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WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEW IN THE OLD AND OLD IN THE NEW, WE BECOME ACUTELY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THINGS STAY THE SAME. THUS, RBG STREET SCHOLARS THINK TANK HAS CHOSEN TO DRAW LESSONS FROM AND USE AS A MODEL THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT OF THE 1960’S” AS A SPRINGBOARD TO EXCITE AND INSPIRE THE EVOLUTION OF A 21ST CENTURY CONSCIOUS HIP-HOP/RAP REVOLUTION.
REFERRED TO AS “THE ARTISTIC SISTER OF THE BLACK POWER MOVEMENT,” THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT STANDS AS THE SHORTEST, BUT NONETHELESS SINGLE MOST POWERFUL MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE/CREATIVE PRODUCTIONS—POSSIBLY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE AS A WHOLE. A COMBINATION OF POETRY, MUSIC, PLAYWRITING/THEATER AND LITERATURE, IT SIGNIFICANCE HAS BEEN MARGINALIZED AND ACCUSED OF BEING REVERSELY RACIST BY OUR ACADEMICS— BUT I KNOW BETTER, AS I DON’T OFFER THIS SCHOOL AS A STERILE, OBJECTIVE HANDS OFF PRODUCT. MY LISTENING TO AND STUDYING THE PEOPLE DEPICTED ABOVE AND THROUGHOUT THIS CURRICULUM ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR ME NOT BEING YOUR TYPICAL RED, WHITE AND BLUE INCONSEQUENTIAL BLACK DOCTOR; AND THUS, WILLING AND ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PRODUCT THAT SPEAKS TO OUR PLIGHT.
I HAVE A DREAM OF HIP-HOP AND RAP LEARNING FROM AND BUILDING ON THE BAM CONTRIBUTION; IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE ORIGINAL RAPPERS. THE BAM FUNDAMENTALLY FORCED CHANGE OF WHITE ACADEMIC AMERICAN’S ATTITUDES BOTH TOWARD THE FUNCTION AND MEANING OF BLACK LITERATURE AND ART. ITS MAJOR THEMES WERE BEAUTY, LOVE, POWER AND REVOLUTION. MY DREAM GOES LIKE THIS—FORTY YEARS FROM NOW WHEN OUR YET TO BE BORN READ ABOUT HIP-HOP/RAP THE RECORDINGS WILL SAY “THE MOVEMENT FUNDAMENTALLY FORCED CHANGE OF WHITE AMERICAN’S ATTITUDES. ALTHOUGH IT SUFFERED SOME UPS AND DOWNS, IT EVOLVED FULL CIRCLE AND LEAD A MOVEMENT WHOS THEMES WERE BEAUTY, LOVE, POWER AND REVOLUTION.
IN THE WORDS OF SEKOU TOURE “TO US, REVOLUTION MEANS THE COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT INITIATED BY A GROUP OF MEN OR BY A WHOLE PEOPLE, AND SUPPORTED BY THEIR CONSCIOUS DETERMINATION TO CHANGE AN OLD DEGRADING ORDER INTO A NEW, PROGRESSIVE ORDER IN VIEW OF ENSURING THE SAFEGUARD AND DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS, WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION WHATSOEVER.
THE PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION, TO US, REMAINS THUS A COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS IN MOTION, AND A COLLECTIVE MOVEMENT GUIDED BY CONSCIENCE AND WHOSE ULTIMATE AIM IS THE CONTINUED PROGRESS OF MAN AND THE PEOPLE.” (FROM: SEKOU TOURE REVOLUTION AND RELIGION—EXCERPTS FROM ENHANCING THE PEOPLE’S POWER).
DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE ORIGINAL BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Message To RBG Family: Revolutionary Warfare-ReBirth of a Nation - RBG Street ScholarTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE RBG KNOWLEDGE DROP SQUAD CORE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN OUR YOUTH OF THE PAST-THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY FOR SELF-DEFENSE (BPP). DURING THE LATE 1960’S AND EARILY 1970’S THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES INCLUDED HEALTH SCREENINGS, FOOD AND CLOTHING BANKS, CHILD AND YOUTH EDUCATION AND OF COURSE SELF-DEFENSE AGAINST POLICE BRUITALITY. MANY OF THEM WERE MURDER BY U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSAINS AND TERRORIST IN THE NAME OF THE F.B.I.’S COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM.
True heroes, such as Black Panther founder Huey P. Newton, George Jackson and Jonathan Jackson, Bunchy Carter, John Huggins, Fred Hampton, Mark Clark, and so many others who gave their very lives to the black liberation struggle.
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RBG Custom Designed Photo-Music Videos Demonstration - RBG Street Scholar
