June 2017

Altering the Soundscape of New York City

Reading Time 5 minsAltering the Soundscape of New York City   Author Danielle Brown reflects on Radio Station WLIB which provided the Soundtrack of her youth and more…. This extract was taken from her latest work, East of Flatbush, North of Love: An Ethnography of Home which will be featured in a Community Discussion in celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month on Tuesday June 13, 6.00 pm @ Medgar Evers College with Roger Toussaint, former president of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, Dr. Lawrence Waldron, City College, CUNY and, the author, Dr. Danielle Brown. Dr. Brown reflects on Radio Station… Read More »Altering the Soundscape of New York City

Maurice Bishop’s 1983 Hunter College Speech, an Historical Turning Point

Reading Time 7 minsBDN Intro Great speeches have marked pivotal historical turning points in the life of movements. A sampling of these great speeches are Sojourner Truth’s “Aint I a Woman” (1851), Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” (Washington D.C., 1963), Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie 1963 speech delivered to the United Nations (popularized in the Bob Marley song “War”), Dr. Eric Eustace Williams’ 1960 “March in the Rain” speech (demanding the return of Chagaramas), Fidel Castro’s “History Will Absolve Me” (1961), and Ida B. Wells’ “This Awful Slaughter” (1909). Grenada’s revolutionary leader Maurice Bishop’s June 5, 1983, speech to… Read More »Maurice Bishop’s 1983 Hunter College Speech, an Historical Turning Point