ShowDiasporic Music
Broadcast TitleDr. Gerald Horne; El Jones; Silly little love songs and more!
Broadcast Date2014-08-24
Record Date2014-08-24
SummaryJoin Norman in discussion with professor, historian, and author Dr. Gerald Horne on Horne's 2 new books "Race to Revolution: The United States and Cuba During Slavery and Jim Crow" and "The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America." Norman talks with Halifax, Nova Scotia based poet laureate, teacher, and spoken word activist El Jones. Halifax stands with Ferguson, Missouri. New song "Black Rage" by Lauryn Hill in response to the African uprising in Ferguson. Silly little love songs from Toronto's Divine Brown, Ali "Ollie" Woodson, The Floaters, and Wilson Meadows. Afro-Cuban music from Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo, Jayne Cortez, and Mario Bauza. Visit Norman's blog. Norman O. Richmond aka Jalali on Facebook.