Beacon Theater & only 10 in audience. James Brown started to sing, he got on his knees to say, “folks, look around, the theater is empty. Am I bad? No, mafia is freezing me out: concerts, radio, movies, TV. I'm great James Brown"; finished his song.

Angela Davis, "The 13th amendment abolished slavery. Right? That's what they say. I can't believe that we believed it. Like, one amendment is going to abolish this institution. The 13th doesn't tell us what slavery is or what it abolished."

Without Paul Robeson, there could not be a Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx…had more talent & humanity in his pinky than in Bush’s entire anatomy. The flaws are in America!

Separatist, convinced that uniting blacks/Back-To-Africa was the only way to improve their condition, Garvey launched the Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association (UNIA) - African Communities League (ACL), becoming president.

Louisville, Ky. - Anne Braden, White, a longtime civil rights activist best known for trying to dismantle segregation by purchasing a home for a black family in an all-white Kentucky neighborhood in the 1950s, died Monday. She was 81.

Before there was Martin Luther King at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, there was Vernon Johns. He was removed for his strong civil rights stands and sermons. They brought in King to “not rock the boat”. Some move!

Howard University 10/13/60 when Bill Mazeroski hit homerun that beat Yankees in 9th inning of World Series Game 7, I beat Stokely up side his head in euphoria..One of “few brave Black pioneers in sixties”. He was also a damn good whist player

The 1st White Inductee into Black Hall of Fame (BHOF) is John Brown, unsung hero, humanitarian & martyr, who deserves our remembrance, respect & admiration..He attacked Harper's Ferry 10/16/59. He was hanged December 2, 1859.. Honor that day!

On morning of May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls smuggled his wife and three children aboard the Planter and took command. With crew of 12 slaves, Smalls sailed past Confederate ships and out to sea and history. He delivered Planter to Union fleet.