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“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul of D.J. Rogers

“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul of D.J. Rogers By Mark Anthony Neal | @NewBlackMan | with thanks to NewBlackMan (in Exile) Thursday, September 17, 2020. “I’ve tried to be an artist who, after the party is over...after whatever frustrations people are havi..More

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“The Message is Still the Same”: The Soul of D.J. Rogers	A Lady with A Song: Remembering Nancy Wilson
Obituary: Dennis Edwards of The Temptations	Obituary of Dr Joseph L. White: Trailblazing Founder of “Black Psychology”
Obituary: The Legacy of Robert Guillaume	Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks: Homage to an Independent Black Intellectual Life
Obituary: Baba Chuck Davis - Master Choreographer of African Dance	“If You Wanna Get It Right, Let’s Get It Right”: Chuck Berry and Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll
Remembering Al Jarreau	Obituary: Notable Scholar and Novelist Isidore Okpewho
Remembering W.E.B Du Bois	Am I Black Enough For You? The Legacy of Billy Paul
“Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky”: The Genius of the Late Allen Toussaint	Obituary: Ray Boone
¿Que pasó? Horace Left Town: An Appreciation	A Dirge for Maya Angelou
“Ms. Maya Angelou”	Tribute to Two Real Soul Brothers: Vincent Harding & Sam Greenlee
Obituary: Sankie Maimo	Obituary: George Duke, A Soul Treasure (1946-2013)
Obituary: Chinua Achebe	Obituary: Whitney Houston
Don Cornelius and the Legacy of Black Independent Media	Obituary: Wambui Otieno Mbugua
Remembering Gil Scott-Heron	David Kato, Rest In Peace My friend!
Obituary: Billy Taylor	Obituary: Godfrey Binaisa
Obituary: Harvey Fuqua	Obituary: Ferdinand Oyono
Teddy Pendergrass: Life Was A Song Worth Singing	Obituary: Willie Mitchell
Obituary: Louisa Marks	Obituary: Gani Fawehinmi
Obituary: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem	Remembering John Hope Franklin
Desmond Tutu Remembers Miriam Makeba	Obituary: Ezekiel Es’kia Mphahlele
Obituary: Chike Obi	The Passing of 'Black Moses'
Obituary: Aimé Césaire	Obituary: Oscar Peterson
Obituary: Cyprian Ekwensi	Obituary: Holden Roberto
Obituary: Ousmane Sembene	In Remembrance of John La Rose
In Remembrance of Mongo Beti	Obituary: Jane Bolin - Championed Children's Rights and Integration
How Alice Took Us To Wonderland	Obituary: Godwin Agbroko
Obituary: James Brown	Obituary: Ruth Brown: R&B Pioneer Who Won Royalty Reforms for Fellow Artists in the Music Industry
Mark Chavunduka: Courageous Zimbabwean Editor Tortured for Exposing Misrule	Olikoye Ransome-Kuti: A Paediatrician and Health campaigner,
Maynard Jackson: Black Mayor who Changed Politics in the American South	Michael Wamalwa: Charismatic Kenyan Vice-President and Campaigner for Democracy
Fred Berry: African American Actor Who Achieved International Fame in "Whats Happening!"	Don Evans: Notable Playwright Whose Works Captured the Black American Experience
Jeff Donaldson: Talented African American Artist Who Was Part of the Black Arts Movement	Paul Winfield: African-American character actor and civil rights campaigner
Dolly Rathebe: South Africa's first internationally renowned black diva	Deyda Hydara: Campaigning Gambian journalist who defended freedom of speech
Wada Nas: An Henchman for Sanni Abacha	Stella Obasanjo: Flamboyant and Controversial Wife of the Nigerian President
Philippe Wamba: Notable Editor and Pan Africanist	Lebo Mathosa - South African Singing Sensation
Buck O'Neil - Baseball Star Who Broke Racial Barriers	Mazisi Kunene: South Africa's Poet Laureate
Ellen Kuzwayo: South Africa's Women Rights Campaigner	Beko Ransome-Kuti: Nigeria's Pro-Democracy Activist and Physician
C. Delores Tucker: Campaigned Against Rap Lyrics	Bildad Kaggia: Mau Mau Leader and Statesman (1 comment)
John Garang: Led the Struggle Against Genocide by the Sudanese Government

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