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A BIG thank you to everyone for supporting us! Though these times are challenging, we hope that you can find some solace in the joy and creativity that is Black music. #happyholidays #christmas #blackmusic

A collage that showcases some of the highlights from The Black Music Project's year.

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Fellow white folks:
Acquiescence = Acceptance = Approval
This time of year is ripe for blowhard dipshits to spew hate at family gatherings. The time is long, long past for us white folks to stand up to this crap.
I understand it is uncomfortable because I have done it and continue to do it whenever

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If we said we were about to write about the Asian influence in rap music, and your first thought was the Wu-Tang Clan, that would be understandable. However, the story we will explore takes place much earlier than that. #Jamaica #ChineseJamaicans #AAPI #AAPIHistoryMonth {#id:458783#} {#id:462433#} #WuTang

A BMP infographic showings drawings of African drums and a Chinese dragon filtering into a funnel. The accompanying text: If we said we were about to write about the Asian influence in rap music, and your first thought was the Wu-Tang Clan, that would be understandable. However, the story we will explore takes place much earlier than that — at the origin of the music (or at least one of the origin points). And that brings us to Jamaica and the Chinese Jamaican community there.

10:46 AM - May 31, 2023

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Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Legendary singer Teddy Pendergrass' "Happy Kwanzaa" is about honoring the past and looking towards the future, core principles of the holiday. And values everyone should care about. #teddypendergrass #kwanzaa https://youtu.be/EzrYUhMJZ...

Teddy Pendergrass - Happy Kwanzaa - YouTube

R.I.P to brother Teddy Pendergrass & much thanks for creating this beautiful song.Much thanks for Dr. Maulana Karenga for organizing this tradition for the p...

11:55 AM - Dec 26, 2023

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Thank you Linda this is much appreciated!

Linda Eisenstein @LindaEisenstein

Holiday card for Great Spoutans

@BlackMusicProject

Christopher Fuller hosts some of THE coolest information on the Whale. His scholarship is deep, sharing things like the overlap between Kpop, Jamaica, and way more. Winner of the first Thread Challenge. He's been traveling in Africa lately.

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12:39 PM - Dec 26, 2023

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It was tremendous!

Black Music Project @blackmusicproject

#TheColorPurple #movie exceeded expectations (and the original, in our opinion)! Director Blitz Bazawule delivers a stunning #musical with phenomenal performances and a masterclass look at the defining American music of the 1st half of the 20th century: #blues #jazz , and #gospel

02:34 PM - Dec 28, 2023

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Happy New Year everyone! #newyearseve #ellafitzgerald #jazz #2024 https://youtu.be/Pv3ViYBnM...

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWhat Are You Doing New Year's Eve? · Ella FitzgeraldElla Wishes You A Swinging Christmas℗ A Verve Label Group Rel...

02:43 AM - Jan 01, 2024

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Here's to a better 2024 for us all! #happynewyear #jazz #dukeellington https://youtu.be/tko1mwiMm...

Auld Lang Syne - YouTube

Provided to YouTube by Rhino AtlanticAuld Lang Syne · Duke EllingtonRecollections Of The Big Band Era℗ 1989 Atlantic Recording Corp.Trombone: Buster CooperTr...

02:48 AM - Jan 01, 2024

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RIP to one of jazz's true innovators Les McCann. Les partnered with another jazz great, Eddie Harris to give us one of the greatest #wokesongs of the genre, "Compared to What?" #jazz #lesmccann #lesmccannandeddieharris

nbcnews.com

Jazz great Les McCann, a wellspring for hip-hop samples, dies at 88

Les McCann, a jazz titan best known for his performance with musical partner Eddie Harris of the protest song "Compared to What," has died at age 88, his manager said.

01:34 PM - Jan 01, 2024

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Les McCann and Eddie Harris's legendary performance of "Compared to What" at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968. If "What are you rebelling against?/Whadda ya got?" were put to music. #wokesongs #lesmccann #lesmccannandeddieharris

Les McCann & Eddie Harris Compared To What - YouTube

01:43 PM - Jan 01, 2024 (Edited)

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Get ready to join author Lynnée Denise for a virtual convo with Imani Wilson next Monday, Jan 8 at 4PM CT // 5PM ET!

Join on Zoom here: bit.ly/DenisePMBiP + Meeting ID: 812 5254 0098 | Passcode: 299921 #bigmamathornton #books #authors #blackwomen #blues #rocknroll

Screenshot showing an invitation to join a Zoom conversation with the author of Why Willie Mae Matters, Lynnée Denise.

11:04 AM - Jan 05, 2024 (Edited)

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This week, Blue Note Records celebrated its 85th anniversary. The #jazz label has been the home of some of the greatest artistic musical output in American history -- much of it by Blacks. #bluenotejazz #bluenoterecords #giftarticlenopaywall

nytimes.com

A History of Blue Note Records in 15 Albums - The New York Times

The most storied label in jazz turns 80 this year. Hear the music that shaped its legacy.

10:40 AM - Jan 06, 2024

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A. J. Woodson

@MrAJWoodson

Check out what readers are saying about my new book, "A Look At Hip-Hop From The 914" https://www.amazon.com/gp/... #914HipHop @blackmusicproject

05:21 PM - Jan 06, 2024

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Congrats to the resilient young man, Ralph Yarl! Ralph, who plays bass clarinet, has earned a spot in the MO all-state band.

Black Intellect @Black_Intellect

Ralph Yarl, Black Missouri teen shot in head by white man after ringing wrong doorbell, earns spot on all-state band https://www.nbcnews.com/ne...

Ralph Yarl, teen shot in head after ringing wrong doorbell, earns spot on all-state band

A Black teenager who was shot in the head by a white homeowner in Missouri after he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell has secured a spot in the all-state band months after the shooting.

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@berniceking

“To live with the pretense that #racism is a doctrine of a very few is to disarm us in fighting it frontally as #scientifically unsound, #morally repugnant and #socially destructive. The prescription for the cure rests with the accurate diagnosis of the disease.” #mlk

09:05 AM - Jul 18, 2023

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Many Black celebrities lent their support to help honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But Stevie Wonder paused his career and worked continuously to lobby those in power to honor Dr. King. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." — MLK #mlk #mlklegacy #MLK

Black Music Project @blackmusicproject

No public figure did more than Stevie Wonder to help make Dr. King's birthday a day of national honor. Stevie put his career on hold (which was blazing hot then) to tirelessly campaign for the holiday. #wokesongs #mlk #StevieWonder #DrMartinLutherKing

'Happy Birthday': Stevie Wonder Helps Create Martin Luther King Day

'Happy Birthday' by Stevie Wonder led directly to the enshrinement of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, observed since January 1986.

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Martin Luther King Jr's favorite hymn was "Take My Hand, Precious Lord." Written by the Father of Gospel music, Thomas A. Dorsey, and recorded by his muse and gospel's greatest singer, #mahalia jackson #MLK requested it be sung at his rally in Memphis the day before his assassination. #gospel

MAHALIA JACKSON PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND - YouTube

This clip is for my partner who passed away last monday

11:13 AM - Jan 15, 2024

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I worked in Detroit, MI for many years. One year, I joined a remembrance march for MLK. I marched in MLK's footsteps with a few thousand other Detroiters. Local leaders recounted how MLK's shoes were always polished nicely, but his shoe soles were filled with holes from all the marching he did.

07:43 AM - Jan 15, 2024

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As someone who runs two small businesses I often think about the unfairness of social security. She makes some great points. #socialsecurity #socialsecuritymatters https://www.tiktok.com/t/Z...

12:52 PM - Jan 23, 2024

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Congratulations to Danielle Brooks for her Oscar-nominated performance in the musical The Color Purple! Make sure you catch this terrific film at the theaters! #TheColorPurple #Oscars #musicals #AcademyAwards #DanielleBrooks

Black Music Project @blackmusicproject

#TheColorPurple #movie exceeded expectations (and the original, in our opinion)! Director Blitz Bazawule delivers a stunning #musical with phenomenal performances and a masterclass look at the defining American music of the 1st half of the 20th century: #blues #jazz , and #gospel

02:34 PM - Dec 28, 2023

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Today we celebrate the birth of Arturo Schomburg (01.24.1874). Mr. Schomburg's work to research and highlight the enormous contributions Afro-Latin and African Americans made to our society helped change how we think about America's cultural identity—we wouldn't exist without him. #schomburgcenter

Global Blackness and the Legacy of Arturo Schomburg | Mi Gente Afrodescendiente - YouTube

Did you know one of the most influential curators of black history was Afro-Puerto Rican? His name is Arturo Schomburg and his work helped create the bluepri...

06:30 PM - Jan 24, 2024

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Bernice A. King

@berniceking

“Dearly Beloved,
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called
Life.”

💜💜💜

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Vox is one of my favorite news platforms. Join me in supporting them if you love investigative journalism and in-depth stories. https://www.vox.com/pages/...

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Will you support Vox’s journalism? - Vox

A gift of any amount helps keep Vox’s unique explanatory journalism free for all, and...

10:54 AM - Apr 22, 2023

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We love that #MVPKamalaHarris is having an awakening of sorts in Africa. The Black Music Project's founder @christopherfuller had a similar experience when he visited Ghana's "Door of No Return." That trip helped inspire the creation of TBMP. #Africa

The Black Music Project's founder, Christopher Fuller, stands in front of Ghana's infamous "Door of No Return" at Cape Coast Castle. The doorway symbolized the last place enslaved people saw in Africa before their forced voyage to the Americas.

01:14 PM - Apr 02, 2023

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Bryan Coffman is the best mentor a person could have who wants to understand visual modeling principles, & this book is an excellent distillation of his process. I highly recommend it! #visualmodeling https://www.amazon.com/VIS...

11:39 AM - Mar 17, 2023

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Today March 10, marks Harriet Tubman Day. Please enjoy this short illustrated music video TBMP, and Griot's Eye founder Christopher Fuller created commemorating Harriet's amazing story. #music #WomensHistoryMonth #HarrietTubman

Harriet Tubman, The Freedom Fighter - YouTube

An illustrated video story celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman featuring a beautiful cover version of the Beatles' song Blackbird by Sherida Mullings. (IG...

10:59 AM - Mar 10, 2023

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We created this 11 years ago. Of all the work I have done, I am most proud of this. #HarrietTubman #Blackbird

Harriet Tubman, The Freedom Fighter - YouTube

An illustrated video story celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman featuring a beautiful cover version of the Beatles' song Blackbird by Sherida Mullings. (IG...

Black Music Project @blackmusicproject

Today March 10, marks Harriet Tubman Day. Please enjoy this short illustrated music video TBMP, and Griot's Eye founder Christopher Fuller created commemorating Harriet's amazing story. #music #WomensHistoryMonth #HarrietTubman

Harriet Tubman, The Freedom Fighter - YouTube

An illustrated video story celebrating the life of Harriet Tubman featuring a beautiful cover version of the Beatles' song Blackbird by Sherida Mullings. (IG...

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11:04 AM - Mar 10, 2023

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If you're doing research on a subject and using #ChatGPT always double-check your info. This is my bio and a history of #graphicrecording -- I am not that old. Ha! But it gets just enough right to make me almost question my own story. #artificialintelligence #graphicfacilitation

A screenshot taken from ChatGPT that shows Christopher Fuller's bio and includes some graphic recording history. The ChatGPT info is full of inaccuracies (for instance, it list him as having started his career in the early 70s -- he actually started in the early 90s).

04:01 PM - Mar 09, 2023

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