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Black history month
Feb. 8th, 2005 02:19 pmSeveral items of note-
February 6 marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, musician and peace activist!
I saw a great commercial on Much Music yesterday. The screen flashed "No soul", and images of James Brown and Al Green and Aretha Franklin flashed by. Then "no blues" and John Lee Hooker and BB King and Etta James appeared on screen. "No reggae" was followed by Marley and Peter Tosh and "No Jazz" by Ella and Louis (I think). "No Rock" was followed by Chuck Berry and Prince. Then the screen read "KNOW HISTORY"- celebrate Black History month. This was an amazing and effective commercial.
I've become increasingly interested in black musicians and their role in changing and challenging segregationist policies in the United States. I'd like to read more about it. Does anyone know where I could start?
February 6 marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of Bob Marley, musician and peace activist!
I saw a great commercial on Much Music yesterday. The screen flashed "No soul", and images of James Brown and Al Green and Aretha Franklin flashed by. Then "no blues" and John Lee Hooker and BB King and Etta James appeared on screen. "No reggae" was followed by Marley and Peter Tosh and "No Jazz" by Ella and Louis (I think). "No Rock" was followed by Chuck Berry and Prince. Then the screen read "KNOW HISTORY"- celebrate Black History month. This was an amazing and effective commercial.
I've become increasingly interested in black musicians and their role in changing and challenging segregationist policies in the United States. I'd like to read more about it. Does anyone know where I could start?
