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Soul! "Young People's Show" (EP 64, 422)
Loretta Green continues to interview abatu Ojinga, Atu & Fatuma of the Chad School in newark, NJ. Atu discusses the difference between public school & the Chad School. Mr. Ojinga discusses teacher's requirements & training education. Fatuma talks about her classes. Atu talks of Chad School reading materials, which includes "The Autobiography of Malcom X."
Soul! "Young People's Show" (EP 64, 422)
Loretta Green thanks the audience & guests, introduces Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers. Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers (Stanford Stansberry, Kevin Barnes, Maurice Pulley, Robert Makins) perform a cover of the James Brown hit "Hot Pants." Funk, R&B music. Robert Makins sings lead.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Reknowned pianist Margaret Harris performs unidentified classical instrumental on Steinway & Sons piano. Amazing talent, fantastic performance. Count the musical genres represented fully or partially within the composition.
Soul! EP # 91 (301) "Black Woman"
Reknowned pianist Margaret Harris continues to perform unidentified classical instrumental on Steinway & Sons piano. Amazing talent, fantastic performance. Count the musical genres represented fully or partially within the composition.
Soul! "Young People's Show" (EP 64, 422)
Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers (Stanford Stansberry, Kevin Barnes, Maurice Pulley, Robert Makins) continue to perform "Hot Pants." Robert Makins serves as musical emcee. Kevin Barnes dances during breakdown, followed by Jimmy Briscoe, Maurice Pulley, & Robert Makins. At outset, credits roll.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Funky "Soul!" opening sequence w/ audio of King Curtis & Kingpins performing "Soul!" theme.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton & her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform a cover of the Carole King tune "After All This Time." R&B ballad.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton & her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform a cover of the Bill Withers song "Grandma's Hands." R&B. Watch out for that tasty guitar solo.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton & her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) continue to perform a cover of the Bill Withers song "Grandma's Hands." R&B. Segment begins with a slinky breakdown, Ms. Clayton vocalizing grandly about a typical Sunday morning during her youth. "We had fun in Sunday school!" And got into some trouble, too, apparently.
Soul! EP 65 (423)
FOR FULLL PERFORMANCE WITH AUDIO, PLEASE CONTACT WPA. Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to studio audience about movement organizing: "Brothers & sisters, I have been given a rather awesome task tonight, and that is to describe in a measure what I do. Basically, I am a minister, but beyond that I am an organizer, and a mobilizer... Fundamental to organizing is communicating. In some measure, I have been fascinated lately by the styles of communication, as I have watched the great preachers in the order of the Rev. C.L. Franklin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., & even the oratorial styles of the late Malcolm Shabazz." Jesse Jackson praises the poetry of Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, Gwen Brooks, Don Lee & Marvin Gaye for the manner in which they communicate to their audience. Jesse Jackson reads a bouncy, street-inflected, self-penned poem entitled, "Survival to Me."
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Reverend Jesse Jackson continues to speak to studio audience about movement organizing: "Another one quite fundamental to that that we run into while organizing is that it is very difficult for groups to stay together." "The real breakdown in group organization is integrity, where people that do not have the agenda on the table." Jesse Jackson reads self-penned poem entitled, "Lies: Why I Lie."
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Reverend Jesse Jackson continues to speak to studio audience about movement organizing: "The whole question of survival & speaking to the people who are furthest from the necessities of life becomes a fundamental principle of organizing, but also challenging people to deal in truth. If we're weak, admit that we're weak & then organize to get strong." "All of the great black leaders have in fact put together sound programs & if those programs had been implemented we would be further along the line to some real concrete form of liberation." Jesse Jackson praises, discusses the work & efforts of Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois. "Until we stop playing each other off & pull together those giants of thought then we cannot make substantial progress." Mr. Jackson discusses the work of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Whitney Young, & A. Philip Randolph. "All of these great black giants had good programs. If those programs had been implemented then much of what we're talking about now would not even occur b/c most of the things we want now were the things they wanted then."
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Reverend Jesse Jackson continues to speak to studio audience about movement organizing: "And so the question becomes, 'Why weren't these program implemented?' One has to look at the stages of organization. The first stage is historical perspective. If you say, 'Nation Time,' you must realize what time is it." "Now, it is civil economics time." "We're in the economic era & our language must adjust to the very era we're in. And so if our historical perspective is that our needs our now economic, the second step becomes ideology." "We're not looking for social judgment by white leaders; we're looking for economic development using our own tax money, which is 15 billion dollars a yr, as our tax base."
Soul! EP 65 (423)
Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform a R&B cover of the Neil Young hit "Southern Man."
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Ellis Haizlip interviews Reverend Jesse Jackson. Mr. Jackson discusses leadership & unity within organizing a movement. "From organization, then you get power, and once you get power then you can project program, but you can never have program unless you have power." Jesse Jackson discusses the Chicago-based Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) & efforts to establish a branch in New York City. Ellis Haizlip congratulates Jesse Jackson for Black Expo in Chicago.
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Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Reverend Jesse Jackson. Jesse Jackson says that Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) will serve to shed light on the "enemy," as well as unite the other splintered black civil rights organizations (or at least open a dialogue). "If we develop this capacity to ask, to relate, and basically if our hearts are right & our heads are in tune, we can do some beautiful & some miraculous things."
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Ellis Haizlip continues to interview Reverend Jesse Jackson. Mr. Jackson says, "When you preach on Sunday, in some churches they have a fixed fee they give you. But in the Baptist church they take a collection when it's over and if they say, 'Son, today it was a good speech,' that means you talked but didn't communicate & it is reflected in the collection. But if they say, 'Son, you preached,' that means you communicated & that's also reflected in the collection. When I started preaching I had a wife & two children. I didn't have much choice but to learn to communicate." Jesse Jackson reads a self-penned motivational poem entitled, "Stand Up, Black Man."
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Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform "Love Me Or Let Me Be Lonely." R&B ballad. Joe Sample sings melody during bridge & later verses.
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Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) perform "A Song For You." R&B ballad. Saxophone solo.
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Merry Clayton and her band (Joe Sample, electric piano; Tony Drake, guitar; Tony Riley, drums; Bassy, electric bass; Curtis Amy, tenor saxophone) continue to perform the R&B ballad "A Song For You" while credits roll.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Funky "Soul!" opening sequence w/ audio of King Curtis & Kingpins performing "Soul!" theme. Ellis Haizlip introduces program, discusses the life of filmmaker Richard Mason, who died of a drug overdose during preproduction of the autobiographical "Epitaph." Ellis Haizlip interviews filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes says he never met Richard Mason, having coming on board "Epitaph" after Mr. Mason had died. Mr. Holmes says he gets the feeling that Richard Mason knew he was eventually going to die of an overdose.
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Ellis Haizlip continues to interview filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes says he has never done drugs, nor does he have any interest in them, having watched people suffer from addiction. Mr. Holmes says his goal is to try & unite black people, which he can't do addicted to drugs. Mr. Holmes discusses why he chose film as his method of political & cultural communication.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
Ellis Haizlip continues to interview filmmaker Samuel Holmes. Mr. Holmes discusses the drug-induced demise of Richard Mason as depicted in the film "Epitaph." Sam Holmes says drugs aren't the way to escape b/c they're detrimental to the mind & body. Mr. Holmes says "Epitaph" does not glorify drugs as it is centered around death.
Soul! EP 46 (404)
(DO NOT USE THIS SEGMENT) "Epitaph-- Richard Mason's Last Film." Produced by Samuel Holmes. Directed by Leon Pinkney & Samuel Holmes. Edited by Madeline Anderson. Cinematography by Samuel Holmes.