“THE INVISIBLE SHADOW AND THE HIGH-TOP FADE: The Mortal Cells of America’s Political Prisoners, Freedom’s Untouchables,” A Book-Length Essay

– BLACK POWER MEDIA AND IMIXWHATILIKE.ORG PRESENT AN AFRICAN HERITAGE MONTH SPECIAL – By Todd Steven Burroughs (© Main text copyright 2019, 2022 by Todd Steven Burroughs, Ph.D. The “Open Letter” prologue is copyrighted 2020 by the signatories and the 2021 Congressional hearing testimonies in the Appendices are copyrighted by the witnesses. Both supplemental Appendices…

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From bell hooks to The Boondocks!

bellhooks #Boondocks #iMiXWHATiLiKE Show Notes:(0:00) Show Intro / bell hooks on Cultural Criticism(25:00) Dr. Nyasha Grayman-Simpson discusses bell hooks(58:58) Russell Maroon Shoatz “Death by Regulation”(1:07:58) Asheru talks Hip-Hop History and Education Dr. Nyasha Grayman-Simpsonhttps://www.goucher.edu/learn/academic-centers/psychology/faculty/nyasha-grayman-simpson Gabriel Asheru Bennhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-asheru-benn Charlotte Rosen: Russell Maroon Shoatz Death by Regulationhttps://themetropole.blog/2021/12/15/on-russell-maroon-shoatzs-death-by-regulation-1997-with-robert-saleem-holbrook-executive-director-of-the-abolitionist-law-center/ Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana…

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An Open Letter from Original Black Panther Party Members to Black (Hip-Hop) Artists Who Have an Interest in Our Community (T.I., KILLER MIKE, CARDI B, KANYE WEST, BEYONCE’, JAY-Z, P-DIDDY, LUDACRIS, 50-CENT, and others)

Greetings and Solidarity to each of you.  In recognition of your individual voice, influence, and cultural following among current generations of Black people/Africans in the Diaspora and on the continent, we salute you. While we only know you from the public domain, we know that many of you come from backgrounds where you faced poverty,…

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