TONIGHT: Celebrate the start of Black History Month Berlin!
Tonight at Dialogue Books - we’ll be seeing you there.
TONIGHT: Celebrate the start of Black History Month Berlin!
Tonight at Dialogue Books - we’ll be seeing you there.
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.” —Rosa Parks
She was born on this day in 1913. Parks died in October 2005.
(Source: thesmithian)
‘Soul Train’ creator and host Don Cornelius has died.
The Original “Pussycat Dolls” | 1920s on Flickr.
African-American vaudeville performers (showgirls/chorus line) dressed in very risque (for the time) feline (cat) costumes.
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An answer to the question - What is BEATJAZZ
image via onyx-ashanti
“beat” and “jazz” are based on two afro-american musical constructs.
At our WEEK THREE event on Tuesday 21st, you can see Onyx Ashanti bring BEATJAZZ to Berlin - *hint* it looks, sounds and feels a little like this:
and this
Week Three Line up CONFIRMED!
We’ve confirmed our first line up for Tuesday 21st February at Altes Finanzamt and it is looking GOOD.
Check the full details out by clicking on that there title link - or this one right here.
via thesmithian:
Louis E. Martin, whose work behind the scenes as an adviser to three Democratic Presidents and whose efforts to bring more blacks into government earned him the sobriquet, ”the godfather of black politics”…
(Source: thesmithian)
found via afrodiaspores:
Founded in 1943, Negro Digest (later “Black World”) was the publication that launched Johnson Publishing. During the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, Negro Digest/Black World served as a critical vehicle for political thought for supporters of the movement.
Now many issues have been digitized and are searchable online.
A book is like a garden in the pocket.
THIS EVENING. Turn on, tune in...
Dialogue Books’ Sharmaine Lovegrove, SAND Journal’s Becky Crook and Paula Varjack will taking to the airwaves and waxing lyrical about Berlin Black History Month 2012 at Reboot.fm from 6pm.
Listen at UKW 88,4 MHz in Berlin and 90,7 MHz in Potsdam, or tune in via the interwebs right here
Freu’ing euch.
We have poster. Look out for this bad boy and flyer - on course to brighten up various Berlin nooks and/or crannies.
A little background on Audre Lorde. More to follow on this one…
Berlin Black History Month 2012
We’re up and running!
Join us throughout the month of February in a weekly series of compelling English-language readings, discussions, film, poetry performances and music focusing on the experience of black artists and authors in Europe.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be filling up the site with extra bits and pieces for you to delve into, as well as information on all the events we’ll be running. Look out for previews, interviews and plenty of other assorted views.
And in case you were interested, Berlin Black History Month 2012 is a collaboration between:
and the formidable peformance poet Paula Varjack
