", and the August 1963 'March on Washington'. Excerpt from "Message to the Grass Roots", delivered Nov. 10, 1963 in Detroit, MI.
Part 1 of 2

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History of Black-on-Black Segregation History of Black-on-Black Segregation
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 379 seconds

History of black-on-black segregation in the North (Chicago) after poor Afroamericans migrated from the South. The construction of classism among middle and lower-class Afroamericans seeking better opportunites.

Related: african, american, black, chicago, class, classism, crow, great, history, jim, lower, middle, migration, north, poverty, racism, south

Black Urban Myths (part 1 of 2) Black Urban Myths (part 1 of 2)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 324 seconds

A look into 'Urban Legends' believed by many black Americans, and the history of the reasoning.
(part 1 of 2)

Related: civil, cointelpro, crack, crow, jim, kkk, legends, lynch, myths, oppression, racism, rights, segregation, slavery, urban, willie

Meet the Janjaweed (1/3) Meet the Janjaweed (1/3)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 468 seconds

Journalists secure unprecedented access to a key Arab armed group accused of being part of the infamous "Janjaweed militia". The Janjaweed are blamed for some of the worst atrocities that have drawn the world's attention to the conflict, where hundreds of thousands have died.

Related: civil, conflict, darfur, genocide, media, propaganda, rape, sudan, war

Meet the Janjaweed (2/3) Meet the Janjaweed (2/3)
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 523 seconds

Journalists secure unprecedented access to a key Arab armed group accused of being part of the infamous "Janjaweed militia". The Janjaweed are blamed for some of the worst atrocities that have drawn the world's attention to the conflict, where hundreds of thousands have died.

Related: civil, conflict, darfur, genocide, media, propaganda, rape, sudan, war

Shirley Caesar - \"Lost\" Shirley Caesar - "Lost"
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 287 seconds

Outstanding performance by the First Lady of Gospel. 1984

Related: 1980s, 80s, african, afroamerican, american, black, caesar, concert, gospel, shirley, spiritual, traditional

Slave Catchers/Resistors 5 - David Walker Slave Catchers/Resistors 5 - David Walker
Posted by: soulssurvivor

Video duration: 204 seconds

Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors
(dispelling the Myth of the "docile & content" slave)
- David Walker's Appeal of 1829, and the fear it struck in the South.
- Negro Seamen Acts

Related: african, america, civil, colonies, crow, jim, plantation, racism, reconstruction, segregation, slavery, terrorism, transatlantic, war