Aunt Polly Jackson
Luckily Harriet Tubman wasn’t alone out there, many men and women were as dedicated to the cause as she was. Let’s talk about Aunt Polly Jackson for a moment.
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Everything
Don’t care what you see? Just want more? This is everything.
Aretha Franklin, Queen of R&Beef
Aretha Franklin is a powerhouse in R&B, but she’s got a list of beef as long as her list of hits.
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Death Invents Punk Rock
The music was rock music for sure, but at the time nobody really had a description for what it was. Today, we would call it punk rock.
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Sha Rock, More than +1
They changed the name. Funky Four Plus One. Together they went on a tear. They became the first hip hop group on TV.
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The Birth of Hip Hop
Then he starts rhyming on the break. Simple “are you ready, rock steady,” but folks go crazy and that’s how Kool Herc invented hip hop.
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The Pioneer of Rock & Roll
She said, “Oh, these kids and rock and roll. This is just sped up rhythm and blues. I’ve been doing it forever,”
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Hip Hop Goes to Court
Thanks to Uncle Luke and 2 Live Crew, hip hop has continued to flourish over 30 years after the trial.
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DDC Changes Hip Hop Forever
In 1999 Marlon Riggs held a screening for his film “Tongues United,” which deserves its own video. There Juba Kalamka, and Tim’m T. West met. They would later meet Phillip Atiba Goff on campus at Stanford University.
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How Leslie Riddle Changed Country
From 1945-1965 Riddle retired from music until singer and folklorist Mike Seeger tracked him down after hearing Maybelle Carter discuss what she learned from him.
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