The best music in America came during the '60s. Protests songs. Songs of people looking within to know their place. Peace songs asking for peace in the midst of war. Equality songs stating we are all children of God, let it be. I am happy to know I am not alone in desiring new songs for a new generation of protests against the inhumanity on our planet.
Check out the links. Get the music. Spread it.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/15-0
http://www.reverbnation.com/jonathanblackshire
Black Lightning It is finally here. I do mean finally for I have been waiting for seems to be ages (1977). I am calling for a second season having only watched the first two episodes. I am not sure of the level of involvement Tony Isabella & Trevor Von Eeden in the production of each episode. The first two I enjoyed, did I say that already? The first two episodes seems to have been packed with every issue seen in mainstream media and think pieces regarding the Black community. This posting is not a think piece. It is my piss piece. Before I touch on the piss, thanks, many thanks, to Salim and Mara Akil for making it happen. Black Lighting opens with a Black parent, once again, having to bail a child out of jail for exercising his/her right of protest in the USA. We need to question why peaceful protests with no guns see protestors arrested. Please do not take I am saying people of color should have guns at protest marches. We would be shot before the
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