<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Black History Month Daily Thread</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:36:05 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: seo service</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-584706</link> <dc:creator>seo service</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:47:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-584706</guid> <description>&lt;strong&gt;Great Site…...&lt;/strong&gt;[...]check this out as this contains important information about[...]...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Great Site…&#8230;</strong></p><p>[...]check this out as this contains important information about[...]&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Guest</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-333287</link> <dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:49:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-333287</guid> <description>The user deleted this comment.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The user deleted this comment.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: andrewwang</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-161748</link> <dc:creator>andrewwang</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:49:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-161748</guid> <description>I like black people.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Black people are cool!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I like black history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it seems that Obama likes white history and may or may not appreciate black history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth” (Retrieved February 4, 2009, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;White people don’t have to worry about Obama interfering with racial discrimination inflicted by white people against racial minorities while Obama is president of the United States.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is practically just as bad as if the white supremacist at heart, George W. Bush, is still running the country.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/le...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What does this mean?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang&lt;br&gt;B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996&lt;br&gt;Messiah College, Grantham, PA&lt;br&gt;Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like black people.</p><p>Black people are cool!</p><p>I like black history.</p><p>But it seems that Obama likes white history and may or may not appreciate black history.</p><p>“This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth” (Retrieved February 4, 2009, from <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55" rel="nofollow">http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55</a>).</p><p>White people don’t have to worry about Obama interfering with racial discrimination inflicted by white people against racial minorities while Obama is president of the United States.</p><p>It is practically just as bad as if the white supremacist at heart, George W. Bush, is still running the country.</p><p>For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger.</p><p>“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from <a href="http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html" rel="nofollow">http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/le&#8230;</a>).</p><p>Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following:</p><p>“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”</p><p>Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.</p><p>What does this mean?</p><p>Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?</p><p>Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.</p><p>Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others.</p><p>But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.</p><p>Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush.</p><p>If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”</p><p>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br />B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br />Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br />Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: andrewwang</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136855</link> <dc:creator>andrewwang</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:49:51 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136855</guid> <description>I like black people.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Black people are cool!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I like black history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But it seems that Obama likes white history and may or may not appreciate black history.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth” (Retrieved February 4, 2009, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;White people don’t have to worry about Obama interfering with racial discrimination inflicted by white people against racial minorities while Obama is president of the United States.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It is practically just as bad as if the white supremacist at heart, George W. Bush, is still running the country.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/le...&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following: &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What does this mean?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang&lt;br&gt;B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996&lt;br&gt;Messiah College, Grantham, PA&lt;br&gt;Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like black people.</p><p>Black people are cool!</p><p>I like black history.</p><p>But it seems that Obama likes white history and may or may not appreciate black history.</p><p>“This is also why the white man feels the need to subjugate and oppress the darker peoples of the Earth” (Retrieved February 4, 2009, from <a href="http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55" rel="nofollow">http://www.topix.com/forum/world/TKGPCHIBVJQ39JV55</a>).</p><p>White people don’t have to worry about Obama interfering with racial discrimination inflicted by white people against racial minorities while Obama is president of the United States.</p><p>It is practically just as bad as if the white supremacist at heart, George W. Bush, is still running the country.</p><p>For example, Bush murdered a black woman—Margie Schoedinger.</p><p>“One of those very least were George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell (Nevada Progressive Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010). Retrieved November 29, 2008, from <a href="http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/leola-mcconnell-for-us-senate.html" rel="nofollow">http://leolaforussenate.blogspot.com/2008/02/le&#8230;</a>).</p><p>Obama should have the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices and say something similar to the following:</p><p>“I, Obama, am the most powerful person in America now. Bush is no longer the president and thus no longer the most powerful person in America. I, Obama, am in control now. I, Obama, demand that the ultimate law-enforcement workers in this country investigate Bush and then proceed to have him locked away for life or executed for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger. I, Obama, am black, and I find Bush’s murder of Margie Schoedinger to be personally offensive. I, Obama, feel it is once again like the time of slavery when white people killed black people with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court to stop it from happening or prosecute it. I, Obama, am not going to go around in the modern-day democracy feeling like a black slave of white people—especially while I am the president of the United States. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for murdering a black woman. I, Obama, want Bush brought down for racially discriminating against black people pursuant to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to supply financial compensation to the black people who were harmed by Bush’s racial discrimination and who are still alive. I, Obama, am taken aback by Bush having been so evil in wrongfully causing the deaths of so many black people pursuant to his racist response relative to Hurricane Katrina. I, Obama, am going to take advantage of my time as a racial-minority president and not allow “Bush’s KKK-Neo-Nazi mentality” to rule over and oppress black people in America.”</p><p>Unfortunately, I can’t picture Obama having the guts to assemble workers from the FBI and/or one or more state attorney general offices to rightfully bring Bush down—as suggested above.</p><p>What does this mean?</p><p>Does this mean that Obama is going to be a huge disappointment to black people and/or racial minorities otherwise?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama realizes that the USA is a predominantly white country and doesn’t want to rub powerful, former, white, government officials the wrong way?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama is like a black person who prances around wearing a KKK outfit or a uniform featuring the swastika symbol—in a figurative sense (not a literal sense)?</p><p>Does it mean that Obama is a weakling?</p><p>Obama needs to show that he is in charge, pursue Bush for murdering the black woman—Margie Schoedinger, financially compensate and/or restore and/or reward black people who were racially discriminated against and harmed by Bush pursuant to Hurricane Katrina, fight racial profiling, and make America a better place for all racial minority people who are racially discriminated against.</p><p>Of course, Obama needs to seek prosecution against Bush and the others.</p><p>But if Obama does not even help out his own people, specifically, black people, where Bush had victimized so many of them, then Obama probably will not try to bring Bush down for warrantless surveillance; torture; cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of suspects; etc.</p><p>Obama needs to change and participate in seeking incarceration against Bush.</p><p>If Obama is not prepared to change accordingly, then he really shouldn’t have been talking about “change.”</p><p>Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang<br />B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br />Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br />Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136778</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:15:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136778</guid> <description>EVENING THREAD IS UP</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EVENING THREAD IS UP</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136771</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:43:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136771</guid> <description>rikyrah:          &lt;b&gt;This Day in African American History&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/people/a/calendar0207.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;February 7&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;1883: Musician and composer Eubie Blake was born.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eubie Blake&lt;/b&gt;         [Encyclopedia Britannica]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;  &lt;br&gt;(Born Feb. 7, 1883, Baltimore, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 12, 1983, Brooklyn, N.Y.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;American pianist and composer of ragtime music and show tunes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Blake early exhibited a natural aptitude for the keyboard. As a teenager, he played piano in cafés and brothels, and in 1899 he played his first rag, “Sounds of Africa,” published in 1919 as “Charleston Rag.” His meeting with the lyricist and vocalist Noble Sissle in 1915 resulted in a long association between the two entertainers. They were among the first black performers to appear onstage without minstrel makeup. Their show Shuffle Along (1921) was among the first musicals to be written, produced, and directed by blacks. It featured Blake&#039;s best remembered song, “I&#039;m Just Wild About Harry,” and introduced three entertainers whose later careers would be notable: Paul Robeson, Florence Mills, and Josephine Baker. After Blake and Sissle broke up in 1925, he teamed with lyricist Andy Razaf to write the score to Blackbirds of 1930, which contained the popular song “Memories of You.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Blake continued his career as an entertainer, making both piano rolls and records and appearing in concerts. He retired in 1946 but came out of retirement in 1969 to record an album. From then on he resumed performing, giving his last public concert in 1982. He achieved his greatest fame when a musical based on his songs, Eubie, opened on Broadway (1978). In 1981 Blake was awarded the Medal of Freedom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Copyright © 2002 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I  saw him @  Hampton Institute.   Just GREAT!!   :&gt;)   NIMBLE FINGERS!!   :&gt;)&lt;/a&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah: <b>This Day in African American History</b></p><p><a href="http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/people/a/calendar0207.htm" rel="nofollow"><b>February 7</b></p><p><b>1883: Musician and composer Eubie Blake was born.</b></p><p><b>Eubie Blake</b> [Encyclopedia Britannica]</p><p>(Born Feb. 7, 1883, Baltimore, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 12, 1983, Brooklyn, N.Y.)</p><p>American pianist and composer of ragtime music and show tunes.</p><p>Blake early exhibited a natural aptitude for the keyboard. As a teenager, he played piano in cafés and brothels, and in 1899 he played his first rag, “Sounds of Africa,” published in 1919 as “Charleston Rag.” His meeting with the lyricist and vocalist Noble Sissle in 1915 resulted in a long association between the two entertainers. They were among the first black performers to appear onstage without minstrel makeup. Their show Shuffle Along (1921) was among the first musicals to be written, produced, and directed by blacks. It featured Blake&#39;s best remembered song, “I&#39;m Just Wild About Harry,” and introduced three entertainers whose later careers would be notable: Paul Robeson, Florence Mills, and Josephine Baker. After Blake and Sissle broke up in 1925, he teamed with lyricist Andy Razaf to write the score to Blackbirds of 1930, which contained the popular song “Memories of You.”</p><p>Blake continued his career as an entertainer, making both piano rolls and records and appearing in concerts. He retired in 1946 but came out of retirement in 1969 to record an album. From then on he resumed performing, giving his last public concert in 1982. He achieved his greatest fame when a musical based on his songs, Eubie, opened on Broadway (1978). In 1981 Blake was awarded the Medal of Freedom.</p><p>Copyright © 2002 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.</p><p>I  saw him @  Hampton Institute.   Just GREAT!!   :&gt;)   NIMBLE FINGERS!!   :&gt;)</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: GreenLadyHere</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136769</link> <dc:creator>GreenLadyHere</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:23:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136769</guid> <description>rikyrah:  &lt;i&gt;Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I believe SHE SAID  - - - - - &lt;b&gt;ENOUGH!!&lt;/b&gt;     :&gt;)     :&gt;)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>rikyrah: <i>Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.</i></p><p>I believe SHE SAID  &#8211; - &#8211; - &#8211; <b>ENOUGH!!</b> :&gt;)     :&gt;)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136747</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:31:59 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136747</guid> <description>Their bravery is astounding!  If they were living today....Just Wow!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Their bravery is astounding!  If they were living today&#8230;.Just Wow!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Noelani</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136739</link> <dc:creator>Noelani</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:28:45 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136739</guid> <description>Two great American heroines.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two great American heroines.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Justice58</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/02/black-history-month-daily-thread-7/comment-page-1/#comment-136719</link> <dc:creator>Justice58</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:27:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=7544#comment-136719</guid> <description>&lt;i&gt; I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Very powerful!  Amen!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i> I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other. </i></p><p>Very powerful!  Amen!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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