Lest we forget the day American pigs dropped bomb on US citizens in Philly

Lest We Forget: 

This Philadelphia Police Helicopter Dropped A Bomb & Murdered (5) Children & (6) Adults- No Cop Was Ever Charged

  

GETTING TO PHILADELPHIA FROM NEW YORK CITY

BUSES WILL BE LEAVING NYC On Wednesday, May, 13th at 8:30 am 

FROM: RIVERSIDE CHURCH, 120th and Claremont Avenue
and
FROM: SEIU LOCAL 1199

W. 43RD STREET
(between 8th and 9th Avenues) 

Bus tickets for MAY 13 for the full day of activities in Philadelphia can be obtained by contacting the HOTLINE at 212.330.8029 (leave a message with your name, phone number, and mention your interest in a bus ticket).

MARVIN X UPDATE: FROM MOTHERS DAY CELEBRATION TO SUN RA CELEBRATION AT UNIVERISTY OF CHICAGO

 BAM MASTER POET ASKIA TOURE, MENTOR OF AMIRI BARAKA, MARVIN X, ET AL. WE GIVE ALL PRAISE TO ASKIA TOURE, BAM MASTER POET, CO-FOUNDER

PARENTS OF MARVIN X, ATTENDING THE PEACE CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CERCA 1945, AT THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED NATIONS: MARIAN M. JACKMON AND OWENDELL JACKMON I, WORLD WAR ONE VETERAN.

ARIES JORDAN AND PROSPERITY, STUDENTS OF MARVIN X; THEY HAVE ENDURED HIS ORDEAL BY FIRE OR THE WILD CRAZY RIDE CALLED THE MARVIN X EXPERIENCE. THESE BRAVE LADIES WILL PERFORM WITH THE POET AT THE SACRAMENTO BLACK BOOK FAIR.

THESE LADIES DESERVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR ENDURING THE WILD CRAZY RIDE CALLED THE MARVIN X EXPERIENCE. YES, MARVIN X LOVES THEM AND THEY LOVE HIM, NO MATTER HIS NEGROCITIES (AMIRI BARAKA TERM). NO ONE ON EARTH CAN ENDURE THE MARVIN X EXPERIENCE EXCEPT FOR A MOMENT! HIS COUSIN KEITH LEE SAID, "MARVIN YOU ARE BEYOND INSANE!"

ELLIOT BEY, HIS SPECIAL MUSICIAN IN PHILLY SAYS,"YOU MUST TAKE MARVIN X LIKE YOU ARE AT A BUFFET, DON'T FILL UP YOUR PLATE AT ONE TIME. TAKE A LITTLE AT A TIME, THEN GO BACK FOR MORE. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DIGEST MARVIN X. IF YOU TRY TO DIGEST HIM AT ONE TIME, YOU WILL SUFFER INDIGESTION, SO DO THE BUFFET MODEL.

 MARVIN X'S MENTOR

 HIS HOLINESS GURU BAWA

"YOU ARE WITHIN GOD AND GOD IS WITHIN YOU."

 JAH AMIEL, GRANDSON OF MARVIN X. ON THE WAY TO LAKE MERRITT, TOLD HIS GRANDFATHER, "GRANDFATHER, YOU CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD, BUT I CAN!"

Thank you Mother
I came from your womb
yet only you knew who I was
your child
special
you knew my mission
I knew nothing
you said son
you don't need a wife
for you
maid secretary mistress
mama said
does she know the fruit of her womb
I had no clue
mama said I was her special child
siblings knew
said nothing to me
never thought I was special
mama knew
all her nine children
two grand she rasied
I was special
mama said nothing to me
how did my siblings know
they told me
Mama knew I was special
Mama knew her son didn't need a wife
no matter how many he married in the Islamic tradition
she knew her son was artist supreme
MAMA KNEW HER SON WAS ON A MISSION FROM GOD ALMIGHTY.
just don't abuse mothers of your children, mama said
Bad luck if you abuse mothers of your children.

Poor son. Was he mentally retarted, mentally challenged
he mistook his creativity for his sexuality
His Muse called, he thought it was his penis talking
Sun Ra told him discipline in all things
Sun Ra SAID serve the Creator God
don't commercialize like Coltrane, Sonny said
A Love Supreme. A Love Supreme.
On the day he joined ANCESTORS
SONNY SENT A MESSAGE FROM
BIRMINGHAM ALABAMA TO ME IN FRESNO CA
COMING FROM CHURCH WITH COUSIN TANNY
SHE SAID OUT OF THE BLUE
MARVIN DIDN'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH SUN RA
OUT OF THE BLUE SHE SAID THIS ON SUNDAY FROM CHURCH
TANNY, REMEMBER, I BROUGHT SUN RA TO FRESNO
HE MET MY MOTHER THEN BROUGHT HIM DOWN THE BLOCK TO YOUR HOUSE TO MEET YOUR DJ HUSBAND KEVIN.
SUN RA SPIRIT CAME FROM ALABAMA TO FRESNO THE DAY HE DIED OR JOINED ANCESTORS

NEXT DAY FRESNO BEE HAD HALF PAGE ARTICLE ON SUN RA MAKING HIS TRANSITION THAT SUNDAY IN ALABAMA. DID HE SEND HIS SPIRIT TO ME IN FRESNO?
SOMEBODY HEP ME. I NEED HEP! HOW DID HE GET TO ME ON HIS DEPARTURE FROM EARTH DAY?
--MARVIN X
5/10/15

Marvin X interviewed by Norman Richmond on their exile in Canada as draft resisters and Marvin's association with Sun Ra; Marvin X will particpate in the Sun Ra celebration at the University of Chicago; he will perform with Sun Ra musicians Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson, also Chicago muscians David Boyken et al.

Diasporic Music

 

Podcast Link: Producer/Host Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali provides an All-African mix of music and politics. "Diasporic Music" is made in the West but is not of the West."

Listen to archives of Diasporic Music through this built-in player, or scroll down to read descriptions and download programs to your computer, where you can burn a CD or add to your iPod to listen anywhere.

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Downloadable Archives of Diasporic Music

Title	Broadcast	Summary
Marvin X; Malinda Francis 2:00:01 115Mb Download   |   Play	2015-05-10	Marvin X was born Marvin Ellis Jackmon on May 29, 1944, in Fowler, California. Formerly known as El Muhajir, Marvin X was a key poet and playwright of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) in the 1960s and early 1970s. At Merritt College, he became friends with Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, co-founders of the Black Panther Party. Filmmaker and social activist Malinda Francis a.k.a. Docuvixen has just returned from Haiti. Music by Archie Shepp, Buffy Sainte Marie, Solomon Burke, 2Pac and more. Also, the song 'Baltimore' by Prince. Songs that U can trust, news that U can use. Visit Norman's blog. Norman O. Richmond aka Jalali on Facebook.

Black Bird Press News & Review: Academy of Da Corner Episode #2: Broken Systems, Broken Minds

Black Bird Press News & Review: Academy of Da Corner Episode #2: Broken Systems, Broken Minds: Pharaoh magicians gather in dens of iniquity to share blood money. Teachers, preachers, politicians, all there to party on the backs of the poor. The military stand post at the door of the den, ready to club the wretched into submission, even death, if they dare enter the den of thieves, robbers, murderers, and those who perpetuate the world of make believe.

Inside the den we hear a symphony of sick sounds, giggles, wails, grunts emanating from putrid minds exhausted from wickedness. The result is systematic gridlock--it is 5pm and the freeway is jammed with drivers full of road rage, ready to kill in an instant. It is thus a destruction of self by self, internal combustion.

Aries Jordan and Prosperity, students at Marvin X's Academy of da Corner, will perform with him at Sacramento Black Book Fair, June 5,6,7,2015

Happy Mother's Day Mrs. Amina Baraka and all mothers throughout the world. Prophet Muhammad said, "Heaven is at the feet of your mothers!"

Ras J. Baraka, The Honorable Mayor of Newark, NJ and his mother, Mrs. Amina Baraka
Jet Magazine, May 20, 1971

Support Reparations Initiative of Institute of the Black World

Dear Friend in the Struggle: As predicated, the National/International Reparations Summit convened April 9th – 11th in New York by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century was truly historic, a potential game-changer that will fuel the global Reparations Movement for years to come. All across the Pan African world, heads of government, activists and scholars are stridently and effectively demanding repair of African people for the damages inflicted during the holocaust of enslavement, the trans-Atlantic slave trade and for enslavement during the colonial era. As a veteran proponent of reparations, I have never witnessed such energy, enthusiasm, optimism and momentum as was evident at the Reparations Summit. I strongly urge you to take time to review the Final Communique, videos and photos in the multi-media package incorporated into this message [link below]. It’s the next best thing to being an eyewitness to history! As stated in previous appeals, IBW urgently needs your financial support to expand the Reparations Movement in the U.S. in the months and years ahead. To reiterate, this is not an Initiative for which we had a budget, nor is it an Initiative that mainstream foundations and corporations are going to fund. The expenses for the Summit were just under $40,000 and through various fundraising appeals and contributions for individuals and organizations, we raised $34,000, leaving a deficit of $6,000. In the spirit of Marcus Garvey, I am asking you to make a sacrificial, tax-deductible contribution/donation to erase the deficit and contribute toward the $150,000 needed to finance the follow-up to the Reparations Summit through the work of the National African American Reparations Commission over the next 12-18 months. We really NEED your support. If you have donated before, consider donating again and signing-up to make a monthly contribution. Thanks for considering this appeal. God and the Ancestors will surely bless you! For the love of African people! Dr. Ron Daniels, President Institute of the Black World 21st Century

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Message from Dr. Halifu Osumare, one of the Black Arts Movement Elders

 Dr. Halifu Osumare, second from left at the Laney College Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary celebration, Feb. 7, 2015. On her left, Elaine Brown, former chair of the 
Black Panther Party; to her right: Judy Juanita, BAM/BPP member, editor of the 
BPP newspaper, Portia Anderson, author, Kujichagulia, Author, Aries Jordan, 
author, BAM baby 2.0. Standing, Marvin X, BAM co-founder and producer.

Dear Friend, Colleague, Family,

I have upgraded my official website and thought I'd share my new look with you!  
It still has some of the old features, like my publications and an updated bio, but 
it has a new BLOG, in which you might want to participate.  You know I have 
always been interested in the African disapora, and Gene and I recently took 
a couple of trips to some interesting places: BRAZIL AND NEW ORLEANS!

NEW WEBSITE BLOG

Check out my entries about presenting in the August 2014 8th Annual Black 
Brazilian Researchers Conference, and our always-exciting trip to Salvador 
Bahia in Northeast Brazil.  Gene and I also went in April 2015 to New Orleans 
where I presented my same research paper at the Annual Popular Culture 
Association Conference. While there, we had a great ancestral time at Congo 
Square in Louis Armstrong Park.  New Orleans is a true testament to African 
American culture.  It's easy to put in your comments on the Blog, and I would 
love to hear from you.

NEW BOOK IN PROGRESS

After my two books on global hip-hop, I am now turning to my own career in 
 DANCE!  I am writing a memoir that will chronicle my dance career in Oakland-SF 
Bay Area, New York, Boston, Copenhagen and Stockholm, Ghana, East St. Louis 
with Katherine Dunham, Hawaii, and so many other places over 47 years.  If you 
know me, you know I have been there and have done it.  I'm hoping it will be in print 
in 2016.  I will post some blog entries about the process soon.  So check it out, and 
follow along my life's journey, as I collect a life that I am still living.

HERE'S THE WEBSITE: Halifu Osumare | BLACK POPULAR CULTURE SCHOLAR | DANCE EDUCATOR

				Halifu Osumare | BLACK POPULAR CULTURE SCHOLAR... Halifu Osumare, Ph.D. Scholar/Artist Professor Halifu Osumare is currently Professor of African American and African Studies (AAS) at University of California, Davi...
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Stay in love with yourself and Life,

Halifu

Halifu Osumare, Ph.D.
Professor 
African American & African Studies
University of California, Davis
(530) 402-7425
www.halifuosumare.com

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