Sent to you by Tee via Google Reader: Black Power and the Mainstream Media via Black Politics on the Web by The Admin on 4/2/09 Richard Prince’s Journal-isms
- The Smithsonian Institution is hosting a two-day conference in Washington called “1968 and Beyond: A Symposium on the Impact of the Black Power Movement on America,” and judging from the first day, the mainstream media are being paid little respect. The battle-weathered activists who took part in that misunderstood part of history would probably say the feeling was mutual. And it’s true that hardly anyone from the mainstream media was there to cover it. For those old enough to remember those times, the words “black power” might conjure images of John Carlos and Tommie Smith raising black-gloved fists at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, gestures some found threatening. The recollection could also be of Stokely Carmichael, later known as Kwame Ture, declaring “Black Power!” in Greenwood, Miss., in 1966, during a three-week-long protest march to secure for black Mississippians the right to vote. It also could be the poster image of Black Panther Huey P. Newton, wearing a turtleneck and a black beret, holding a spear in one hand and a rifle in the other. Click here for more… ShareThis Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to Black Politics on the Web using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
