Writing about James Brown in 2014 Glen Ford said, “Left unsaid was the fact that “Mr. Brown” held only one Black person in high regard: himself. With the release of the movie Get On Up, those of us who knew “Soul Brother Number One” are free at last to tell the truth: he was an…
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This will be a presentation of the ways in which the mainstream press accepted and projected the fears of the state in their coverage of a leader whose current constructed image is not of the man whose ever-radicalizing politics inspired that fear. Subscribe to iMWiL! https://imixwhatilike.org
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https://youtu.be/dOYzFMAWYx4 Black Culture Matters is a series hosted by the African American Studies Institute (AASI) at Prince George’s Community College, revolving around this year’s theme: Resisting De-humanization through the Humanities. The goal of this series is not to declare the value of Black lives to those who do not wish to acknowledge it. The goal…
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