Calloway published a dictionary (with a few editions!) of jazz vocabulary and I cannot emphasize how (pleasantly) surprised I was to see how old so much of current Black slang is. These are from the 1944 edition.
RIP to the legendary Judith Jamison. May you continue to dance with the angels. I know Mr Alvin Ailey is celebrating your arrival with open arms. #JudithJamison
This is it. We only have TWO DAYS to stop Missouri from executing #MarcellusWilliams, an innocent man.
Though @GovParsonMO's office is closed today, we can’t let a single moment go by where we’re not urging him to take action. Email, tweet, and contact his office now: https://t.co/sAwrXjul6a
#MarcellusWilliams is only THREE days away from being executed for a crime he didn’t commit. We need you to use your platform to stop this cruel, irreversible mistake before it’s too late.
Though the governor's office is closed today, you can tweet and e-mail Gov. Parson now (https://t.co/sAwrXjul6a) and urge him to stop the execution. You can also use this social media toolkit to create your own post or video about Marcellus: https://t.co/MVst5funYF