In Leonard Sykes Jr.’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article “Garvey celebration represents a call for peace and unity in community,” the author describes the values held by the Jamaican “Back-to-Africa” activist Marcus Garvey as his birthday was celebrated by the Wisconsin Black Historical Society. August 17, 2005 marked the day of Marcus Garvey’s birth, and the ...
Malcolm X. DVD. Directed Spike Lee. 1992; Universal City, CA: Warner Home Video, 1992. Directed by Spike Lee, Malcolm X does an exceptional job of creating the realism that surrounded his life. From the pain to the joy, everything is there. The film begins with a title sequence featuring an American flag in a blaze ...
February will soon be upon us, which means that it will be time to celebrate Black History Month. One great way for teachers to help their students learn more about important people and events in black history (all year ’round) is by using coloring pages and other printables which can be found on the internet. ...
In the early 1920s and continuing till the mid Depression years, the cultural explosion of literature, music, and art was harbored mainly in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the “New Negro Movement,” embodied a common belief in black pride and motivated many African Americans to celebrate their ...
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s stands as one of the most prominent movements in African-American culture and American history. After many decades of suffering through imprisonment and oppression by the White man, African Americans began to unite together to demonstrate their strong beliefs of racial pride and self-identity. Arriving in the hot bed of ...
The hairstyle dreadlocks, also spelled dredlocs or dredlocks and sometimes referred to as dreds or dreads, is a style that is commonly associated with the Rastafarian religion. But, is that assumption false? Well, it’s not exactly false, but it’s not exactly entirely true, either. While many Rastafarians do wear dreadlocks, they are not the only ...
It is no exaggeration to say that Bob Marley is one of the greatest popular song writers of the 20th century. Along with John Lennon, Bob Marley led the way in marrying music to social consciousness. Born Robert Nesta Marley in 1945 in Parrish of St. Anne, Jamaica, Marley rose from poverty to fame writing ...
When I was in my teens I discovered a world of music outside the mainstream top 40. I began to listen to independent artists, classical music, world music from other cultures, and then I stumbled upon reggae music. The infection beats and rythms echoed happiness, praise, sorrow, poverty and life lessons that would later intrigue ...
Are you looking for some “activities” to check out in Harlem? While New York City in general is not conducive to a whole lot of physical activity, there are a few things you can do in Harlem to get your butt up off the coach. Here are just a few: Harlem Lanes – 2116 7th ...