March 3, 2020: "Going Back and Getting It: An Unofficial State, a Caveat, a Civil Rights Moment, and the Gullah Geechee"

As always, YOUR BLACK META is bringing MAXIMUM AWESOME! Music, Mindful, and Meta; local news and upcoming events; opportunities for engaging with and supporting local communities!

Art by Will Lyle, of Thorneater.

This week, YOUR META's call-in guest is Prof. Eric Crawford, PhD, of Coastal Carolinas College! He's giving us the basics on the Gullah Geechee culture and how it influenced and can be seen throughout much of modern Black American culture!


And we're ushering in Women's History Month, talking about how and why historical narratives are changed and sanitized, and how that can hinder or help a movement. Plus, we're saluting the efforts of Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, and digging deeper into Puerto Rico, the United States's unofficial Fifty-First State!






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THE INTERVIEW:



Professor Eric Crawford, PhD.
of
Carolina Coastal College

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INTERNATIONAL GULLAH GEECHEE AND AFRICAN DIASPORA CONFERENCE

Join Us | IGGAD 2020: March 4-7, 2020

The Charles W. Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina will be holding its second International Gullah Geeechee and African Diaspora Conference on March 4-7, 2020. This year’s theme will focus on the politics and mechanics of digitizing and preserving the African Diaspora.   The IGGAD 2020 conference's theme Without Borders: Tracing the Cultural, Archival and Political African Diaspora will bring together academics and practitioners from interdisciplinary areas of study, who offer their ground-breaking contributions in the form of scholarly papers, films, performances and spoken poetry. We will hold a Gullah Geechee Community Day in collaboration with the City of Conway on Saturday, March 7. Those submitting session proposals will be asked if they would be interested in developing a presentation for general audiences for that community day.   

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FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links

COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO

• No credits for this segment

THE SPRUCE

• Thespruce.com

K-TOWN NEWS

• Almanac Weekly

MINDFUL MUSEUM

• José Celso Barbosa - Wikipedia Dr. José Celso Barbosa Alcala (July 27, 1857 – September 21, 1921) was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist and political leader. Known as the father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico movement, Barbosa was the first Puerto Rican, and one of the first persons of African descent to earn a medical degree in the United States.
• Findagrave.com - Jose Celso Barbosa
• Kentakopage.com - "Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa, The Father of Puerto Rico Statehood
• Puerto Rico Wants To Become A State; Here's What That ... https://www.benzinga.com/general/education/17/06/... Jun 19, 2017 · The fate of Puerto Rico lies in the U.S. Congress, which would need to pass a vote. Author: Wayne Duggan
• 5 Reasons Why Puerto Rico Won't Become The 51st State https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puerto-rico-state... 5 Reasons Why Puerto Rico Probably Won't Become The 51st State The United States first colonized Puerto Rico in 1898. Since then, Puerto Ricans have voted several times on whether to become a state or not, but the idea has never become popular enough to sway a majority of voters.

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beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links

WEIRD????
and
WOW!!!!

Spores of the parasite H. salminicola swim under a microscope. Those alien "eyes" are actually stinger cells, one of the few features this organism hasn't evolved away. (Image: © Stephen Douglas Atkinson). Accessed on Livescience.com March 2, 2020.

• "Scientists discover first known animal that doesn't breathe." Brandon Specktor, Livescience.com. February 24, 2020. This is the first animal on Earth proven to have no mitochondrial genome and no way to breathe. https://www.livescience.com/first-non-breathing-animal.html

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Sources for The Black X-Files: "Hoodwinked History, with Felice León."

Multimedia

1. "Hoodwinked History: How False Civil Rights Narratives Distort Modern Freedom Struggles." Felice León, Theroot.com. February 10, 2020. [9:57] Black history is American history. Full stop. But somehow the narratives we’re taught often grossly misrepresent the history of black people in America. After all, a true and full history of the United States would require a reckoning of a not-so-great country, one that’s mired in hate and fear. The history of the civil rights movement is no different. https://www.theroot.com/hoodwinked-history-how-false-civil-rights-narratives-d-184157971

Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites

1. "Hoodwinked History: How False Civil Rights Narratives Distort Modern Freedom Struggles." Felice León, Theroot.com. February 10, 2020. Black history is American history. Full stop. But somehow the narratives we’re taught often grossly misrepresent the history of black people in America. After all, a true and full history of the United States would require a reckoning of a not-so-great country, one that’s mired in hate and fear. The history of the civil rights movement is no different. https://www.theroot.com/hoodwinked-history-how-false-civil-rights-narratives-d-184157971

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colvin
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

Sources for Meta on The Meta: "Just a Few Millimeters Below the Surface Glitter. . . ."

Multimedia

1. "Malcolm X’s Fiery Speech Addressing Police Brutality." Smithsonian Channel, Youtube. February 16, 2020. [2:48] In 1962, a confrontation with the LAPD outside a mosque resulted in the death of a Nation of Islam member. It was an event seized on by an outraged Malcolm X, who would condemn it in an impassioned speech.  From the Series: The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X http://bit.ly/2Dun05T . https://youtu.be/6_uYWDyYNUg
2. [Referenced and resourced, but not fully aired] "Malcolm X speech in Los Angeles on Police Brutality, May 20, 1962, Full Speech." The Melanin Project, Youtube. February 11, 2020. [39.57] Excerpt: I want to thank Allah for coming and giving to us our leader and teacher here in America, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. I want to thank Brother Benjamin at the outset for doing a wonderful job of opening up our eyes and giving us a good preliminary basic understanding of the means and the objectives of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and also I am thankful to Allah for bringing so many people out here tonight, especially just before Christmas. You know, it's next to a miracle when you get this many of our people together so close to Christmas interested in anything whatsoever that's serious. And actually what this shows is the change that's taking place among the so-called Negroes not only here in New York but throughout the entire world.    Find an excerpt of the full speech on our site [https://TheMelaninProject.org]! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_TYW_yvBv8

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Music Playlists

First Hour Music and Playlists:

1. Janet Jackson: "Got Til It's Gone"
2. System of a Down: "F*uck the System"
3. Chevelle: "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)"

Second Hour Music and Playlists:

1. Georgia Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters: "Plantation Dance Ring Shout"
2. Kenneka Cooke: "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance" (Vampire Weekend cover)
3. Jennifer Lopez: "Anillo, Feat. Ozuna"

LYRICS

• Geniuslyrics.com

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