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Tag Archives: African Americans

Watch The Throne as It Re-Defines Black Power

   August 23, 2011 August 23, 2011    No Comments on Watch The Throne as It Re-Defines Black Power

Who exactly are the self-crowned Kings of Hip Hop seeing when they re-define Black Power in their track Murder to Excellence as, “ black tie, black Maybachs. … opulence, decadence. Tuxes next to the president” ?

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American History, History and Culture     African Americans, Black Power, Chuck D, culture, economics, Fred Hampton, Kanye West, Malcolm X, Otis Redding, Public Enemy, Shawn Carter, Watch the Throne

“You’re gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride”: Movie Review of Five on the Black Hand Side

   May 25, 2011 May 24, 2011    No Comments on “You’re gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride”: Movie Review of Five on the Black Hand Side

A review of the Blaxploitation film Five on the Black Hand Side.

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American History, History and Culture, Movie Review     African Americans, Black Power, Blaxploitation, Five on the Black Hand Side, patriarchy

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