Tag Archives: Black Power

Cultural Revolution: The Watts Renaissance

Posted on March 30, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Inner City Cultural Center The Art of Creative Survival: “During the 1960s and 1970s black Los Angeles produced dozens of cultural groupings that sought both to foster a new art and to generate a new relationship between creativity and community. … Continue reading →

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The Midnight Hour: The Watts Uprising – Mike Davis

Posted on March 26, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“1965 will be the longest and hottest and bloodiest year of them all. It has to be, not because you want it to be, or I want it to be, or we want it to be, but because the conditions … Continue reading →

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The Newsreel

Posted on March 25, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Newsreel, most frequently called Newsreel, was an American filmmaking collective founded in New York City in late 1967. In keeping with the radical student/youth, antiwar and Black power movements of the time, the group explicitly described its purpose as … Continue reading →

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Umbra

Posted on March 1, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Umbra was a collective of young black writers based in Manhattan‘s Lower East Side that was founded in 1962. Umbra was one of the first post-civil rights Black literary groups to make an impact as radical in the sense of … Continue reading →

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Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties – Mike Davis and Jon Wiener (2020)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties is a book by Mike Davis and Jon Wiener about Los Angeles in the 1960s. The authors combine archival research and personal interviews with their own experiences in the civil rights … Continue reading →

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Katherine Ann Power: Weather Underground

Posted on November 20, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Katherine Ann Power (born January 25, 1949), also known under the aliases Mae Kelly and Alice Louise Metzinger, is an American ex-convict and long-time fugitive, who, along with her fellow student and accomplice Susan Edith Saxe, was placed on the … Continue reading →

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How the Chicago Freedom Movement Made Way for the Fair Housing Act

Posted on September 30, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Chicago Freedom Movement march, South Kedzie Avenue, August 5, 1966 “History teaches us about important lessons, people, and events. It shapes a nation. It tells us who we are and where we came from. It tells us about our past … Continue reading →

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Abiodun Oyewole – One of the First Last Poets – Talks About Legacy, and Hip Hop

Posted on September 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Last Poets in 1970; half a century later—and counting—Oyewole is keeping poetry in the moment. “A founding member of the American music and spoken-word group The Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole is also known as a founding father of hip … Continue reading →

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Meet ‘The Afronauts’: An Introduction to Zambia’s Forgotten 1960s Space Program

Posted on July 25, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Broadly speaking, the ‘Space Race’ of the 1950s and 60s involved two major players, the United States and the Soviet Union. But there were also minor players: take, for instance, the Zambian Space Program, founded and administered by just one … Continue reading →

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A Black Panther love story

Posted on July 21, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

February 1969: Pete O’Neal talks about the formation of the Kansas City chapter of the Black Panther Party. “Charlotte Hill O’Neal is known by several names. Residents of the Arusha region of northern Tanzania, where she has lived for decades, … Continue reading →

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