Pain and Power

Delta blues musician Robert Johnson grew up in Memphis Tennessee, at an early age he practiced to be a good blues musician his rise to fame was fast, so fast rumors has it, he sold his soul to the devil for success in music. Tune in for story.

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

https://www.robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/

https://youtu.be/Kxi4XkIVWLQ?si=H0PWKjY4zT644JRA

Latasha Harlins was a young girl from Illinois who grew up in South Central Los Angeles. She was dealing with grief from losing her mother to the hands of her father’s new girlfriend. Latasha was doing her best to be a good student and good big sister to her younger brother and sister. One Saturday morning store run changed the lives of Latasha and her family forever. Tune-in for full story.

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Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Latasha_Harlins

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=latasha%20harlins&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:466379e2,vid:5Rh_7cE70Os,st:0

https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/la_riot/article/0,28804,1614117_1614084_1614514,00.html

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0318-latasha-harlins-20160318-story.html

Ruby was a young, beautiful, successful African American woman, a staple in her community in Live Oaks, Florida. Due to her husband’s gambling and liquor business. For 1934 the McCollum family was on top of the world. Fast forward 20 years later Ruby’s on trial for murdering her doctor. Tune-in.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_McCollum

https://aaregistry.org/story/the-ruby-mccollum-case-begins/

https://dunnhistory.com/the-ruby-mccollum-story-1949/

When the world was on lock down during the COVID-19 pandemic, image consultant Kevin Samuels made waves on Instagram live coaching women. Described as a hyper masculine individual and a males male the interactions and interviews with the various women was deemed controversial.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Samuels

https://youtube.com/@bykevinsamuels?si=FbrdkCdpsnmKmm1D

https://youtu.be/jfaUgiVGFw0?si=yRxFiPyjk6TTt2jw

Living in 19th century South Africa, Baartman was orphaned at a young age and was taken advantage of young as well. Standing no more than 5 feet her body shape and proportions and the people around her very curious. Tune- in for full story.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Baartman

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35240987.amp

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Baartman

German duo Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, met at a dance seminar in Munich. Determined to be successful they worked hard until they were noticed and they were. Frank Farian, producer and writer had a project for them, their voices weren’t used but yet they performed the songs recorded tune in for full details.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milli_Vanilli

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2023/11/10/musics-biggest-scandal-the-story-of-milli-vanilli-detailed-in-new-documentary/

https://people.com/milli-vanilli-fabrice-morvan-opens-up-lip-syncing-scandal-exclusive-8380368

https://youtu.be/lGJMi2C3Tng?si=bRt3MkUHKMIG2oPl

In Wrightsville, Arkansas 1959. A dormitory with 69 sleeping African American boys ages 13-17 mysteriously caught fire… Full story inside.

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Sources: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/negro-boys-industrial-school-fire-of-1959-5500/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Negro_Boys%27_Industrial_School

https://katv.com/amp/news/local/wrightsville-21

This episode features young Robert “ yummy” Sandifer, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine “ Too young to kill too young to die.” This is a Chicago story based around the Roseland community. Tune in.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sandifer

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/11/20/i-wasn-t-a-superpredator-i-was-a-kid-who-made-a-terrible-decision

https://steemit.com/news/@intunejune/the-sad-chicago-story-of-yummy-sandifer

https://mediaburn.org/video/weekend-tv-sandifer-murder/

In this season opener we discuss Nikki Giovanni, the poet of the black revolution. Tune in for interesting facts about the writer who dreams or the dreamer who writes.

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Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikki_Giovanni

https://nikki-giovanni.com/

https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/12/clahs-giovannimemoriam.html