Afro Pop Remix

Topics: Y2K Bug, Eminem, The Best Man, 90's TV (Bonus Artist: Rocky Mtn. Rhyme Posse) 1999 Notes Snapshots 1. Bill Clinton President 2. Jan – A snowstorm leaves 14 inches (36 cm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and 21 inches (53 cm) in Chicago, Illinois, killing 68. 3. Jan – The adult animated sitcom Family Guy debuts on the Fox network after Super Bowl XXXIII. 4. Feb - Impeachment of Bill Clinton: President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate. 5. Mar - A Michigan jury finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man. 6. Apr - Columbine High School massacre: Two Littleton, Colorado teenagers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, open fire on their teachers and classmates, killing 12 students and one teacher, and then themselves. It would be the deadliest shooting at a high school in U.S. history at the time. The shooting sparks debate on school bullying, gun control and violence in the media. 7. May - The animated children's TV series SpongeBob SquarePants debuts on the cable network Nickelodeon. 8. May - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is released in theaters. 9. Jun - Texas Governor George W. Bush announces he will seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. 10. Jun - Napster Released. It was mainly used by people who shared MP3 music and digital audio files. As the laws about file sharing and copyright regarding the internet were just newly established, the service soon ran into legal troubles dealing with copyright infringement. 11. Jul - U.S. soccer player Brandi Chastain scores the game winning penalty kick against China in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Briana Scurry, goalkeeper, was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017. She was the first woman goalkeeper and first black woman to be awarded the honor. 12. Jun - Lance Armsrong wins the Tour de France. The United States Anti-Doping Agency announced in August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1998, including his seven consecutive Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005 (which were, originally, the most wins in the event's history) 13. Sep - The West Nile Virus first appears in the United States. The disease spread quickly through infected birds. Mosquitoes spread the disease to mammals. 14. Dec - Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin has been describes as, "Russia's first modern leader" and has been compared to Nelson Mandela. 15. Top 3 Pop Songs 16. #1 "Believe" Cher 17. #2 "No Scrubs" TLC 18. #3 "Angel of Mine" Monica 19. Record of the Year: "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob Thomas 20. Album of the Year: Supernatural – Santana 21. Song of the Year: "Smooth" – Santana featuring Rob 22. Best New Artist: Christina Aguilera (Note: Beat out Brittney Spears) 23. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: "It's Not Right but It's Okay" – Whitney Houston 24. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: "Staying Power" – Barry White 25. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "No Scrubs" – TLC 26. Best R&B Song: "No Scrubs" – TLC 27. Best R&B Album: FanMail – TLC 28. Best Rap Solo Performance: "My Name Is" – Eminem 29. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "You Got Me" – The Roots featuring Erykah Badu 30. Best Rap Album: The Slim Shady LP – Eminem 31. Top 3 Moives 32. #1 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 33. #2 The Sixth Sense 34. #3 Toy Story 2 35. Notables: Office Space, Analyze This, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Matrix (3/31/1999 - 20 days before Columbine), Life, The Mummy, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Wild Wild West, American Pie, The Blair Witch Project, Eyes Wide Shut, The Wood, The Iron Giant, The Sixth Sense, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bowfinger, Three Kings, Fight Club, The Green Mile, Any Given Sunday 36. Top 3 TV Shows 37. #1 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Tuesday 38. #2 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Thursday 39. #3 Who Wants to Be a Mill

Topics: OJ Simpson, R. Kelly & Aaliyah, Samuel Jackson, Black TV Cancellation (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) http://afropopremix.com Snapshots 1. Bill Clinton is President 2. Jan - In Detroit, Michigan, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband. Tonya later pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up the attack, is fined $100,000, and banned from the sport. 3. Jan - During a segment on NBC's Today, host Bryant Gumbel asks, "What is the internet, anyway?" 4. Feb - During the opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, guest host Martin Lawrence makes sexually explicit jokes about female genitalia and feminine hygiene, which results in NBC banning him from appearing on the network (for the next year) and SNL (for life). In repeats of the episode, the offending section of the monologue is replaced by a title card read by an off-screen player (writer Jim Downey), saying that although SNL is neutral about the issues mentioned by Lawrence, network policy prevents his remarks from being re-broadcast, and that the incident almost cost the entire cast of SNL their jobs. 5. Apr - Kurt Cobain, songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, is found dead at his Lake Washington home. He is believed to have committed suicide three days before he was found. 6. Jun - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings but is held liable in a civil suit. 7. Nov - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that he has Alzheimer's disease. 8. Nov - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast, aka live streaming. 9. Nov - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. 10. Sep - The pilot episode for Friends airs on NBC. 11. Open Comments 12. Top 3 Pop Songs 13. #1 "The Sign", Ace of Base 14. #2 "I Swear", All-4-One 15. #3 "I'll Make Love to You", Boyz II Men 16. Record of the Year: Sheryl Crow for "All I Wanna Do" 17. Album of the Year: Tony Bennett for MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett 18. Song of the Year: Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia" 19. Best New Artist: Sheryl Crow 20. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Toni Braxton for "Breathe Again" 21. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Babyface for "When Can I See You" 22. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Boyz II Men for "I'll Make Love to You" 23. Best R&B Album: Boyz II Men for II 24. Best Rap Solo Performance: "U.N.I.T.Y." – Queen Latifah 25. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "None of Your Business" – Salt-N-Pepa 26. Top 3 Movies 27. #1 The Lion King 28. #2 Forrest Gump 29. #3 True Lies 30. Notables: House party 3, Blue Chips, Sugar Hill, Above The Rim, The Ink Well, Crooklyn, Beverly Hills Cop 3, Speed, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Shawshank Redemption, Jason's Lyric, Pulp Fiction, Dumb and Dumber 31. Top # TV Shows 32. #1 Seinfeld 33. #2 ER 34. #3 Home Improvement 35. Debuts - Sister, Sister, South Central, Rolanda 36. Economic Scene 37. Income = 37k (Previously 31K) 38. House = 119K (113) 39. Car = 12.5k (12.7) 40. Rent = 533 (532) 41. Harvard = 24.9k (23.5) 42. Movie = 4 (4.14) 43. Gas = 1.09 (1.16) 44. Stamp .29 (Same) 45. Social Scene: OJ Simpson 46. O.J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, in Putrero Hill, California, in the family of Eunice and Jimmy Lee Simpson. His father was a chef and bank custodian and his mother were a hospital administrator. Soon after his birth he developed rickets and had to wear braces on his legs till he was five. In 1952, his father left the family when he was still very young, and his mother had to take responsibility of raising the four children. He joined the 'Persian Warriors', a street gang in his early teens a

Topics: OJ Simpson, R. Kelly & Aaliyah, Samuel Jackson, Black TV Cancellation (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) http://afropopremix.com Snapshots 1. Bill Clinton is President 2. Jan - In Detroit, Michigan, Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant, under orders from figure skating rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband. Tonya later pleads guilty to conspiracy to hinder prosecution for trying to cover-up the attack, is fined $100,000, and banned from the sport. 3. Jan - During a segment on NBC's Today, host Bryant Gumbel asks, "What is the internet, anyway?" 4. Feb - During the opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, guest host Martin Lawrence makes sexually explicit jokes about female genitalia and feminine hygiene, which results in NBC banning him from appearing on the network (for the next year) and SNL (for life). In repeats of the episode, the offending section of the monologue is replaced by a title card read by an off-screen player (writer Jim Downey), saying that although SNL is neutral about the issues mentioned by Lawrence, network policy prevents his remarks from being re-broadcast, and that the incident almost cost the entire cast of SNL their jobs. 5. Apr - Kurt Cobain, songwriter and frontman for the band Nirvana, is found dead at his Lake Washington home. He is believed to have committed suicide three days before he was found. 6. Jun - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings but is held liable in a civil suit. 7. Nov - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that he has Alzheimer's disease. 8. Nov - WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast, aka live streaming. 9. Nov - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot five times and robbed after entering the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan. 10. Sep - The pilot episode for Friends airs on NBC. 11. Open Comments 12. Top 3 Pop Songs 13. #1 "The Sign", Ace of Base 14. #2 "I Swear", All-4-One 15. #3 "I'll Make Love to You", Boyz II Men 16. Record of the Year: Sheryl Crow for "All I Wanna Do" 17. Album of the Year: Tony Bennett for MTV Unplugged: Tony Bennett 18. Song of the Year: Bruce Springsteen for "Streets of Philadelphia" 19. Best New Artist: Sheryl Crow 20. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Toni Braxton for "Breathe Again" 21. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Babyface for "When Can I See You" 22. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Boyz II Men for "I'll Make Love to You" 23. Best R&B Album: Boyz II Men for II 24. Best Rap Solo Performance: "U.N.I.T.Y." – Queen Latifah 25. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: "None of Your Business" – Salt-N-Pepa 26. Top 3 Movies 27. #1 The Lion King 28. #2 Forrest Gump 29. #3 True Lies 30. Notables: House party 3, Blue Chips, Sugar Hill, Above The Rim, The Ink Well, Crooklyn, Beverly Hills Cop 3, Speed, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Shawshank Redemption, Jason's Lyric, Pulp Fiction, Dumb and Dumber 31. Top # TV Shows 32. #1 Seinfeld 33. #2 ER 34. #3 Home Improvement 35. Debuts - Sister, Sister, South Central, Rolanda 36. Economic Scene 37. Income = 37k (Previously 31K) 38. House = 119K (113) 39. Car = 12.5k (12.7) 40. Rent = 533 (532) 41. Harvard = 24.9k (23.5) 42. Movie = 4 (4.14) 43. Gas = 1.09 (1.16) 44. Stamp .29 (Same) 45. Social Scene: OJ Simpson 46. O.J. Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, in Putrero Hill, California, in the family of Eunice and Jimmy Lee Simpson. His father was a chef and bank custodian and his mother were a hospital administrator. Soon after his birth he developed rickets and had to wear braces on his legs till he was five. In 1952, his father left the family when he was still very young, and his mother had to take responsibility of raising the four children. He joined the 'Persian Warriors', a street gang in his early teens a

Topics: WTC Bombing, Urban Fashion, Dr. Dre, Menace II Society, Living Single (Bonus Artist: Luck) http://afropopremix.com/ https://www.vibe.com/2016/01/1993-the-year-hip-hop-and-rb-conquered-the-world "1993: The Year Hip-Hop And R&B Conquered The World" 1993 was a historically transformative period for hip-hop and rhythm and blues. When VIBE Magazine dropped its iconic black and white debut issue in September of 1993—featuring a ridiculously fresh faced Snoop Doggy Dogg gracing the landmark cover—it was yet another reminder how ubiquitous urban culture had become. 1993: Hip Hop Artist that released albums A Tribe Called Quest / Bone Thugs-n-Harmony / Cypress Hill / De La Soul / Digable Planets / Digital Underground / DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince / Eazy-E / Fat Joe / Geto Boys / Heavy D & the Boyz / Ice Cube / Ice-T / Insane Clown Posse / Jodeci / Jungle Brothers / Kid Rock / Kris Kross / KRS-One / LL Cool J / Luke / MC Lyte / Naughty by Nature / Onyx / Queen Latifah / Run-D.M.C. / Salt-n-Pepa / Shaquille O'Neal / Snoop Dogg / Tag Team / The Roots / Too Short / Tupac / Wu-Tang Clan / Yo-Yo Next recording: Sunday June, 28th 2020 Time: Decatur / Tulsa - 12 noon Denver - 11a California - 10a Topics: Social - World Trade Center bombing Social - Urban fashion Music - The Chronic, by Dr. Dre Movies - Menace II Society TV - Living Single 1. 1993 notes 2. Bill Clinton, President 3. Feb – Former tennis player Arthur Ashe, 49, dies of the AIDS virus in New York. Ashe was believed to have contracted the virus from a blood transfusion during a heart surgery ten years earlier. 4. Feb – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing six and injuring over 1,000. 5. Feb – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest leader David Koresh on federal firearms violations. Four agents and five Davidians die in the raid and a 51-day standoff begins. 6. Mar - ESPN holds the first ever ESPY Awards. 7. Apr – The Kuwaiti government claims to uncover an Iraqi assassination plot against former U.S. President George H. W. Bush shortly after his visit to Kuwait. Two Iraqi nationals confess to driving a car bomb into Kuwait on behalf of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. 8. Apr - Colorado Rockies becomes a baseball team 9. Jun - The final episode of Soul Train with Don Cornelius as host airs. 10. Jul – U.S. President Bill Clinton announces his 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy regarding homosexuals serving in the American military. 11. Sep – PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington D.C., after signing a peace accord. 12. Oct – A large scale battle erupts between U.S. forces and local militia in Mogadishu, Somalia; eighteen Americans and over 1,000 Somalis are killed. The assault was planned to include an air and ground phase. As the mission was ongoing, Somali forces shot down two American Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters using RPG-7s. A desperate defense of the downed helicopters began, which would become dramatized in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Fighting lasted through the night to defend the survivors of the crashes, including the insertion of two sniper commandos who would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. In the morning, a UNOSOM II armored convoy fought their way to the helicopters, incurring further casualties but eventually rescuing the survivors. 13. Nov – President Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act into law, requiring purchasers of handguns to pass a background check. 14. Open Comments: 15. Top 3 Pop Songs 16. #1. "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 17. #2. "Whoomp! (There It Is)" Tag Team 18. #3. "Can't Help Falling in Love" UB40 19. Record of the Year: "I Will Always Love You", Whitney Houston 20. Album of the Year: The Bodyguar

Questions: 1. Scared yet: CV19 what we know 2. Health: How you be? personally, family, and friends 3. Quarantine life: stir crazy yet? How is technology helping? What's up with Work/Exercise/Entertainment/Education? 4. Government response: local state federal 5. Future behavior: keep social distancing, hand washing, gloves masks wipes (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound)

Topics: Rodney King, Boyz II Men / Jodeci, Boyz In the Hood, Roc - Sitcom (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1991 General Snapshots 1. President: George H. W. Bush 2. January - Gulf War: The Congress of the United States passes a resolution authorizing the use of military force to liberate Kuwait. 5 days later, Operation Desert Storm begins with airstrikes against Iraq. 3. January - Whitney Houstondelivers her now legendary rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" 4. February - Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated". 5. February - Tim Meadows and Adam Sandler join the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live. 6. March - An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles, California police officers. 7. July - Boxer Mike Tyson is arrested and charged with raping Miss Black America contestant Desiree Washington in Indianapolis, Indiana. 8. July - Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of eleven men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment. Police soon find out that he is involved in six more murders. 9. August - Nickelodeon introduces its series of Nicktoons, with Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show the first three to air. 10. August - The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is first released in the United States. 11. October - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee interviews both Supreme Court candidate Clarence Thomas and former aide Anita Hill, who alleges that Thomas sexually harassed her while she worked for him. 12. October - Jennifer Lopez joins the cast as one of the Fly Girls on the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color (she would leave the show after the next season). Other cast additions include future Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx. 13. November - Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV, effectively ending his NBA career. 14. November - Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies from AIDS at 45 years old, one day after making his diagnosis public. 15. December - The Cold War ends as President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev resigns and the Soviet Union dissolves. 16. Open Comments 17. Top 3 Pop Songs 18. #1 - "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", Bryan Adams 19. #2 - "I Wanna Sex You Up", Color Me Badd 20. #3 - "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", C+C Music Factory 21. Record of the Year: "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole 22. Album of the Year: Unforgettable... with Love performed by Natalie Cole 23. Song of the Year: "Unforgettable" performed by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole 24. Best New Artist: Marc Cohn 25. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Lisa Fischer for "How Can I Ease the Pain" & Patti LaBelle for "Burnin'" 26. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: Luther Vandross for Power of Love 27. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Boyz II Men for "Cooleyhighharmony" 28. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Power of Love/Love Power" performed by Luther Vandross 29. Best Rap Solo Performance: LL Cool J for "Mama Said Knock You Out" 30. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince for "Summertime" 31. Top 3 Movies 32. #1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 33. #2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 34. #3. Beauty and the Beast 35. Notables: The Silence of the Lambs, New Jack City, The Five Heartbeats, A Rage in Harlem, Thelma & Louise, Jungle Fever, Point Break, and House Party 2 36. Top 3 TV Shows 37. #1 60 Minutes 38. #2 Roseanne 39. #3 Murphy Brown 40. Mea Culpa: Family Matters originated 9/22/1989 on ABC 41. Notables: The Party Machine with Nia Peeples, The Jerry Springer Show, The Montel Williams Show, Hammerman, & Roc. 42. Economic Snapshots 43. Avg. In

Topic: Transitioning from Gen-X to Gen-Y. (Born 1980-1994) (Bonus Artitst: Luck Pacheco) Question #1: Millennials, who are you, and what do you want? (What motivated you when you were 20 and just starting out) Question #2: Favorite memories of growing up in the 90's? Question #3: Why are you guys so sensitive, spoiled, and lazy? Question #4: Who/what represents the best of your generation? Question #5: Thoughts on Gen Z? (Born 1995-2015)

Topics: Crack Epidemic, Michael Jackson - Bad, Hollywood Shuffle, Eyes on the Prize (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) Snapshots 1. Ronald Reagan President – (Should have been impeached) 2. January 3. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, became the very first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. 4. March 5. U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal. 6. Jim Bakker, head of PTL Ministries, resigns after admitting an affair with church secretary Jessica Hahn. 7. April 8. Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of English rock band Queen, is diagnosed with AIDS. He dies four years later after making his diagnosis public. 9. Matt Groening's The Simpsons debuts as a series of short animated segments as part of The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. 10. May 11. U.S. Senator Gary Hart drops out of the running for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, amid allegations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice. 12. June 13. During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 14. Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands. 15. Edwards v. Aguillard: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that a Louisiana law requiring that creation science be taught in public schools whenever evolution is taught is unconstitutional. 16. July 17. Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. The nomination is later rejected by the Senate, the first and only nominee rejection to date. 18. October 19. Jesse Jackson launches his second campaign for U.S. President. 20. The United States is caught up in a drama that unfolds on television as a young child, Jessica McClure, falls down a well in Midland, Texas, and is later rescued. 21. December 22. Prozac makes its debut in the United States. 23. Open Comments 24. Black Snapshots 25. Mar - The first ever Soul Train Music Awards 26. Apr - Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Al Campanis makes racially insensitive comments when 27. asked about the scarcity of black field or general managers in MLB. Campanis, who had played alongside Robinson and was known for being close to him, was being interviewed about the subject on Nightline. Anchorman Ted Koppel asked him why, at the time, there had been few black managers and no black general managers in Major League Baseball. Campanis' reply was that blacks "may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager" for these positions. Elsewhere in the interview, he said that blacks are often poor swimmers "because they don't have the buoyancy." Koppel says he gave Campanis several opportunities to clarify, ("Do you really believe that?") or back down from his remarks, but Campanis confirmed his views with his replies. Campanis was fired less than 48 hours later. 28. Literature – Rita Dove wins a Pulitzer for Thomas and Beulah and Toni Morrison publishes Beloved; it will win a Pulitzer and become a movie. Terri McMillan's first book, Mama, was published in 1987, later works include Disappearing Acts, Waiting To Exhale, and How Stella got Her Groove Back. James Baldwin, author of If Beale Street Could Talk, passed away. 29. John H. Johnson is named the first BE Entrepreneur of the Decade, having built Johnson Publishing Co. Inc., producers of Ebony, Jet, and Fashion Fair cosmetics into an international powerhouse. Born and raised in Arkansas, Johnson's family moved to Chicago when he was a teen. He excelled in school, received a scholarship to the University of Chicago, and began working at an insurance company. He got his start when his mother used her furniture as collateral for a $500 loan to start his first public

Topics: Chicago Bears, Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, She's Gotta Have It, 227-(TV Sitcom)(Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) General Snapshots 1. Ronald Reagan is President 2. Jan - The first federal Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Martin Luther King Jr., is observed. 3. Jan - The first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll HOF, included Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and 3 other white performers. Also inducted were, James Brown*, Little Richard*, Fats Domino*, Ray Charles*, Chuck Berry*, Sam Cooke*, Robert Johnson*, and Jimmy Yancey*. 4. Jan - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots 46–10 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. 5. Jan - Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe (see Space Shuttle Challenger disaster). President Ronald Reagan postpones for one week the State of the Union address that had been scheduled for the evening and instead addresses the nation on the Challenger disaster. 6. Mar - Halley's Comet is a comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years. It last appeared in the inner parts of the Solar System in 1986 and will next appear in mid-2061. 7. Apr - The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, hosted by Geraldo Rivera, is a two-hour live American television special. 8. Apr - In Ukraine, one of the reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant explodes, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster. 31 are killed directly by the incident, many more die from cancer in later years, many thousands more are exposed to significant amounts of radioactive material, and vast territories in Ukraine and Belarus are rendered uninhabitable. 9. May - Hands Across America: approximately 6.5 million people form a human chain from New York City to Long Beach, California, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness. The event raised about $15 million. A total of 24 cities participated along the route, including: Champaign, Illinois (with Walter Payton), Chebanse, Illinois (A cornfield in central Illinois served as center-point of the nation with 16,000 people in attendance), Springfield, Illinois (with 50 Abraham Lincoln impersonators), and St. Louis, Missouri (with Kathleen Turner under the St. Louis Arch) 10. Aug - In Edmond, Oklahoma, United States Postal Service employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers before committing suicide. 11. Sep - Desmond Tutu becomes the first black Anglican Church bishop in South Africa's Cape Town, the most senior position in southern Africa's Anglican hierarchy. Theologically, he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology; politically, he identifies as a socialist. 12. Nov - Iran–Contra affair: The United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret, in order to secure the release of 7 American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. Also, profits from the covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua. National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary, Fawn Hall, start shredding documents implicating them. 13. Nov - Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas. Tyson won the title by TKO in the second round, and at the age of 20 years and 4 months became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout or stoppage, 12 of them in the first round. 14. Dec - Three African Americans are assaulted by a group of white teens in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. One of the victims, Michael Griffith, is run over and killed by a motorist while attempting to flee the attackers. 15. Open Comments: 16. Top 3 Pop Songs 17. 1 "That's What Friends Are For, Dionne and Friends 18. 2 "Say You, Say Me", Lionel Richie 19. 3 "I Miss You", Klymaxx 20. Grammy Award Winners 21. Record of the Year: "Higher Love", St

Topics: Air Jordans, Whitney Houston, Sade, The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, Phylicia Rashad (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1985 Notes General Snapshots 1. President: Ronald Reagan 2. Jan – In Hollywood, California, the charity single "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. The single raises money to combat the ongoing famine in Ethiopia. The American act consists of high-profile performers, including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper and Diana Ross. 3. Jan – The newest music video channel, VH-1, begins broadcasting on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV. The first video played is Marvin Gaye's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner". 4. Mar – WrestleMania debuts at Madison Square Garden. In the main event, Hulk Hogan and Mr. T defeated Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper. The attendance for the event was 19,121. The event was seen by over one million viewers through closed-circuit television, making it the largest pay-per-view showing of a wrestling event on closed-circuit television in the United States at the time. 5. Apr – Coca-Cola changes its recipe and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months. 6. Aug - Ryan White who was expelled from Western High School in Indiana is allowed to attend his first day of classes via telephone. 7. Sep - The Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Illinois, USA. 8. Oct – The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores. By 1988, industry observers stated that the NES's popularity had grown so quickly that the market for Nintendo cartridges was larger than that for all home computer software. The NES was released two years after the North American video game crash of 1983, when many retailers and adult consumers regarded electronic games as a passing fad. With the NES, Nintendo also changed the relationship between console manufacturers and third-party software developers by restricting developers from publishing and distributing software without licensed approval. This led to higher-quality games, which helped change the attitude of a public that had grown weary from poorly produced games for earlier systems. 9. Nov - Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0. 10. Open Comments: 11. Top 3 Pop Songs 12. 1 "Careless Whisper" Wham! 13. 2 "Like a Virgin" Madonna 14. 3 "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham! 15. Grammy Awards 16. Record of the Year: Quincy Jones (producer) for "We Are the World" 17. Album of the Year: Phil Collins (producer & artist) for No Jacket Required 18. Song of the Year: Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) for "We Are the World" 19. Best New Artist: Sade 20. Top 3 Movies 21. Back to the Future 22. Rambo: First Blood Part II 23. Rocky IV 24. Other Notables: The Color Purple / Out of Africa / Cocoon / The Jewel of the Nile / Witness / The Goonies / Spies Like Us / The Breakfast Club / Brewster's Millions / St. Elmo's Fire / Krush Groove 25. Top 3 TV Shows 26. The Cosby Show 27. Family Ties 28. Murder, She Wrote 29. TV Debuts 30. Sep - What's Happening Now!! / Stir Crazy 31. Black Snapshots 32. Feb - Whitney Houston releases her debut album – Whitney Houston. 33. Mar – Mike Tyson makes his professional debut in Albany, New York, a match which he wins by a first-round knockout. 34. May - Michael Jordan is named as the NBA's "Rookie of the Year." 35. May – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor Wilson Goode, the first African American to hold that office, orders police to storm the headquarters of the black liberation/back-to-nature group MOVE to end a stand-off over serving arrest warrants. (Due process?!?!) The police drop 2 explosive devices into the headquarters, killing 6 adults and 5 children, and destroyed an additional 61 residental homes in the resulting fire. The survivors filed a civil suit against the city and the police department

Topics: The Cold War, Run-DMC, New Edition, Bill Cosby (Himself), Eddie Murphy (Delirious). (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1983 Notes 1. Ronald Reagan President 2. Feb - The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, setting a record for most-watched television broadcast in American history. 3. Mar - Strategic Defense Initiative: U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars". 4. Mar - Michael Jackson performs the dance move that will forever be known as the "moonwalk" at Motown 25. 5. Apr - The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people. 6. Sep - Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald. 7. Sep - Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 8. Oct - United States troops invade Grenada at the behest of Eugenia Charles of Dominica, a member of the Organization of American States. 9. Oct - Microsoft Word is first released. 10. Nov - The first United States cruise missiles arrive at Greenham Common Airbase in England amid protests from peace campaigners. 11. Dec - Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album "Thriller". 12. Misc.: McDonald's introduces the McNugget and The Cabbage Patch Kids dolls make their national debut, their popularity leads to the Cabbage Patch riots. 13. Top 3 Pop Songs 14. 1 - "Every Breath You Take", The Police 15. 2 - "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson 16. 3 - "Flashdance... What a Feeling", Irene Cara 17. Record of the Year: "Beat It" – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones 18. Album of the Year: Thriller – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones 19. Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" – The Police Sting (songwriter) 20. Best New Artist: Culture Club 21. Top 3 Movies 22. 1 - Return of the Jedi 23. 2 - Terms of Endearment 24. 3. Flashdance 25. Top 3 TV 26. 1 - Dallas 27. 2 - 60 Minutes 28. 3 - Dynasty 29. Debuts: The A-Team / Webster 30. Black Snapshots 31. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Chaka Khan – Chaka Khan 32. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson 33. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Ain't Nobody" – Chaka Khan & Rufus 34. Best R&B Instrumental Performance: "Rockit" – Herbie Hancock 35. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson 36. Best Comedy Recording: "Eddie Murphy", Comedian – Eddie Murphy (Also shows up in TV) 37. Apr - Harold Lee Washington became the first African American Mayor of Chicago. 38. Aug - STS-8: Space Shuttle Challenger carries Guion S. Bluford (Col, USAF, Ret.), the first African American astronaut, into space. 39. Nov - Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana (a black woman), to create a federal holiday honoring MLK Jr. Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991. 40. Nov - Jessie Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election, becoming the second African American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for president. 41. Sept - Vanesa Williams becomes the first African American recipient of the Miss America title. 42. Misc.: The Color Purple wins the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. 43. The Women of Brewster Place is the debut novel of American author Gloria Naylor. It won the 1983 National Book Award for "First Novel". 44. "Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?", Maya Angelou's fourth volume of poetry, is published. 45. Nikki Giovanni publishes her 9th poetry collection, "Those Wh

Topics: Black Hair/Jheri Curls, Luther Vandross, Ragtime (Film) - Howard Rollins Jr., Nell Carter (Tv). (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1981 Notes 1. Snapshots 2. Ronald Reagan is President 3. Jan - Ronald Reagan is sworn in as the 40th President of the United States. Minutes later, Iran releases the 52 Americans held for 444 days, ending the Iran hostage crisis. 4. Mar - U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady are also wounded. 5. Jun - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles, California, have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems (the first recognized cases of AIDS). 6. Jul - President Ronald Reagan nominates the first woman, Sandra Day O'Connor, to the Supreme Court of the United States. 7. Aug - MTV (Music Television) is launched on cable television in the United States. 8. Aug - The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is introduced. 9. Nov - Luke and Laura marry on the U.S. soap opera General Hospital; it is the highest-rated hour in daytime television history. 10. Dec - The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia. 11. Open Comments: 12. Popular Music Scene 13. Top 3 Singles 14. 1 - "Bette Davis Eyes", Kim Carnes 15. 2 - "Endless Love", Diana Ross & Lionel Richie 16. 3 - "Lady", Kenny Rogers 17. Record of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" performed by Kim Carnes 18. Album of the Year: John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy 19. Song of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" performed by Kim Carnes 20. Best New Artist: Sheena Easton 21. Open Comments: 22. Popular Movies 23. Top 3 Grossing Movies 24. 1 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 25. 2 - On Golden Pond 26. 3 - Superman II 27. Open Comments: 28. Popular TV 29. Top 3 Rated Shows 30. 1 - Dallas 31. 2 - 60 Minutes 32. 3 - The Jeffersons 33. Open Comments: 34. Black Snapshots 35. Feb - Funky 4 + 1 perform "That's the Joint" on NBC's Saturday Night Live. This makes them the first hip hop act to perform on national television. 36. Mar - Toni Morrison gave her next novel, Tar Baby (1981), a contemporary setting. In it, a looks-obsessed fashion model, Jadine, falls in love with Son, a penniless drifter who feels at ease with being black. 37. Jun - Wayne Williams, a 23-year-old African American, is arrested and charged with the murders of two other African Americans. He is later accused of 28 others, in the Atlanta child murders. 38. Aug - Bryant Gumbel: The candidates auditioned for Brokaw's job throughout the summer of 1981 when he was on vacation. Gumbel became a candidate for the job just by chance when he served as a last-minute substitute for Today co-anchor Jane Pauley in August 1981. 39. Oct - Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for six seasons from October 29, 1981 until May 12, 1987. The series starred Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief (Dolph Sweet) and his three daughters. 40. Sep - Isabel Sanford - For her role on The Jeffersons as "Weezy", she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981, making her the first African American actress to win in that category. 41. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Hold On I'm Comin'" 42. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: James Ingram for "One Hundred Ways" 43. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Quincy Jones for The Dude 44. Best R&B Instrumental Performance: David Sanborn for "All I Need Is You" 45. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Just the Two of Us" performed by Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers 46. Open Comments: 47. Economic Snapshot 48. New House: 78k 49. Avg. income: 21k 50. New car: 8k 51. Avg rent: 315 52. Postage Stamp: 18c 53. Movie ticket: 2.25 54. Open Comments: 55. Social Scene: The Jheri Curl 56. Brief History of Black Hair 57. For centuries black

Topics: Pac-Man & the start of the "Gaming" culture, Zapp, Fame (1980 Film), Eddie Murphy. (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) 1980 1. Jimmy Carter President 2. Jan – The comic strips The Far Side debuts in newspapers 3. Feb – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York.[1] 4. Feb – The United States Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviet Union in the medal round of the Winter Olympics, in the Miracle on Ice. 5. Feb - U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. 6. Apr – Operation Eagle Claw, a commando mission in Iran to rescue American embassy hostages, is aborted after mechanical problems ground the rescue helicopters. Eight United States troops are killed in a mid-air collision during the failed operation. 7. Apr – Rosie Ruiz wins the Boston Marathon, but is later exposed as a fraud and stripped of her award 8. May – A Miami, Florida court acquits four white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking three days of race riots. 9. May – Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 and causing US$3 billion in damage. 10. May – The Empire Strikes Back is released. 11. May – Pac-Man, the best-selling arcade game of all time, is released. 12. May – Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin (the first major news story for CNN). 13. Jun – The Cable News Network (CNN) is officially launched. 14. Jun – In Los Angeles, comedian Richard Pryor is badly burned trying to freebase cocaine. 15. Jun – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs Proclamation 4771, requiring 19- and 20-year-old males to register for a peacetime military draft, in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 16. Jul – The Unemployment Rate peaks at 7.8%, the highest in four years. 17. Nov – United States presidential election, 1980: Republican challenger and former Governor Ronald Reagan of California defeats incumbent Democratic President Jimmy Carter, exactly one year after the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis. 18. Nov - Millions of viewers tune into the U.S. soap opera Dallas to learn who shot lead character J. R. Ewing. The "Who shot J. R.?" event is a national obsession. 19. Dec - John Lennon is shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. 20. Open Comments: 21. Popular Music Scene 22. Top 3 Singles 23. 1 - "Call Me", Blondie 24. 2 - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", Pink Floyd 25. 3 - "Magic", Olivia Newton-John 26. Record of the Year: Michael Omartian (producer) & Christopher Cross for "Sailing" 27. Album of the Year: Michael Omartian (producer) & Christopher Cross for Christopher Cross 28. Song of the Year: Christopher Cross for "Sailing" 29. Best New Artist: Christopher Cross 30. Open Comments: 31. Popular Movies 32. Top 3 Grossing Movies 33. 1 - The Empire Strikes Back 34. 2 - 9 to 5 35. 3 - Stir Crazy 36. Open Comments: 37. Notables: 38. Airplane!, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 39. American Gigolo, directed by Paul Schrader, starring Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton and Héctor Elizondo 40. The Blue Lagoon, starring Brooke Shields and Christopher Atkins 41. The Blues Brothers, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, Carrie Fisher, John Candy, Henry Gibson 42. Caddyshack, directed by Harold Ramis, starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe, Cindy Morgan, Bill Murray 43. Coal Miner's Daughter, starring Sissy Spacek and Tommy Lee Jones 44. Flash Gordon, directed by Mike Hodges, starring Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol 45. Friday the 13th, directed by Sean S. Cunningham, starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King and Harry Crosby 46. Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty 47. The Shining, directed by Stanley Kub

A detailed look at black, African-American, culture during the "Seventies". (1970-1979) (Bonus Artists: Luck Pacheco) 1979: When MJ Was Black - Spcl. Gst. Ed Mar 1, 2019 Topics: Jimmy Carter, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor - Live In Concert, Roots: The Next Generations. 1 "My Sharona" - The Knack 2 "Bad Girls" - Donna Summer 3 "Le Freak" - Chic 1. Kramer vs. Kramer 2. The Amityville Horror 3. Rocky II 1 60 Minutes 2 Three's Company 3 That's Incredible! 1978: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, ...It's Superfreak! - Spcl. Gst. Barbara Feb 1, 2019 Topics: Muhammad Ali, Rick James, The Wiz, Max Robinson (TV). 1 "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb 2 "Night Fever" - Bee Gees 3 "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone 1. Grease 2. Superman 3. Animal House 1 Laverne & Shirley 2 Three's Company 3 Mork & Mindy 1977: Going, Going, Gettin' to the Roots! - Spcl. Gst. Barbara, Adam DeCollibus, & Edward Jan 2, 2019 Topics: Roots, by Alex Haley (Social & TV), Which Way is Up?, Thelma Houston / Lou Rawls / The Emotions / The Brothers Johnson 1 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" - Rod Stewart 2 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb 3 "Best of My Love" - The Emotions 1. Star Wars 2. Smokey and the Bandit 3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1 Laverne & Shirley 2 Happy Days 3 Three's Company 1976: Bi-centennial, Make a Friend Y'all - Spcl. Gst. Barbara Dec 1, 2018 Topics: Black History Month, Chaka Khan, Car Wash (film), What's Happening! (TV). 1 "Silly Love Songs" - Wings 2 "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John & Kiki Dee 3 "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor 1. Rocky 2. To Fly! 3. A Star Is Born 1 Happy Days 2 Laverne & Shirley 3 M*A*S*H 1975: We Laugh, We Cry, We Get a Piece of Pie Nov 3, 2018 Topics: Urban Literature, Donald Goines and Iceberg Slim, Natalie Cole, Richard Pryor, Cooley High, The Jeffersons. 1 "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille 2 "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell 3 "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John 1 Jaws 2 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1 All in the Family 2 Rich Man, Poor Man 3 Laverne & Shirley 1974: It's Pfunky In Here! - Spcl. Gsts. Barbara & Edward (Extra Pfunk to Philip Weightman) Oct 1, 2018 Topics: Black Women vis-a-vis White Women in the feminist community, Funk Music, Claudine (film), Good Times (TV show). 1 "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand 2 "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks 3 "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra 1. Blazing Saddles 2. The Towering Inferno 3. The Trial of Billy Jack 1 All in the Family 2 Sanford and Son 3 Chico and the Man 1973: Party Time! (Yes, Yes, Y'all. You Don't Stop) - Spcl. Gst. Ed Sep 1, 2018 Topics: Dj Kool Herc, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Pam Grier, The Mack, & George Jefferson. 1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Tony Orlando and Dawn 2 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce 3 "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Roberta Flack 1. The Sting 2. The Exorcist 3. American Graffiti 1 All in the Family 2 The Waltons 3 Sanford and Son 1972: New Directions, from Politics to Pimpin! - Spcl. Gst. Edward Aug 2, 2018 Topics: Shirley Anita Chisholm, H. Rap Brown, Diana Ross, Al Green, Superfly, Sanford & Son, & Fat Albert. 1 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack 2 "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan 3 "American Pie" - Don McLean 1. The Godfather 2. The Poseidon Adventure 3. What's Up, Doc? 1 All in the Family 2 Sanford and Son 3 Hawaii Five-O 1971: What's Really Going On - Spcl. Gsts. Janice & Edward Jul 1, 2018 Topics: The Black Church, Jessie Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Shaft, & Soul Train. 1 "Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night 2 "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" - Rod Stewart 3 "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" - Carole King 1. Fiddler on the Roof 2. The French Connection 3. Diamonds Are Forever 1 All in the Family 2 The Flip Wilson Show 3 Marcus Welby, M.D. 1970: Hello World! Jun 8, 2018 Topics: Black Power Movement, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, James Brown,

Topics: Jimmy Carter, Donna Summer, Michael Jackson, Richard Pryor - Live In Concert, Roots: The Next Generations. (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1979 Snapshots 1. Jimmy Carter president 2. Mar - America's most serious nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania. 3. Mar - C-SPAN, an American television channel focusing on government and public affairs, is launched. 4. Apr - On CBS, the final episode of All in the Family is seen by 40.2 million American viewers. 5. Jun - McDonald's introduces the Happy Meal. 6. Sep - ESPN, an all-sports channel, launches and becomes the first cable TV channel to be launched as a 24-hour channel 7. Oct - President Jimmy Carter signs a law establishing the Department of Education. [also responsible for Dept. of Energy] 8. Nov - Iran hostage crisis begins: 3,000 Iranian radicals, mostly students, invade the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take 90 hostages (53 of whom are American). They demand that the United States send the former Shah of Iran back to stand trial. 9. Open Comments: 10. Popular Music Scene 11. #1 - "My Sharona", The Knack 12. #2 - "Bad Girls", Donna Summer 13. #3 - "Le Freak", Chic 14. Record of the Year: "What a Fool Believes"-The Doobie Brothers 15. Album of the Year: "52nd Street"-Billy Joel 16. Song of the Year: "What a Fool Believes"-The Doobie Brothers 17. Best New Artist: Rickie Lee Jones 18. Open Comments: 19. Popular Movies 20. #1 - Kramer vs. Kramer 21. #2 - The Amityville Horror 22. #3 - Rocky II 23. Notables: Apocalypse Now, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, 10, The Jerk, Moonraker, The Muppet Movie, Phantasm, The Warriors. 24. Open Comments: 25. Popular TV 26. #1 - 60 Minutes 27. #2 - Three's Company 28. #3 - That's Incredible! 29. Open Comments: 30. Black Snapshots 31. Jan - Singer Donny Hathaway dies after falling 15 stories from his hotel room in New York City. According to Hathaway's record company, Atlantic, the singer had been having some psychological problems 32. Apr - Real People, starring Byron Allen, featured a panel of seated hosts in front of a large studio audience. The hosts introduced pre-filmed segments and engaged in comedic banter about them. Each segment was a visit to someone with a unique occupation or hobby. 33. Aug - Michael Jackson releases his first breakthrough album Off the Wall. It sells 7 million copies in the United States alone, making it a 7x platinum album. 34. Aug – "Prince", the self-titled second studio album from Prince was released. The album was written, arranged, composed, produced and performed entirely by Prince. Singles: "I Wanna Be Your Lover" & "Sexy Dancer". 35. Aug – TV Debut: The Facts of Life 36. Sep - Benson 37. Sep - Sugarhill Gang releases Rapper's Delight. 38. Nov - The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (Film) 39. Open Comments: 40. Economic 41. New House: 58k 42. Avg. income: 17.5k 43. New car: 5.7k 44. Avg rent: 280 45. Gas: 0.86 46. Inflation reaches double digits - 13% 47. Open Comments: 48. Social Scene: Jimmy Carter's truth-telling sermon to Americans 49. James Earl Carter Jr. (@ 55yrs old in 1979), Politician and philanthropist. Born and raised in south-west Georgia, Jimmy grew up to be a U.S. Navy Lieutenant, Georgia State Senator, Governor of Georgia, and the 39th POTUS. 50. On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter went on national television to share with millions of Americans his diagnosis of a nation in crisis. "It's clear that the true problems of our nation are much deeper -- deeper than gasoline lines or energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help...I know, of course, being President, that government actions and legislation can be very important. That's why I've worked hard to put my campaign promises into law, and I have to admit, with just mixed success. But after listening to the American people, I have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America. So, I want to

Topics: Muhammad Ali, Rick James, Max Robinson (TV). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) 1978 1. Snap Shots 2. General News 3. Jimmy Carter is President 4. February 5. The first computer bulletin board system (CBBS) is created in Chicago. Bulletin board systems were in many ways a precursor to the modern form of the World Wide Web, social networks, and other aspects of the Internet. 6. Serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Florida and The Hillside Strangler of Los Angeles, (serial killing cousins) claims a 10th and final victim. 7. April 8. Women's Army Corps (WAC) abolished (1943-1978); women integrated into regular Army. 9. September 10. The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin . The Accords led directly to the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty a year later. Due to the agreement, Sadat and Begin received the shared 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. In turn, these events led to Sadat's assassination by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad in 1981. 11. November 12. Mass murder/suicide of 909 Americans in Jonestown, Guyana under the direction of Jim Jones. 13. December 14. Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who is subsequently convicted of the murder of 33 young men, is arrested. 15. Open Comments: 16. Economic Snapshots 17. Min. wage = $2.65hr (+.35) / $106wk / $5,512 yrly) - 2018 = $21,228yrly 18. Avg. Income per year - $16,975 19. Avg. Cost of new house - 54,749 20. Avg. Rent - $260 21. Avg. Cost new car - $5,405 22. Postage Stop - $0.15 23. Unemployment 6.4% vs Black unemployment 14.5% 24. Open Comments: 25. Black Snapshots 26. February 27. Harriet Tubman is the first African American Woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. 28. Muhammad Ali loses title to Leon Spinks 29. May 30. Ain't Misbehavin' (musical) hits Broadway. Won 1978 Tony Award for Best Musical: Breakout Stars was Nell Carter (sitcom Gimme a Break!) and Irene Cara (Flash Dance: What a Feeling) and Charlayne Woodard (Janice on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) 31. June 32. The SCOTUS bars quota systems in college admissions but affirms the constitutionality of programs which give advantages to minorities. 33. July 34. ABC World News Tonight, employing a unique three-anchor setup: Frank Reynolds serving as lead anchor from Washington, Peter Jennings with international news from London, and Max Robinson presenting national news from Chicago. Robinson is noted as the first African-American broadcast network news anchor in the United States 35. September 36. Ali defeats Spinks and regained the WBA heavyweight title, becoming the first man to win the World Heavyweight Championship three times. 37. Misc.: 38. Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collections: Cotton Candy and Woman 39. Open Comments: 40. Music Snapshots 41. Record of the Year: Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are" 42. Album of the Year: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, Various Artist 43. Song of the Year: Billy Joel for "Just the Way You Are" 44. Best New Artist: A Taste of Honey 45. Top Billboard Singles 1. Shadow Dancing", Andy Gibb 2. "Night Fever", Bee Gees 3. "You Light Up My Life", Debby Boone 46. Open Comments: 47. Movie Snapshots: Highest-grossing films 1. Grease 2. Superman 3. National Lampoon's Animal House 48. Open Comments: 49. TV Snapshots 1. Laverne & Shirley 2. Three's Company 3. Mork & Mindy 50. Debuts 51. September - WKRP in Cincinnati (Featuring Tim Reid as Venus Flytrap): BEST THEME SONG EVER!!! 52. November - Diff'rent Strokes: The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two Black boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman and widower named Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain) and his daughter Kimberly (Dana Plato), for whom their deceased mother previously worked. 53. Open Comments: 54. Social Scene: Ali's Last Dance (Muhammad Ali vs. Leon Spinks I and II) 55. First Fight (February): THE ONLY TIME ALI LOST HIS TITLE IN THE RING 56. Tom Gray (Ringtv.com) - "At 36 y

Topics: Roots, by Alex Haley, with commentary by Adam DeCollibus (@adam_decollibus), author of "Caravan". (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) (***Audio quality is spotty***) 1977 1. General News snapshots 2. Jimmy Carter President 3. Jan - The world's first personal computer, the Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) released 4. Jun - The Apple II released 5. Aug - TRS-80 released (Byte magazine referred to these as the "1977 Trinity" of personal computing) 6. Aug - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. 7. Aug - Elvis Presley, the king of rock and roll dies in his home in Graceland at age 42. 8. Oct - Atari 2600, this popularized the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code. 9. Open Comments 10. Economic Snapshots 11. Min Wage = $2.30 (+.10) 12. Avg. Income = $15,070 13. New House = $49,300 14. New car = $4,785 15. Avg. rent $240 16. Black unemployment 12.1% vs 7.6% 17. Open Comments: 18. Black News Snapshots 19. Jan - Roots airs on ABC. 20. Jul - The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours, resulting in looting and other disorder. 21. Popular Music Snapshots 22. Record of the Year: The Eagles for "Hotel California" 23. Album of the Year: Fleetwood Mac for Rumours 24. Song of the Year (Tied): "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" performed by Barbra Streisand & "You Light Up My Life" performed by Debby Boone 25. Best New Artist: Debby Boone 26. Popular Movie Snapshots 27. Top Grossing Movies 28. 1 - Star Wars 29. 2 - Smokey and the Bandit 30. 3 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind 31. Notable Black Films 32. A Piece of the Action: Crime comedy film directed by and starring Sidney Poitier and co-starring Bill Cosby. It was the third film pairing of Poitier and Cosby, following Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). The films are considered a trilogy, even though the actors play characters with different names in each film. It was also Poitier's last acting role for more than a decade, as he focused his attentions on directing only. 33. Which Way is Up? Comedy film starring Richard Pryor. It is a remake of the 1972 Italian comedy film The Seduction of Mimi. Richard Pryor plays three roles: an orange picker who has two women at the same time, the orange picker's father, and a Reverend who gets the orange picker's wife pregnant. 34. Popular TV Shows 35. 1 - Laverne & Shirley 36. 2 - Happy Days 37. 3 - Three's Company 38. Notable Black TV Shows & Snapshots 39. The Richard Pryor Show was an American comedy-variety show starring Richard Pryor. [Lasted for only 4 episodes] 40. Benson DuBois (Robert Guillaume) debuts on Soap as the wisecracking African-American cook/butler. In 1979, Benson leaves for his own spin-off. 41. Janet Jackson (@11 yrs. old) joins the cast of the CBS sitcom Good Times for its final two seasons as Penny Gordon, an upstairs neighbor who is abused her biological mother. 42. Open Comments: 43. Black Social Scene [+ Television] 44. Roots: The Saga of an American Family - "One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people. It also won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Roots opened up the minds of Americans of all colors and faiths to one of the darkest and most painful parts of America's past." - www.litlovers.com 45. Special guest commentator: Adam DeCollibus, Author of Caravan. 46. Brief explanation for why Adam was invited 47. Adam's

Topics: Black History Month, Chaka Khan, Car Wash (film), What's Happening! (TV). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) 1976 1. Snap Shots 2. General News 3. Gerald Ford is President 4. Apr - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. 5. Jul - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag, killing 1 and seriously wounding another, in the first of a series of attacks that terrorize the city for the next year. 6. Jul - U.S. track and field athlete Bruce Jenner (@ age 27) won the gold medal for decathlon, setting a world record of 8,634 points. 7. Nov - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford, becoming the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War. 8. Misc.: VHS released, and eventually won the war with Betamax tapes, although most agree it was an inferior product. 9. Open Comments 10. Money Snapshots 11. Min. wage = $2.30hr (+.20) / $92wk / $4,600k yrly - 2018 = $20,408yrly 12. Avg. Income per year - $16,095 13. Avg. Cost of new house - $43,340 14. Avg. Rent - $220 15. Avg. Cost new car - $4,557 16. Unemployment 7.8% vs Black unemployment 12% 17. Open Comments 18. Black Snapshots 19. Jul - Sugar Ray Leonard (@ age 20), Leon Spinks (@ age 23), Michael Spinks (@ age 20) won gold medals in boxing. 20. Jul - Twenty-year-old Morehouse College student Edwin Moses sets a new world record in the 400m hurdles, 21. Aug - Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (@ age 55) is published. in 1976. (Forty-six weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List, w/ twenty-two weeks at number one.) (TV mini-series already in production) 22. Open Comments 23. Music Snapshots 24. Record of the Year: "This Masquerade" - George Benson (artist) & Tommy LiPuma (producer) 25. Album of the Year: Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder (artist) & Stevie Wonder (producer) 26. Song of the Year: "I Write the Songs" - Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (for performed by Barry Manilow) 27. Best New Artist: Starland Vocal Band 28. Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976 1. "Silly Love Songs", Wings 2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Elton John & Kiki Dee 3. "Disco Lady", Johnnie Taylor 29. Open Comments 30. Movie Snapshots 31. Highest-grossing films 1. Rocky 2. To Fly! - *(Weird documentary film about the history of flight) 3. A Star Is Born 4. All the President's Men 32. Open Comments 33. TV Snapshots 34. To Shows 1. - Happy Days 2. - Laverne & Shirley 3. - M*A*S*H 35. Debuts: 36. Aug - What's Happening!! 37. Open Comments 38. Social Scene 39. What: Black History Month 40. Why: First year of national recognition 41. Key Person(s): Carter G. Woodson, the "father of black history" (d. 1950), historian, author, and journalist. 42. Short Story: 43. Started as Negro History Week (1926) 44. Woodson (@ age 51) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week" because it covered the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Woodson said teaching black history was essential to ensure physical and 45. intellectual survival. - "If a race has no history, it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. The American Indian left no continuous record. He did not appreciate the value of 46. tradition; and where is he today? The Hebrew keenly appreciated the value of tradition, as is attested by the Bible itself. Despite worldwide persecution, therefore, he is a great factor in our civilization." 47. The push for Black History Month (1970 -76) 48. BHM was first proposed at Kent State University in February 1969. The first celebration happened in 1970. Six years later, President Gerald Ford recognized BHM during the Bicentennial celebration. - "[Americans should] seize the opportunity to honor the 49. too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history". 50. Open Comments 51. Question 1: Is BH "M" to

Topics: Black Women vis-a-vis White Women in the feminist community, Funk Music, Claudine (film), Good Times (TV show). (Bonus Artist: hidingtobefound) 1974 ...fyi "Claudine" is free on Youtube: https://youtu.be/tJUiV9Pnwps General News Richard Nixon STILL President. but not for long. Vietnam War: Wrapping up active combat. Feb - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst kidnapped. 2 months later she participates in a bank robbery. Apr - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record Jul - Watergate scandal: The House Judiciary Committee adopts 3 articles of impeachment, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce subpoenaed material. Aug - Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States. President Gerald Ford is sworn in. Ford later pardons Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. Sep - Stuntman Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to rocket across the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. Oct -The Rumble in the Jungle. Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier. 1974 minimum wage = $2hr/$80wk/$4kyrly - 2018 = $10.50/$420/$21k Avg. House Price = $9,942 Avg. Annual Income = $13,9k Avg. Monthly Rent = $185 Gallon of Gas = 42c Dozen Eggs = 45c 9% unemployment vs Black unemployment 15% Open Comments: Top Pop Singles: "The Way We Were", Barbra Streisand "Seasons in the Sun", Terry Jacks "Love's Theme", Love Unlimited Orchestra Grammy Awards for 1974 ROY: Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" AOY: Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale SOY: "The Way We Were", Barbra Streisand New Artist: Marvin Hamlisch Top Grossing Movies Blazing Saddles The Towering Inferno The Trial of Billy Jack Top TV Shows All in the Family Sanford and Son Chico and the Man Debut Shows Feb - Good Times (a spinoff of Maude) (1974–79) Sep - That's My Mama (1974–1975) Open Comments: Black Snapshots Gail Cobb (@24yrs), Black Washington D.C. police officer: The first U.S. woman police officer killed in the line of duty. Maya Angelou: Gather Together in My Name, the second of seven autobiographies. James Baldwin: If Beale Street Could Talk, a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970's. Reader's Digest publishes the first excerpts from Roots in May and June. They said it was an epic work, "destined to become a classic of American literature." Univ. of Penn publishes a study concluding IQ tests are biased towards whites Cicely Tyson 2 Emmys for The Autobiography of Miss Jane. Richard Pryor Emmy for Lily Tomlins TV

Topics: Black Power Movement, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, James Brown, Sidney Poitier, and Flip Wilson. (Bonus Artists: hidingtobefound & Luck Pacheco) 1970 Snapshots MLK birthday celebrated in many states Toni Morrison's 1st novel, "The Bluest Eye" Black Enterprise and Essence start Jimi Hendricks dies Cheryl Adrienne Brown (Miss Iowa) 1st black to compete in Miss America Social/Political Key Development: Part 1: Black Power Movement The Black Power Movement focused on racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equality for all people of Black and African descent. It was led by a generation of black activists who had participated the Civil Rights movement. By the mid-1960s, a split developed among those activists and many no longer saw nonviolent protests as a viable way of combatting racism. Major turning point: The Watts riots, a 5 day "War" in 1965, that took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Dead‎: ‎34 / Injured‎: ‎1,032 New organizations (the Black Panther Party, the Black Women's United Front, the Nation of Islam, and others) developed new cultural, political, and economic programs. Desegregation was insufficient. Deconstruction of the white power structures was the new focus. Because they wanted space for black political voices, collective black power, and social autonomy, the movement was often viewed as violent, anti-white, and anti-law enforcement. Key events: the 1965 assassination of Malcom X, and the 1968 assassination of MLK. Major accomplishment: raising the collective level of consciousness, pride, and interest in education. By the mid-1970s, the movement was in decline due to government repression, intragroup squabbles, and further assassinations. Also, police raids, arrests, and harassment. By 1973 African-American activists had begun to concentrate on getting blacks and progressive whites elected to public office. By 1976, the traditional movement was effectually dead. Legacy: Some have compared the modern movement Black Lives Matter to the Black Power movement noting a January 2015 community panel, hosted by the Garfield H.S. – B.S.U. (Seattle) titled: Black Power to Black Lives Matter, connecting the current youth-led struggle of BLACK LIVES MATTER to the Black Power movement of the 1960s-1970s. Part 2: Conclusion The Black Power movement not only represented a change in tactical strategy, but also a change in the mind-set of African-Americans. For instance, the black music industry, with its roots in gospel and rhythm and blues became more nationalist. Songs like the Impressions' "We're a Winner" (1967), James Brown's "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" (1968), and the Temptations' "Message to a Black Man" (1969) helped establish a distinctive sound for a generation of politically conscious young black Americans. Some blacks chose to don African garb and adopt African names. The slogans "Power to the People" and "Black is Beautiful" became very popular. The movement's style and fashion (military berets, leather gloves and hats, bright powder-blue shirts, and Afro hairstyles were also symbolically important. The impact of this imagery was immediate and resonated across the United States as well as throughout the world. Part 3: Important figures Nat Turner (d. 1841, American slave) Marcus Garvey (d. 1940, Black Nationalist political advocate) Frantz Fanon (d. 1961, Psychiatrist/Author – "This Wretched Earth: Algerian struggle against colonialism) W.E.B. Dubois (d. 1963, Historian) Malcolm X (d. 1965, Minister/Activist) MLK (d. 1968, Minister/Activist) 1968 Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos<

A detailed look at black, African-American, culture during the "Sixties". (1960-1969) (Bonus Artists: hidingtobefound & Luck Pacheco) Overview "The Sixties": the counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and schooling – or - irresponsible excess, flamboyance, and decay of social order. Also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the fall or relaxation of social taboos especially relating to racism and sexism that occurred during this time. Also described as a classical Jungian nightmare cycle, where a rigid culture, unable to contain the demands for greater individual freedom, broke free of the social constraints of the previous age through extreme deviation from the norm. The confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union dominated geopolitics during the '60s, with the struggle expanding into developing nations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia characterized by proxy wars, funding of insurgencies, and puppet governments. In response to civil disobedience campaigns from groups like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), U.S. President John F. Kennedy, pushed for social reforms. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 was a shock. Liberal reforms were finally passed under Lyndon B. Johnson including civil rights for African Americans· and healthcare for the elderly and the poor. Despite his large-scale Great Society programs, Johnson was increasingly reviled. The heavy-handed American role in the Vietnam War outraged student protestors around the globe. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., anti-Vietnam War movement, and the police response towards protesters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, defined a politics of violence in the United States. The 1960s were marked by several notable assassinations: 12 June 1963 – Medgar Evers, an NAACP field secretary. Assassinated by Byron de la Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Mississippi. 22 November 1963 – John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. 21 February 1965 – Malcolm X. Assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in New York City. There is a dispute about which members killed Malcolm X. 4 April 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader. Assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee. 5 June 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator. Assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, after taking California in the presidential national primaries. Social and political movements (counterculture) Flower Power/Hippies In the second half of the decade, young people began to revolt against the conservative norms of the time. The youth involved in the popular social aspects of the movement became known as hippies. These groups created a movement toward liberation in society, including the sexual revolution, questioning authority and government, and demanding more freedoms and rights for women and minorities. The movement was also marked by the first widespread, socially accepted drug use (including LSD and marijuana) and psychedelic music. Anti-war movement The war in Vietnam would eventually lead to a commitment of over half a million American troops, resulting in over 58,500 American deaths and producing a large-scale antiwar movement in the United States. Students became a powerful and disruptive force and university campuses sparked a national debate over the war. The antiwar movement was heavily influenced by the American Communist Party, but by the mid-1960s it outgrew this and became a broad-based mass movement centered

A detailed look at black, African-American, culture during the "Sixties". (1960-1969) Overview "The Sixties": the counterculture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, sexuality, formalities, and schooling – or - irresponsible excess, flamboyance, and decay of social order. Also labeled the Swinging Sixties because of the fall or relaxation of social taboos especially relating to racism and sexism that occurred during this time. Also described as a classical Jungian nightmare cycle, where a rigid culture, unable to contain the demands for greater individual freedom, broke free of the social constraints of the previous age through extreme deviation from the norm. The confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union dominated geopolitics during the '60s, with the struggle expanding into developing nations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia characterized by proxy wars, funding of insurgencies, and puppet governments. In response to civil disobedience campaigns from groups like the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), U.S. President John F. Kennedy, pushed for social reforms. Kennedy's assassination in 1963 was a shock. Liberal reforms were finally passed under Lyndon B. Johnson including civil rights for African Americans· and healthcare for the elderly and the poor. Despite his large-scale Great Society programs, Johnson was increasingly reviled. The heavy-handed American role in the Vietnam War outraged student protestors around the globe. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., anti-Vietnam War movement, and the police response towards protesters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, defined a politics of violence in the United States. The 1960s were marked by several notable assassinations: 12 June 1963 – Medgar Evers, an NAACP field secretary. Assassinated by Byron de la Beckwith, a member of the Ku Klux Klan in Jackson, Mississippi. 22 November 1963 – John F. Kennedy, President of the United States. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. 21 February 1965 – Malcolm X. Assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in New York City. There is a dispute about which members killed Malcolm X. 4 April 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader. Assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee. 5 June 1968 – Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator. Assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, after taking California in the presidential national primaries. Social and political movements (counterculture) Flower Power/Hippies In the second half of the decade, young people began to revolt against the conservative norms of the time. The youth involved in the popular social aspects of the movement became known as hippies. These groups created a movement toward liberation in society, including the sexual revolution, questioning authority and government, and demanding more freedoms and rights for women and minorities. The movement was also marked by the first widespread, socially accepted drug use (including LSD and marijuana) and psychedelic music. Anti-war movement The war in Vietnam would eventually lead to a commitment of over half a million American troops, resulting in over 58,500 American deaths and producing a large-scale antiwar movement in the United States. Students became a powerful and disruptive force and university campuses sparked a national debate over the war. The antiwar movement was heavily influenced by the American Communist Party, but by the mid-1960s it outgrew this and became a broad-based mass movement centered in universities and churches: one kind of protes

Intention: The average person can not tell you the names of their Great-great-grandparents, and if they can name someone, it is unlikely that they know much about that person's life. This podcast is a legacy project and reference for future generations. We encourage you to email us your memories, corrections, comments,and questions. We would love to share and archive your contributions here. Dedications: The Supreme Council (Grandmother, her three sisters, and father) Thank you: Gladys, "Talk Star Wars.co.uk Podcast", wife and daughter. Peace, Derrick 5/2018