Tag Archive | "Black History"

NBC Honors Black History Month In A Most Peculiar Way.


QuestLove has more than 1 million followers, and today, all of us were treated to an inside peek at NBC’s homage to Black History Month.  It seems that the network’s cafeteria prepared a special treat, serving the items listed in the photo below.

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Later, QuestLove tweeted that he would be taking a small break from Twitter, as it seems NBC wasn’t too ecstatic about his twitpic LOL.  What do you think, offensive or comical?

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Memorial Day.


In honor of Memorial Day, I thought it was appropriate to release a moving speech by Dr. King from 1967. This speech was released by Black Forum records, a subsidiary of Motown, and went on to win a Grammy in 1970 for the Best Spoken Word Recording. It documents his feelings on the Vietnam war, and why he strongly opposed it.

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LIFE Exclusive – MLK Jr,: The Day He Died


On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. They raced to the scene and there, incredibly, had unfettered access to the hotel grounds, Dr. King’s room, and the surrounding area. For reasons that have been lost in the intervening years, the photographs taken that night and the next day were never published. Until now.

Some of the photos on the LIFE page are a bit disturbing. I almost feel like I am peering into a time and world where I do not belong. I have attached a few below, but I suggest you head on over and check them out for yourself.

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[LIFE EXCLUSIVE! Photos From The Day MLK Died]

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