The haunting "Wise One", from Coltrane's 1964 album Crescent; taking listeners through the entire emotional cycle of fragile longing, seeking that reaches up, and reconciliation. Inspired by Coltrane's first wife, Naima.
- John Coltrane (tenor sax)
- McCoy Tyner (piano)
- Jimmy Garrison (double bass)
- Elvin Jones (drums)
FBI agents visit to the office of Malcolm X after his suspension from the NOI, with the intent of coercing him to provide information about his Black Muslim group. Employing one of the FBI's own covert tactics, Malcolm secretly recorded the conversation with a tape recorder hidden under his couch.
Extremely rare audio.
Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors
(dispelling the Myth of the "docile & content" slave)
- Christianity as a tool of control
- Nat Turner rebellion of 1831
Classic burner from Heatwave, "Star of a Story"... along with some old Jazz and Soul album covers.
Dorothy Dandridge - Ella Fitzgerald - Sarah Vaughn - Billie Holiday - Tammie Terrell - Pam Grier - Angela Bassett - Cassandra Wilson - Erykah Badu - Jill Scott - Amel Larrieux - Lina - Conya Doss - India Arie - Phyllis Hyman - Anita Baker - Cherokee - Kenya Moore - Sy Smith
Pre-hajj Malcolm speech, concerning "Negro Leaders", and the August 1963 'March on Washington'. Excerpt from "Message to the Grass Roots", delivered Nov. 10, 1963 in Detroit, MI.
Part 1 of 2
History of black-on-black segregation in the North (Chicago) after poor Afroamericans migrated from the South. The construction of classism among middle and lower-class Afroamericans seeking better opportunites.
Journalists secure unprecedented access to a key Arab armed group accused of being part of the infamous "Janjaweed militia". The Janjaweed are blamed for some of the worst atrocities that have drawn the world's attention to the conflict, where hundreds of thousands have died.
Journalists secure unprecedented access to a key Arab armed group accused of being part of the infamous "Janjaweed militia". The Janjaweed are blamed for some of the worst atrocities that have drawn the world's attention to the conflict, where hundreds of thousands have died.
Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors
(dispelling the Myth of the "docile & content" slave)
- David Walker's Appeal of 1829, and the fear it struck in the South.
- Negro Seamen Acts