FRANCO ~

 

FRANCO ~

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8300170.stm

IF THERE'S HELL BELOW ~

compiled by BA the night of ferguson, mo. grand jury release
disbelief disbelief disbelief
 chose not to indict
 Darren Wilson
 in the fatal shooting
 of Michael Brown
even after all these years
of knowing better
naturally
a verdict
for  us &
Thanksgiving

Mamie Till, summer 1955                                               Michael Brown Sr, summer 2014

Photograph: Chicago Sun-Times via AP                                                      Richard Perry / AFP / Getty      

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If the white man has inflicted the wound of racism upon black men, the cost has been that he would receive the mirror image of that wound into himself.

W E N D E L L   B E R RY
The Hidden Wound
1970




NEW YORK TIMES ~

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/opinion/the-meaning-of-the-ferguson-riots.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region



http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ferguson-wasnt-black-rage-against-copsit-was-white-rage-against-progress/2014/08/29/3055e3f4-2d75-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html?tid=pm_opinions_pop

AFRICA ~

Franco ( Luambo Makiadi )

afropop.org

the sorcerer of the guitar, as he was known to millions, is a major figure in 20th c. congolese music; though he only toured the usa once near the end of his life. when he died (1938-1989) in a belgian clinic, his body was returned to his native zaire where the government declared four days of national mouring, and state radio played only franco's songs.