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Issue #10

Selena Diamond

The Rise of Black Power The Newest Revolution Movement

Black Power, a new statement that is making its way around the country. It centers around pride, politics, culture, and economic empowerment.

It became popular when students started chanting it on a march for peace. The statement came from earlier times only to now become a popular slogan for African Americans on the march for political justice.

The Black Power movement is claiming that the Civil Rights Activist did not do enough for them or for their justice. In pursuit of Malcom X’s vision. The riot in Detroit.

Detroit is Rioting What is happening on 12th Street?

An extremely violent and dangerous riot is happening right now in the City of Detroit. Racial tension is at an all-time high as 60,000 African American residents are forced upon 430 acres of land. The Detroit Police Department has a low number of African Americans are mainly profiling and brutally attacking African Americans.

The rioting started off in 12th Street, after police busted and raided a night club operating against after hours on Sunday. The police arrested 85 people and on lookers started throwing item after item at the officers causing the officers to flee. The people started looting and causing havoc on the streets, and later causing a fire.

The National Guard was called to help the city of Michigan to keep the riot from spreading. The arrest count went up to 1,000 and 5 have been pronounced deceased.

The next day, another has been killed 16 from the National Guards or police. The Army has been called for reinforcement on Tuesday with tanks and excessive armor. Another 10 and 12 on Wednesday has died.

The rioting has finally ended on Thursday. The police have won leaving terror in the hearts of many people. Over 43 people have been killed and 7000 have been arrested. Many stores have been looted and has taken a large amount of financial damage.

This riot makes one of the third largest riots that has happened in America. Millions of properties were damaged, leaving over thousands of people homeless.

A fist raised in the air to symbolize Black Power from boys of different age groups.

Malcom X Influences new Goals?

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America’s Civil Right Movement

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Episode 7: Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come (1964- 1966).

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Episode 8: Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies (1965- 1968).

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BREAKING NEWS BY MIRANDA ISABELLA HURT

Bessie Smith from: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/747738120/how-bessie-smith- influenced-a-century-of-popular-music

Bessie Smith’s Roaring Record Sales CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “BACKWATER BLUES,” ONE OF BESSIE SMITH’S HITS

Bessie Smith, of no relation to Mamie Smith, was the most popular of the classic blues singers during the roaring twenties (Franklin and Higginbotham 2011). Many people think of Bessie Smith when they think of the Harlem Renaissance. She was the protégé of Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, and Smith also played in comic sketches. Smith could sell as many as 100,000 copies of a record in a week. Her debut release “Down Hearted Blues” sold more than 750,000 records in a year (Franklin and Higginbotham 2011).

Black Swan Records was founded in Harlem in 1921 image from: https://melodicdistraction.com/label-of-love-black- swan-records/

Mamie Smith from: https://travsd.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/stars-of-vaudeville-161-mamie-smith/

Mamie Smith Sparks New Trend in American Culture CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO “CRAZY BLUES” SUNG BY MAMIE SMITH

Mamie Smith made history in August of 1920 when she became “the first black woman to release a blues record for a major company,” (Franklin and Higginbotham 2011:381). With the help of Perry Bradford Mamie Smith released “Crazy Blues” on the Okeh Records label. Bradford wrote the song and insisted that African Americans would like to listen to music performed by other African Americans. Bradford said, “14 million Negroes in our country…will buy records if recorded by one of their own,” (Franklin and Higginbotham 2011:382) and Bradford was right. More than 75,000 copies of Smith’s “Crazy Blue’s” were sold in Harlem within its first month of release.

Before Mamie Smith’s debut record companies had overlooked American American women’s talent. Mamie Smith opened the doors for many more black women, such as Bessie Smith, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Alberta Hunter, Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Sippie Wallace, and more. Mamie Smith paved the way for many large record companies to sign black artists and for the rise of male-dominated country blues. Black Swan Records was also opened by a black man, Harry Pace, for the the production of many black musical forms and for the advancement of African Americans (Franklin and Higginbotham 2011). Even though Black Swan Records went out of business after two years, it still made its mark on history.

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Franklin, J. H., & Higginbotham, E. B. (2011). From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.