Enjoy! Minnie Riperton - Memory Lane … [Read more...]
Thursday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations
February 28, 2013 by 179 Comments
More from this week's theme, black firsts and innovation... David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in Carlisle, Pennsylvania around 1826. John Peck was … [Read more...]
Wednesday Afternoon Thread: 70s Soul
February 27, 2013 by 217 Comments
They just don't make'em like this anymore! Marlena Shaw - Go Away Little Boy (her talking intro is priceless!) … [Read more...]
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Firsts and Innovations
February 27, 2013 by 119 Comments
Continuing with this week's theme, I will discuss Francis Johnson and Theodore Wright. Francis Johnson, musician, composer, and bandmaster, was born in 1792 in Martinique in the West Indies and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 at the age of … [Read more...]
Tuesday Evening Thread: Hoodies Up! We Will Never Forget!
February 26, 2013 by 57 Comments
We will never forget! … [Read more...]
Tuesday Afternoon Thread: 70s Soul
February 26, 2013 by 116 Comments
More from the Newports and Muscatel collection: Betty Wright - The Clean Up Woman … [Read more...]
