I highly recommend people also check out William Greaves' film about the Harlem Renaissance that he put out while he was alive.
Plays like a PBS special (it was one, I believe) but it actually gets to some really interesting depths about the artists.
https://t.co/mhV5j6hBVV
James Blood Ulmer, the innovative guitarist who fused avant-garde jazz with funk and the blues, has died at age 86.
Access the free article here: https://t.co/14pQSUTJDv
Della Reese was the First Black Woman to Host a Talk Show known as "Della!" in 1969. 197 episodes of โDellaโ aired but no full episodes exist in the public domain.
โbeing queer saved my life. often we see queerness as deprivation. but when i look at my life, i saw that queerness demanded an alternative innovation from me. i had to make alternative routes; it made me curious, it made me ask, โis this enough for me?โ
- ocean vuong