But Aretha stood as a corrective to both, and tied them together. Her activist drive proved effective when the money ran dry. Her canon of anthems encompassed racial, gender, and sexual freedom, and properly located the hard knot of women at the center of the movement.
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Che Guevara’s daughter fears Donald Trump’s ‘madness’ could destroy humanity
Visually striking headline. I am intrigued by the epic verbiage. I am instantly amused to see ‘Che Guevara‘ in the same phrase as ‘Donald Trump‘ with ‘madness‘. World/PTI New Dehli Oct, 08 […]
President Obama, Nobel Laureate?
I, like many – including President Obama – wondered why he received the Nobel Peace Prize? He says he was not a worthy recipient. His opening statement in his acceptance […]
national divide made official
I am disheartened and disgusted… Republicans absent from March on Washington Not a single Republican elected official stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday with activists, actors, […]
We Real Cool
From my other blog at keepthings.wordpress.com
what would Jesus do?
This is my own post from other blog.
Crazy Horse
by John Trudell An ethereal aural experience, a poem, tempered by a powerful reality. ~me 6:01 minutes John Trudell Crazy Horse Random: Misquote “To day is a good day to die.” […]
How to rob Africa
Corruption in Africa: U.S. citizens complain about giving financial aid to impoverished 3rd World countries, yet as this short documentary made by people from Zimbabwe reveals that the type of […]
Unions or freedom?
Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. – Ronald Reagan