norman richmond

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  1. 24 Sep 2019

    Everything you need to know about the Global Climate Strike in Toronto

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  2. 24 Sep 2019

    Dr. Gerald Horne speaks highly of Fats Navarro in his new volume, "Jazz and Justice: Racism and the Political Economy of the Music". Dr. Horne has been a weekly guest on Diasporic Music since 1999.

    to jazz trumpet player Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 6, 1950). He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. Our Delight (1947)
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  3. 24 Sep 2019

    I Wonder how John and Paul felt about this one? "Sing it with me Otis" My brother Dick Griffey's favorite group Does anyone remeber when Mr. Griffey came to Toronto? He made several trips here.

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    24 Sep 2019

    Gloria Jean Watkins, better known by her pen name bell hooks, is an Afrikan author, feminist, and social activist. The name "bell hooks" is derived from that of her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks. The...

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    24 Sep 2019

    Lest We forget: September 25, 1957 is the 60th anniversary of the Little Rock, Arkansas resistance to desegregation... On September 25, 1957, under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine Black...

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  6. 24 Sep 2019

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    24 Sep 2019

    Theresa Shangazhike, aka Shanky, sings national anthem of . WATCH:

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  8. 22 Sep 2019

    Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Dies at 76: Wrongly Jailed Boxer Championed Justice After Winning His Ownhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7TjpnXB76c

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    22 Sep 2019

    “Yet the percentage of blacks and non-Asian minorities in high-tech professions consistently remains under 2%. For minority women, the numbers are even more dismal. Recent studies conclude this is not a ‘pipeline’ problem — qualified candidates can...

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    21 Sep 2019

    On this day in 1909, Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, was born.

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    22 Sep 2019

    "Revelation" (1973) Doug Carn (keyboards) Jean Carn (voc.) Nathan Page (g) Walter Booker (b) Buddy Williams (d) Olu Dara Earl McIntyre (tp) Rene McClean (fl) Naima (J. Coltrane)

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    20 Sep 2019

    *looks at date* You know what time it is!

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    20 Sep 2019

    People of colour under pressure to accept Trudeau's apology, says activist | CBC Radio

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    20 Sep 2019

    Happy Born Day to the late great guitarist and songwriter Eric Gale (Sept 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994). Here's his fantastic, little known Red Ground Funk (1975) from the Negril LP he produced feat. Aston Barrett on bass & on guitar.

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  15. 19 Sep 2019

    Top Ten Spots Listening 2 Diasporic Music on 2 pm to 4 pm Sunday's September 22, 2019 is A. M. Babu's 95th birthday Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu was a Zanzibar-born Marxist and pan-Africanist nationalist,who played an important role in the 1964 Zanzibar revo.

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    19 Sep 2019

    "No man nor woman is born negative or positive, like everything else in life...they can be attracted to negative or to positive activities...Power doesn't corrupt...Fidel Castro has never been corrupted by power & will never be corrupted by power." - Kwame Ture

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  17. 18 Sep 2019

    This is going arouund the world.

    Meanwhile, in Canada...
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  18. 18 Sep 2019

    Congo president’s $19m seized in San Marino after 'spending more than $2m on watches and crocodile shoes' - Face2Face Africa

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  19. 17 Sep 2019

    A must have for music lovers. Mr. Ellington, Mr. Roach and Mr. Mingus All three fought for the liberation of Africa, Africans and the oppressed period. D.C.,Brooklyn and Watts came together. Check out Mr. Mingus', " Haitian Fight Song".

    An intergenerational jazz masterpiece that no fan should be without, Money Jungle was recorded on this day in 1962. We recently named the album one of our 10 Essential Piano Jazz Records. See the full list:
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    17 Sep 2019

    HAIR ME OUT: Wear your CROWN with PRIDE 14

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