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David
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David
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Each
BrotherMan knew, in his own way, that a new day was coming, and
it was time for us as people, to
get ready,
in the words of BrotherMan songwriter/singer Curtis Mayfield.
They
also knew and heeded the song of another group of BrotherMen,
the
Four Tops:
"In the garden that you've seeded, be a friend when a friend
is needed/Then you won't have to look the other way."
And
so each of these artists/activists at a particular time in their
history and careers, set about the privilege of continuing to
be able to call the name of the ancestors, through music, dance,
photography and philanthropic work, thereby passing on the charge
and cultural responsibility to all African Americans, which is
to continue to "Keep
on children, don't you get weary..."
ESSAY
CONTINUES ON INDIVIDUAL ARTIST PAGES.
Artist Pages
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Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
>> Chester
Higgins Jr.
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Roussève
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Staples
Links of Interest
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African American
World
>>
Library
of Congress: African American Odyssey
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The Anacostia
Museum & the Center for African American History and Culture
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Schomburg
Center for Research in Black Culture
>> Archives
of African American Music & Culture
>> The
Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
>> The
Museum of African American History Detroit
>> Museum
of Afro American History Boston
>> The
DuSable Museum of African-American History
>> Time.com:
Celebrating Black History
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