FBI agents visit to the office of Malcolm X after his suspension from the NOI, with the intent of coercing him to provide information about his Black Muslim group. Employing one of the FBI's own covert tactics, Malcolm secretly recorded the conversation with a tape recorder hidden under his couch.
Extremely rare audio.
Two profound men, a pivotal year, and possibly the greatest musical display of passion and devotion ever recorded.
Act I: Acknowledgement
Act II: Resolution
Act III: Pursuance
Act IV: Psalm
Southern aristocrat wives having a ladies night, discussing topics such as "bestiality" and "symbiosis" -- while their husbands are off tending to business, discussing "black meat" and "white meat".
Classic burner from Heatwave, "Star of a Story"... along with some old Blue Note styled album covers.
Dorothy Dandridge - Ella Fitzgerald - Sarah Vaughn - Billie Holiday - Tammie Terrell - Pam Grier - Angela Bassett - Cassandra Wilson - Erykah Badu - Jill Scott - Amel Larrieux - Lina - Conya Doss - India Arie - Phyllis Hyman - Anita Baker - Cherokee - Kenya Moore - Sy Smith
Video segment reveal the reasons behind high incarceration rates of black males locked up in Chicago jail. Interview with a 'revolving door' inmate who, rather intelligently, explains what motivates black males to make bad choices.
Part 2 of 2
Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors
(dispelling the Myth of the "docile & content" slave)
- Fort Mose in Spanish Florida.
- Stono's rebellion of 1739, led by group of enslaved Angolans.
History of black-on-black segregation in the North (Chicago) after poor Afroamericans migrated from the South. The construction of classism among middle and lower-class Afroamericans seeking better opportunites.