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Living for Change: Obama and MLK

April 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: Beloved Communities, Deindustrialization, Dying cities, Election 08, Martin Luther King Jr, Obama, Revolution of Values

by Grace Lee Boggs [This article first appeared in the Michigan Citizen, Jan. 20-26, 2008. Then it was published on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by YES! Magazine and appeared on commondreams.org] The new energies being unleashed by Barack Obama hold great promise. In his person and prose Obama embodies the achievements of the movements of [...]

A White Man’s View of Obama’s Race Speech

April 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: barack obama, election, jeremiah wright, Race, speech

By Matt Birkhold [giantmag.com originally featured this article on March 27, 2008] My father has been a “Jesse Jackson is a pain in the ass” Republican since at least the Carter years. I was shocked to hear that he plans on voting for Barack Obama. Up until very recently I’ve felt like I pretty much [...]

Mind of Tha Musician

April 7, 2008 in Uncategorized
Tags: language, music, performance, Transformation

By: Timothy A Peoples Jr. Why do I play when it hurts me so badly to perform? I imagine this dark room filled with an audience of distinguished gentlemen, In collard shirts and middle aged wives fantasizing about the color, Of which I represent while moving my fingers across keys, Designing a brilliant melody, her [...]

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Mind of Tha Musician

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