1898
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC born Colliston, Governement Hill, St. Michael, Barbados
Inaugural Premier of Barbados and 1St and only Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, Founder of Barbados Labor Party
“For 300 years, we’ve given them time. And I’ve been tired so long, now I am sick and tired of being sick and tired, and we want a change.”
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s with her courageous and heartfelt resistance to racist voting laws in Mississippi, and her pressure on the Democratic Party to change
“It’s not just the beating me down that is hard,” one Black woman PhD candidate told a researcher. “It is the fact that it feels like I’m villainized and made out to be the problem for trying to advocate for myself.”
Women interviewed for the study report feeling isolated, abused and overworked. One said she had been tricked into handling a two- to four-person job entirely by herself.
Haven't been energized to post music with crazy going on in the world. But I'll list all the music that's going to the DC/MD area for the next few weeks at Strathmore Music Center. If you're around, try and catch some of it: Mar 8- Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Mar 10 - Arturo Sandoval & Pedrito Martinez; Mar 18- Rhiannon Giddens; Apr 7 - Sona Jobarth; Apr 26 -Terence Blanchard w/opera suite he composed!
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What yall doin tonight?
What the most creative V-day gift you can think of?
What's your fav underrated/unknown love song for YOUR prime era of music? That track nobody knows/talks about