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A question of who is the wealthiest through a prospective psychological pageant P.P.P.
Title: The S.S.S.
Author: Richard Murray
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The lynching of Jesse Washington.
Washington was beaten with shovels and bricks,was castrated, and his ears were cut off. A tree supported the iron chain that lifted him above the fire. Jesse attempted to climb up the skillet hot chain. For this, the men cut off his fingers.
Jesse was 15.
1916.
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Happy Easter
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Richard Murray Questions episode 1
The series Richard Murray Questions is simple. I ask questions.
The internet is full of those telling others what to think , how to think , when to think. I will merely ask questions.
Two questions , four is best for foundation to those who know numerology, but ...My questions are simple:
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Can you name a city in the USA where the mayor is black/the majority in the city council are black/the chief of police or sheriff is black/the majority of law enforcers that patrol the city are black/ the majority of the businesses are black owned/the majority of the municipal workers are black/the majority of real estate properties are black owned?
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If you can answer question one with a yes, what will need to happen for you to live there OR if you can answer question one with a no, do you think the first question need every black person to answer yes?
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What is the lesson to all artist after reading this article? never sell what you create, never!
http://comicsalliance.com/superman-check-jerry-siegel-joe-shuster-dc-comics/
supermans torn cape
Artist: Sandra Chevrier
place: Bülowstr. Berlin
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some interesting articles
The list of the most challenged and banned books in America for 2020 has been released by the American Library Association, and anti-racism books are all over it.
https://www.theroot.com/anti-racism-titles-are-all-over-the-list-of-10-most-cha-1846634839?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20April%208%2C%202021&utm_term=lithub_master_list
Joye Hummel, the first woman to pen a Wonder Woman comic, has passed away.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joye-hummel-dead/2021/04/08/e3527018-97ad-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html
Anyone who took a Shakespeare class is well versed in iambic pentametre, but this article poses the question: are we reading Shakespeare’s work correctly?
https://daily.jstor.org/are-we-getting-shakespeares-rhythms-all-wrong/
And last but certainly not least: Did you know Sherlock Holmes has appeared on the screen over 250 times?! Wild, I know. Lucky for us, Crime Reads has ranked the top 100 Sherlocks for us (Although I would have put Brent Spiner higher on the list).
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I made an audio version to the zenith power collage, it is self explanatory in the first slide but all you need to do is saw the movie the First Power and then the rest is enjoy the collage elements, wherever they take you. If you like the idea, I will try to make time to make the legend collage into an audio.
https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/179-richard-murray-collages/
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PHotographers , take a look https://www.deviantart.com/team/journal/Photo-Challenge-Still-Life-836367753
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yesterday was the anniversary of the first time a us president lived in washington d.c. and that president was... john adams:)
Today is the greatest elongation between mercury and the sun, that means today mercury will appear farthest from the sky than any time after until the next greatest elongation
Tomorrow is a lunar penumbral eclipse. MEaning the moon will go across the penumbral which is where the light of the sun is refracted off the side of the earth, not the umbral where the sunlight is blocked by the earth.
It is also a strawberry full moon, a better word I think is totluc moon meaning total light moon. The moon is always full. Where as the %paraluc moon can be for the other phases of the moon outside the new moon , which is more appropriately anluc meaning no light.
It is called a strawberry moon based on the habit of algonquin's , a native people that used to live where the midatlantic states in the usa reside, who will pick strawberry's around this time of year.
It is also the roman catholic st bonafice day who is known as the patron saint of the germans. As well as an Ember day for the Latin Catholics, so be ready to fast you latins.
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Donations Increase Threefold For North Philly Horseback Riding Club That Inspired New Netflix Film
Riding the success of Netflix's Concrete Cowboys, a Black-owned horse riding club in north Philadelphia has nearly tripled its fundraising efforts as a result of the film sparking interest in the neighborhood’s fight against gentrification and invasive city politics.
Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club (FSURC), the group that the film is loosely based upon, saw a fundraising surge on its GoFundMe campaign this week, raking in more than $150,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. Over the past nine months, the organization that mentors local youth had raised just about $40,000, according to local news outlet Billy Penn.
The proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to care for the horses, stables, and finance a documentary that will be produced in collaboration with the nonprofit. The crowdfunding campaign also alleviates some financial stress for founder Ellis Ferrell, who has paid for many of the FSURC’s expenses out of pocket.
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Well... it is another Friday, another day to love, to Oxum, Oshun, Freya, or Venus, another day to Kizomba!
Bonifacio Aurio & Josy Semkiz , never stopped looking like they are having a blast.
Some key notes:the 45th second is very good my favorite, difficult technique,55th second the azonta stop,1:47th nice drag and dip,2:16 nice dips, he has many nice dips throughout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPSG5g2h5eYenjoy my book, please read and tell me what you think
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Exclusive to the 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival, TCM host Dave Karger interviews award-winning actress, producer, and director
Debbie Allen. In this intimate conversation presented by Citi, Allen discusses her life and career, beginning as a dancer and choreographer through her many successes in film and television. She also shares past challenges being a woman of color in the entertainment business, as well as advice for future generations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FUjClYMASg
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HAppy Mother's Day
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Enjoy a screenplay
https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-nyotenda
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Call for Recommendations: Prominent American Women and the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020
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The National Women's History Museum is pleased to partner with the United States Mint, the Smithsonian Institution American Women's History Initiative, and the Bipartisan Women's Caucus as consultants on the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020.
The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, Public Law No 116-330 (01/13/2021) (“Act”), directs the Secretary of the Treasury (“Secretary”) to redesign and issue quarter-dollar coins that feature designs on the reverse emblematic of the accomplishments of a prominent American woman (“Program”). As part of the Program, each year, over a four-year period (2022-2025), the United States Mint (“Mint”) will issue quarter-dollar coins bearing five different reverse designs, each emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of one prominent woman of the United States. The contributions may come from a wide spectrum of accomplishments and fields, including but not limited to suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and arts.
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For years, hair and makeup products tended to exclude women of colour. Here, beauty columnist Funmi Fetto reveals how she faced up to racism in an industry that’s finally undergoing its own makeover
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If you had told my teen self I’d be a beauty journalist and that I would write a book on beauty, particularly one geared towards women of colour, I’d have called you a false prophet. “You can’t be what you can’t see” is a hackneyed phrase, but in my case rang true. I loved magazines, but I always skipped the beauty pages.
Read the complete article in the link
https://www.caribmemag.com/single-post/the-beauty-industry-is-still-failing-black-women?postId=98e0d790-860a-4859-ab09-26555f9283f4
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Funmi Fetto wears dress by Preen by Thornton Bregazzi, mytheresa.com. Photograph: David Titlow/The ObserverAdvertisement
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Are you thinking about writing romantic comedy novels? You are in for a treat! Writing romcoms is a wonderful experience… but it’s not necessarily easy. That’s why I’m sharing 3 tips for you when it comes to writing humour into your stories.When I first started writing my Polyamorous Passions romance series in 2018, I didn’t really know what the subgenre was. I referred to these novels as “contemporary romances” and “new adult romance.” Sometimes it takes a while to hone in on our niche. I didn’t even know that “romantic comedy” was a genre of novels! A year into writing those novels, I happened to be reading a book by an indie author who calls her stories “romantic comedies,” and I realized that my style could totally be considered romantic comedy.READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE
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Get ready to swoon. Berkley, a Penguin Random House imprint, is rereleasing three Stacey Abrams romantic suspense novels that have been out of print for many years. Originally published under the pen name Selena Montgomery, Rules of Engagement, The Art of Desire, and Power of Persuasion will be out in hardcover and audio in 2022. According to a release, each of these novels, which were her first published books, features “international espionage, page-turning action, a core love story, Black heroines, and a diverse cast of characters.” While the Democratic political leader and Team Spike fan has since written bestsellers on topics from voter suppression to leadership, she has never shied away from her romance-novelist roots. “As my first novels, they remain incredibly special to me,” Abrams said in a statement. “The characters and their adventures are what I’d wished to read as a young Black woman — stories that showcase women of color as nuanced, determined, and exciting. As Selena and as Stacey, I am proud to be a part of the romance-writing community and excited that Berkley is reintroducing these stories for new readers and faithful fans.” If you can’t wait until 2022 to read Abrams’s fiction, don’t stress. While Justice Sleeps, her first legal thriller, will be out on May 11.
https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/stacey-abrams-romance-novels-rerelease-berkley.html
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Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion and human rights activist, has died at age 74, according to USA Track and Field.Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion and human rights activist, has died at age 74, according to USA Track and Field.Evans suffered a stroke last week in Nigeria and was unconscious in a hospital there as of Sunday, according to the San Jose Mercury News.Evans was 21 when he won the 400m at the Mexico City Games in 43.86 seconds, the first time somebody broke 44 in the event.“I was so tired, I knew I did something I’ve never done before,” Evans told NBC Sports for the film “1968” on those Olympics. “I wasn’t sure I won. Nobody told me I won, so they said, ‘Lee, you son of a gun.’ I said, ‘Who won? Who won?'”He later anchored the U.S. 4x400m to gold in a world record. Both records stood for two decades.Evans ran collegiately for San Jose State — “Speed City” — with Tommie Smith and John Carlos, 1968 Olympic teammates who took gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200m in Mexico City.Evans was a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights and one of the athletes to fight for racial justice before and during those Games.He wanted to withdraw from the 400m final after Smith and Carlos were kicked out of the Olympics after raising black-gloved firsts on the medal stand. But Smith and Carlos convinced Evans to run, according to Olympedia.org.Evans said an official warned the U.S. 400m runners before the final not do anything similar to Smith and Carlos. The official was worried the U.S. team would get kicked out of the Games.Evans then led a U.S. medals sweep of the 400m with Larry James and Ron Freeman. All three wore black berets in support of the Black Panther Party for the victory ceremony. They removed them for the anthem, a decision Evans said was made before the Olympics given they still had the 4x400m relay to run.“After what Tommie and John did, there was a lot of commotion,” Evans said in 2017. “We had meetings, and yelling, but it turns out, we stuck to our guns.”Evans later coached and directed track and field programs for decades internationally. -
A Solidarity Campaign Revisited
Everybody in Germany knows Angela Davis. At least in the GDR of the early 1970s. There, a state-organized solidarity campaign had called for the release of U.S. philosopher, feminist, and Black Power activist Angela Davis. In collaboration with the Albertinum of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) and the exhibition of the same name (until May 30, 2021), 1 Million Roses for Angela Davis U.S. Edition takes the postcard campaign as an opportunity to work with contemporary artists, curators, and scholars to take a look at a forgotten and often contradictory chapter of the relationship between Germany and the United States and to renegotiate questions about solidarity, activism, and ideology in changing times. Running from March to September 2021, the event series includes a reading group with texts on Angela Davis, a film program, an artistic lecture-performance, the digital exhibition of the postcard action, and several panel discussions, and a listening session.
Few East Germans over the age of fifty fail to remember the state-organized solidarity campaign calling for the release of the US philosopher, communist, and Black Power activist Angela Davis. “A million roses for Angela” was the motto of a postcard campaign in 1970-72 in support of Davis, who at the time was being held under terrorism charges. Millions of postcards were sent from the GDR to the court in California to support Angela Davis during her trial. Today these postcards are archived in the collections of Stanford University.
The large-scale campaign firmly anchored the activist within the cultural memory of the GDR, which — in this critical phase of the Cold War — sought to position itself by asserting its commitment to the comrade. In the GDR, the media spun Davis as the “heroine of the other America” and after her acquittal, she was welcomed as a state guest. For her part, Angela Davis had hoped for an internationalist movement promoting a socialist, feminist, and non-racist democracy — the antithesis of her experiences of violence and oppression in the USA. This moment of hope, utopia, and contradiction provides the historical starting point for the exhibition of the Albertinum (State Art Collections Dresden), which features contemporary works by international artists.
Artists focus on the issues that the now emeritus professor campaigned on at the time, which are still pressing today, and thereby initiate a discussion about the background, flaws, and unfulfilled potential of this unusual relationship between Davis and the GDR. In photographs, videos, sculptures, sound installations, and conceptual works a young generation of artists focuses attention both on Davis’ ongoing commitment to social justice and her struggle against racism and sexism, as well as on how her iconic image came to be inscribed within a global history of resistance.
In dialogue with archival materials, the exhibition opens an experimental space of encounters between the past and the present, linking the socialist internationalism of the GDR to the world-wider Black Lives Matter movement.
Angela Davis was and still is part of a global and entangled history of resistance. Through the program 1 Million Rosen for Angela Davis - U.S. Edition the Goethe-Institut and the Albertinum open up and widen the scope of the exhibition in Dresden and provide different opportunities to explore deeper this little-known chapter of relations between Germany and the US.
A project of the Albertinum (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) and the Goethe-Institut New York.
Organized by Kathleen Reinhardt and Deniz Sertkol
The exhibtiion is supported by Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, Outset_Germany Switzerland, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Stiftung Frauen in Europa, Tu Was Stiftung für Gemeinsinn, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
The catalog for the exhibition 1 Million Roses for Angela Davis at Albertinum (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) was published by Mousse Publishing and is available to order at your book dealer of choice (ISBN 978-88-6749-439-2).
Kathleen Reinhardt is an art and cultural historian and, since 2016, curator of contemporary art at the Albertinum in Dresden where she has curated the exhibitions Marlene Dumas: Skulls, Slavs and Tatars: Made in Dschermany, For Ruth, The Sky in Los Angeles: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt and David Horvitz and Demonstration Rooms: Céline Condorelli, Kapwani Kiwanga, Judy Radul (co-curated with Isabelle Busch). She received her doctorate from the Arts of Africa department of the Freie Universität Berlin in 2017 with a dissertation on contemporary African American art, for which she received a scholarship from the Fulbright Commission as a visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has taught at Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Dresden. Her writing has appeared in art catalogs as well as the magazines African Arts, Art Margins, Contemporary And, and Kaleidoscope, among other publications.1 Million Roses for Angela Davis - U.S. Edition - Goethe-Institut USA
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Well... it is another Friday, another day to love, to Oxum, Oshun, Freya, or Venus, another day to Kizomba!
Here is another traditional party enjoying the dance. This is angola even though cape verde is mentioned. But here are some nice times to check out: 8th second (yes read this, remember and then watch), 25th second(very hard technique), 53rd second (Saint Michael), 1:05 (lovely reverse lay ,and they do a variation), 1:21 (strong female dancer to carry him so long). -
I quote the review: "And most importantly, it’s Black and never lets you forget it. ... Why is that important? Because I think the way Blackness (in this case the Deep US South variety) experiences horror is unique because of the ways history has oppressed us. " I thought about this comment for a bit and I read in the past year or two many reviews of black artwork: film/poetry/painting/et cetera talking about horror/criminality/being bad as an uncommon angle. The word unique in inappropriate, the black community in the usa is not the first community that lives under or aside another, another being the white community in the usa, thus suffers abuse from under while tries to prosper aside. The uncommon angle refers to , in my opinion, a moral relativity. Morals are laws/codes/rules . The majority in the black community, not all black people, in the usa live by a philosophy of moral equivalence. The philosophy is, I paraphrase al sharpton, whomever acts amorally is against the moral struggle. I rewrite, if the goal is to be enact positive change through nonviolence, then not only do white people who act violently have to be opposed but black people that want to reply violently have to be opposed. Now, why do I say this in terms of the elements of horror in black fiction? Historically in the usa, most visual fiction by whites , creates or sustains a mythology of goodness to the system, or agents to the system. <I excluded literary fiction as you can find examples of white literature in the usa where the system or agents of the system are deemed horrible or written horrible, like from Flannery O'Connor or f scott fitzgerald > The lone ranger, law enforcement in visual media in general in the usa. But, black horror says, the criminalitiies or illegalities of the goglamite creature <I Stole that name from a samurai jack episode, can anyone name what the episode it about? epoints up for grabs:)> is equivalent to the law enforcer. It isn't , the law enforcer is forgiven or forgivable while the goglamite creature is the primary amoral agent. She referred to the film US, and at the end of the day, the great evil mastermind in the film is the heavily financed negligence of the usa government. Beyond the clones, the true source of the evil is a government that was able to finance a project of such immense infrastructure that gardless to the reason lost sight of it. It isn't that the lone white family in the country side with chainsaws isn't amoral but that a government ineptitude can be equivalent in horror or, to be blunt, greater in horror scale. I do think reviews have to moderate their zoning of this issue. The literary world is full of examples of this, not merely from people of color, people of color defined as non white european descended people, but also , white people descended from europe. I think Titus from shakespeare can be deemed a horror story in terms of the activities of the characters, and all the main characters are the upper eschelon of society. Titus is a general, their is no bigger cop than that, and the emperor is the president for life. so... The sequential visual world, the film or television world, is the environment where you see true variance in moral coding if you compare said what people of color make compared to their other. And in defense of sequential visual media, the USA led the way in that media. If anyone read this far, and no I did not spell check or go back to change notations or words:), I think Baum/Fields/Disney had the largest influence on fiction in the infant film world in the usa . OZ/Birth of a Nation/Disney are the source of all the various commonalities. From older women being the bad witch, to the white man on the horse hero, to insulting representation of nonwhites, those three started it in film media and as film media grew or mutated, their principles survive to today. But, the usa doesn't have an ancestral base. The culture of the native american community isn't the cultural base of the usa. Europe for all of its similar biases has a cultural base to early humanity. Thus why European cinema has never been a mirror to usa cinema. I end with a simple point. It will be a challenge getting moral concerns to become equivalent to financial concerns for those who finance the arts in the usa.
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I know Belafonte but I never heard his rendition of John Henry:) I remember the ezra jack keats book as a kid. As a historical note in fiction, it is interesting that Black people have two Johns, as one of my poems say:) One is High John the other is John Henry. High John is older, he is from pre war between the states. John Henry, a railroad worker is from post war between the states and to be blunt, from the reconstruction era. If anything he was killed by Jim Crow, not just the railroad. I will never forget hearing white bluegrass people singing about john henry. Open pulpit question coming: has his wife been named Pollyanne usually? Some times John Henry's wife isn't mentioned sometimes she is, but just as his woman, but she has been named in a number of renditions I know of; but I wonder how often she is named PollyAnne?
