I find it very interesting how they use christianity and religious practices in a performative way to appear just and righteous.
When, for the most part, they are anything but.
They hide the hypocrisy and the iniquity.
#All-NegroComics
[throws a tablecloth on your back]
Now we can serve an eight course banquet.
Good thing we've got a massive back... er table.
And there was an unnamed goat as well, allegedly for chasing and knocking down her children.
Also allegedly had a "rancid smell."
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 29.
#CabCalloway, jazz singer, songwriter & bandleader popularized #AfricanAmerican slang to the point that several of the words and phrases became ingrained in mainstream American English.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Cal...
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 29.
#CabCalloway & his band performed #GeechyJoe featuring #LenaHorne, #BillBojanglesRobinson, #ZuttySingleton, #SlamStewart & #BennyCarter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlE-...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 29.
#MinnieTheMoocher was #CabCalloway's biggest hit and theme song, known for its scat-calling and inclusion in the Library of Congress.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8suq...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 29.
Trendsetter & musical icon, #CabCalloway, pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable for #AfricanAmerican performers.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton presented Calloway with a National Medal of the Arts.
www.ebsco.com/research-sta...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 29.
#CabCalloway was a renowned jazz musician, songwriter, jazz singer, scat vocalist & bandleader.
As a regular performer at the #CottonClub in #Harlem, Calloway fused jazz & Vaudeville to win many accolades over 60+ years.
blackpast.org/african-amer...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 28.
#TheNicholasBrothers were a duo known for their dance style.
Signature moves they were known for:
•leapfrog down a flight of stairs ending in a split
•rise from a split without using their hands.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichola...
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 28.
#AfricanAmerican jazz singer, songwriter & bandleader #CabCalloway performs #Jumpin'Jive with his orchestra and #TheNicholasBrothers in the movie Storm Weather (1943).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uESq...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 28.
#TheNicholasBrothers performed Shim Sham at the All-Colored Vaudeville Show in 1935.
#FayardNicholas choreographed the performance.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IepR...
Fayard Antonio Nicholas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayard_Nicholas
Harold Lloyd Nicholas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Nicholas
Dianne Walker https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/artists/dianne-walker
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 28.
#FayardAntonioNicholas & #HaroldLloydNicholas, #TheNicholasBrothers, taught Master Classes in tap dance at Harvard & Radcliffe.
#DebbieAllen, #JanetJackson, #MichaelJackson & #DianneWalker were some of their students.
www.nicholasbrothers.com/index.htm
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 28.
#TheNicholasBrothers were an #AfricanAmerican tap dance duo of incomparable skill.
They became stars in the jazz circuit during the #HarlemRenaissance and were successes in stage, television & film.
walkoffame.com/the-nicholas...
Not sure, but Blerd Without Fear talks about it.
And points out about the hash tag #DCSoWhite and why it needs to be put out and circulated.
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Are you okay?
Joseph is one of the best most supportive people in our community! Happy to have this signing as part of our 9 year anniversary celebration!
I'm most gratified that you are enjoying my chronicling for 2026.
Please check out, explore and enjoy the chronicling for 2025.
Thank you.
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I'm glad you're enjoying the chronicling for 2026.
Here is a link to what I did last year.
Please explore and enjoy.
Thank you.
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 27.
#HaitianAmerican #GregAndersonElysee is a writer & creator that puts out stories covering myths & tales from the #AfricanDiaspora.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIc7...
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 27.
#HaitianAmerican #GregAndersonElysée & Ukrainian #Nigerian Canadian #AkimAliu cowrote the graphic novel Dreamer.
This is a graphic novel memoir about Aliu's life dealing with racism as a child & in hockey.
www.kaepernickpublishing.com/news/dreamer...
#Hammer:JohnHenryVsTheRobotApocalypse
https://webwaycomics.ecwid.com/Hammer-John-Henry-vs-the-Robot-Apocalypse-Act-1-p787245036
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 27.
gregandelysee.bsky.social & amazingdavidbrame.bsky.social have released in time for #BlackHistoryMonth a new tale about #JohnHenry, born to take on the threat to humanity. That threat takes the form of machinery/AI.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtCQ...
https://webwaycomics.ecwid.com/Isnana-the-Were-Spider-Vol-1-Forgotten-Stories-Trade-Paperback-p138378940
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 27.
#GregAndersonElysée started with the story of Is'Nana, the Were-Spider, son of #Anansi, learning who he is and accepting the responsibility of releasing creatures of horror into the world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyR-...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 27.
#GregAndersonElysée is a #HaitianAmerican polymath and founder of Webway Comics.
• writer
• educator
• filmmaker
• model
webwaycomics.ecwid.com
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 26.
#TheKidFromRedBank, #WilliamJamesCountBasie, lead one of the greatest big bands in jazz history.
Top 5 Hits:
•One O'Clock Jump
•Jive At Five
•April in Paris
•Every Day I Have The Blues
•Lil Darlin'
thebasie.org/countbasiebio/
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 26.
Show of the Week - #CountBasie and his Orchestra (1965)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMY...
#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 26.
#CountBasie AKA #TheKidFromRedBank, was the 1st #AfricanAmerican to win a Grammy Award in 1958.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_B...
