rhythms of freedom: Africa & Black internationalism w/ Tom Porter [revised & extended]

From a program held earlier this year ... We invite you to tap into this program that we had earlier this year which featured a public lecture-conversation with Professor Tom Porter, where we explore the rhythms of movement through a robust conversation that examined manifestations of the global dimensions of the Black Freedom Struggle. We paid specific attention to the impact of Black classical music as an amplifying influence of the ideas and trajectory of those engaged in struggle; particularly as they organized programs of freedom rooted in a specific conceptualization of human rights; which were/are directly related to the temporal conditions produced from various forms of colonialism, slavery [chattel et al.], Apartheid, Jim Crow, etc. In this conversation we explored: institution building [Professor Porter’s time with the Antioch Graduate Center in Washington, DC; the King Center and the Institute of Black World]; the role of Black bookstores; Black radicalism; critical knowledge production in, outside, and in spite of the academy; his crew of Black organic intellectuals: Amiri Baraka ... Jack O'Dell ... Robert Rhodes; Samir Amin; Black internationalism; the role of Black radical radio; Africa … Black Classical Music ... and much more!!! Professor Porter is the embodiment of the concept organizer-intellectual; a former member of CORE (the Congress of Racial Equality) ... SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) … head of the King Center in Atlanta … former strategist and adviser to Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign … former Director of Black Studies [Ohio University] … Dean at Antioch Graduate Center in Washington DC ... program director and longtime radio host, jazz critic, sociopolitical theorist [specifically Black radical thought] ... author and organizer. Professor Porter can be firmly placed in the tradition of Black organic intellectuals and political philosophers. We invite you to think with us! Think through us! Think around us! But think nonetheless! Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana, Ayiti, and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! You can check the video of the program via link in bio! #BlackInternationalism #Africa #BlackClassicalMusic Music: Concerto of Desperado – The Roots African Violet – Terry Callier Promised Land - Omar Sosa Guinea - Don Cherry with Dewy Redman, Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell John Coltrane – Clifford Jordan Africa Speaks – Guy Warren Africa – John Coltrane Quartet Cristo Redentor - Donald Byrd If there’s Anybody Out There - Hugh Masekela Malkauns – Don Cherry Mr. Roscoe (consider the simultaneous) - Ambrose Akinmusire The Good Fight – Oddisee ["That's Love"; "Want Something Done"; "Contradiction's Maze" (featuring Maimouna Youssef) Why's/Wise – Amiri Baraka