Thread by @surlybassey, But I will say, in times like these, the thing that has [...]

But I will say, in times like these, the thing that has helped has not been to try and figure out the right words to get the white world to see our humanity

it has been communing with the greatest black imaginations & feeling the freedom that whiteness can't even comprehend

so in that spirit...read this profile of Reggie Workman, aged 83, still creating great black art with his music, outliving COVID and structural racism and everything else https://www.vulture.com/article/reggie-workman-profile.html

‘That’s the Way We Survive. That’s Our Link to Eternity.’

Jazz musician Reggie Workman played with John Coltrane, won a Guggenheim at 82, and can’t wait to get back to rehearsal.

https://www.vulture.com/article/reggie-workman-profile.html

https://www.alicecoltrane.com/life

Life — Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

https://www.alicecoltrane.com/life

https://www.criterionchannel.com/cane-river

Cane River - The Criterion Channel

Directed by Horace Jenkins • 1982 • United States Starring Richard Romain, Tommye Myrick, Carol Sutton Written, produced, and directed by the late, trailblazing director Horace B. Jenkins and crafted...

https://www.criterionchannel.com/cane-river

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-ob-mary-wilson-20200526-yuuyznl77zdkfhid5ijaigay4y-story.html

Mary J. Wilson, first African American senior zookeeper at the Baltimore Zoo, dies of the coronav...

Mary J. Wilson, the first African American senior zookeeper at what is now at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, died Thursday at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown of the coronavirus. The former...

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-ob-mary-wilson-20200526-yuuyznl77zdkfhid5ijaigay4y-story.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/17-butter-roll/id1478991974?i=1000470580787

‎Holding Space with Magical Wheelism: Butter Roll on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Holding Space with Magical Wheelism, Ep Butter Roll - Apr 5, 2020

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/17-butter-roll/id1478991974?i=1000470580787

https://daily.jstor.org/did-kongolese-catholicism-lead-to-slave-revolutions/

Did Kongolese Catholicism Lead to Slave Revolutions? | JSTOR Daily

The legacy of Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese Catholic mystic, was felt from the U.S. to Haiti.

https://daily.jstor.org/did-kongolese-catholicism-lead-to-slave-revolutions/

https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-the-black-international/

What Was the Black International? | JSTOR Daily

The twentieth-century struggle for African independence began in Paris salons hosted by the daughters of elite blacks, then travelled by telegram and steamship.

https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-the-black-international/

how could i forget... https://www.netflix.com/watch/81013626?source=35

HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé | Netflix Official Site

This intimate, in-depth look at Beyoncé's celebrated 2018 Coachella performance reveals the emotional road from creative concept to cultural movement.

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81013626?source=35

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2012.79.1.16.1a

Alice Coltrane (Black Journal segment)

This 16mm film is a documentary segment focusing on the life of Alice Coltrane and her children in the wake of the death of her husband, famed jazz magician John Coltrane.

https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2012.79.1.16.1a

https://twitter.com/btscomics/status/1267204124778680327

https://twitter.com/btscomics/status/1267204124778680327

http://premierwuzhere.com/videos/watch-kendrick-lamars-performance-at-the-58th-grammys/

WATCH KENDRICK LAMAR'S PERFORMANCE AT THE 58TH GRAMMYS - Premier Wuz Here

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have definitely heard about Kendrick Lamar’s epic performance at The 58th Grammy Awards. Although he didn’t win the coveted Album of the Year (that went to...

http://premierwuzhere.com/videos/watch-kendrick-lamars-performance-at-the-58th-grammys/

https://vimeo.com/172796442

https://vimeo.com/206759023

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/ofmenandgods

https://www.outsideonline.com/2393765/delta-hill-riders?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=facebookpost

Meet the Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Mississippi Delta

The cowboy identity remains strong in contemporary black America.

https://www.outsideonline.com/2393765/delta-hill-riders?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=facebookpost

https://twitter.com/efindell/status/1267900622218682368