Ruthie Foster

Original video from SOUL! and then shoutfactorytv. All rights and love to Soul! and shoutfactorytv for broadcasting this. Taped in London, November 1971. Original links: (part 1) http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/soul/ja… (part 2) http://www.shoutfactorytv.com/soul/ja…

-Find more audio and video of Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin on this channel. &check out this playlist of other Baldwin videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr.(born June 7, 1943) is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Giovanni gained initial fame in the late 1960s as one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Influenced by the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement of the period, her early work provides a strong, militant African-American perspective, leading one writer to dub her the “Poet of the Black Revolution.”

James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son (1955), explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America. Some of Baldwin’s essays are book-length, including The Fire Next Time (1963), No Name in the Street (1972), and The Devil Finds Work (1976). An unfinished manuscript, Remember This House, was expanded and adapted for cinema as the Academy Award–nominated documentary film I Am Not Your Negro. Baldwin’s novels and plays fictionalize fundamental personal questions and dilemmas amid complex social and psychological pressures thwarting the equitable integration of not only African Americans, but also gay and bisexual men, while depicting some internalized obstacles to such individuals’ quests for acceptance. Such dynamics are prominent in Baldwin’s second novel, Giovanni’s Room, written in 1956, well before the gay liberation movement.

Soul! or SOUL! (1967–1971 or 1967–1973) was a pioneering performance/variety television program in the late 1960s and early 1970s produced by New York City PBS affiliate, WNET. It showcased African American music, dance and literature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul! more on Soul! here: https://www.thirteen.org/program-cont…

Ellis Haizlip was born on September 17, 1929 (to January 25, 1991). He was a pioneering broadcaster, television host, theater and television producer, and cultural activist. Often host of Soul!

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Virtual Juneteenth MKE Week #LiberateMKE

Join us next week as we re-launch our campaign, LiberateMKE. We will be informing people on the campaign, highlighting why we need to reprioritize where we spend money and engaging in digital actions to make sure Milwaukee is divesting from violent policing infrastructure and investing in strengthening Black communities.

The line up will also include giveaways from local business owners and we’re working on a great way to close out our Friday evening with you all outside of the Twitter Storm!!! STAY TUNED!!

Tuesday at 12:30pm
LiberateMKE Updates/Demands

Join the African American Roundtable Director, Markasa Tucker, and Lead Organizer Devin Anderson as they present the 2020 LiberateMKE campaign updates and demands.
Register here: bit.ly/3dU9KXx

Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
History of Policing in Milwaukee with Dr. Deborah Blanks

Learn about the history of police in Milwaukee with Dr. Deborah Blanks. Dr. Deborah Blanks is the President of Kairo Communications, and will be providing an analysis of police relations with the community in Milwaukee.
Register here:bit.ly/3cT8P8l

Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
Defunding the Police Study Group

Join us as we launch a four week study group focused on what defunding the police looks like and what alternatives to police look like.
Register here: bit.ly/mkestudygroup

Friday 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Social Media Twitterstorm

A Twitterstorm is a sudden flurry of activity about a specific topic on Twitter. We’ll be tweeting about defunding the police and investing those resources into community based solutions. Sample posts are here.

#LiberateMKE #DefundthePolice #DefendBlackLives

More details to come!!!

Updated List of BLM Protests, Vigils and other Relevant Actions: https://docs.google.com/…/1uLk5DYYMqlxZAbO_TAbAxxS9dS…/edit… ***

As always, you can find all of the event pages listed under the “Events” section of the People’s Climate Coalition FB Page. You can (and should!) also follow the Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement for daily updates around the state.