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In September 1906 2006, a group of African American high school students in Jena, Louisiana, asked the school for permission to sit beneath a “whites only” shade tree. There was an unwritten rule that blacks couldn’t sit beneath the tree. The school said they didn’t care where students sat. The next day, students arrived at [...]

Your options when confronted with an old PC: Install Ubuntu, ‘recycle‘ it, or toss it in the trash.

For the past ten years, Curtis Mozie has been documenting the lives of young people killed in DC, mostly the Shaw area. His footage is very powerful and provocative. He funds his venture himself and needs our support to keep doing what he’s doing.
Please join us at La Casa, 3116 Mount Pleasant Street NW [...]

This recording of Marvin Gaye live at the Kennedy Center in 1972 is an interesting example of a live musical performance. His band fumbles through the majority of the show, at times, Marvin just cuts the band off and speak to his conductor in the 3rd person. Even with all their difficulties, they pull off [...]

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Dope article over at XXL about the changing landscape of the music industry. Very informative.

HRAP students at South Shore High School are taking substantive steps to address gang violence, a longtime problem at their school.  They have researched gangs from a local, national and international perspective.
Youth leaders who are members of the Global Kids Human Rights Activist Project, at South Shore High School in Brooklyn, NY have put together [...]

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When I was a kid, I saw Stevie Wonder on Reading Rainbow. He was giving a tour of his studio which was tricked out. It’s what made me want to make beats and use synths. I was looking for it when I found this - classic Run DMC.
My question to you dear reader - what [...]