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The Soul Of Sesame Street – Roosevelt Franklin

“Hail to thee our alma mater Roosevelt Franklin High! Elementary School Elementary School.”

July 15, 2012 4 Comments

The Soul Of Sesame Street – Soul Alphabet

One thing that I loved about watching Sesame Street was that you would often see your favorite Black actors, musicians and athletes hanging out with

July 15, 2012 No Comments

Zoom

Zoom was a television series that originally ran from 1972 to 1978 on PBS. The series was produced by WGBH-TV in Boston. That’s Zoom, Z-DOUBLE

July 15, 2012 No Comments

The Gong Show

One of my favorite shows from the 1970’s was The Gong Show. I loved Gene Gene The Dancing Machine, The Unknown Comic and the judges

July 15, 2012 No Comments

The Electric Company

The Electric Company was an educational children’s television series produced by the Children’s Television Workshop (now called Sesame Workshop) for PBS. The Electric Company ran for 780

July 15, 2012 No Comments

Montford Point Marines Commemorative Bronze Medal

A Congressional Gold Medal was collectively awarded to the Montford Point Marines in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service to their country during World War

June 28, 2012 No Comments

Is The Father Black Enough? circa 1972

Every now and then I get surprised when I find a poster from the 1970’s Blaxploitation era that I haven’t seen before. Is The Father

April 13, 2012 No Comments

Cosmic Slop – A Brillant Piece of Work!

Cosmic Slop is a thought-provoking trilogy created by Reginald Hudlin, executive produced by Reginald and his brother Warrington Hudlin, which aired on HBO in 1994. Hosted

April 13, 2012 4 Comments

“Dumpin Em All” with DJ NU-MARK and Company

The Museum of UnCut Funk was contacted by a brother named Trevor who hipped us to a track called “Dumpin Em All”… the first thing

April 6, 2012 No Comments

DJ Skeme Richards “The Nostagia King” and Lance Pilgrim Interview

I came across DJ Skeme Richards blog by pure luck. After spending some time reading his blog entries I was impressed with his love for

March 17, 2012 No Comments

Johnny Mathis Comic Ads Circa 1950’s

Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas, the fourth of seven children of Clem Mathis and his wife, Mildred Boyd. The family moved to San Francisco, California, settling on

February 20, 2012 No Comments

Roger Corman’s Cult Classics

The history of the cinema is dotted with “a-star-is-born” films: James Cagney in “Public Enemy,” Boris Karloff in “Frankenstein,” Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky,” Robert De

January 16, 2012 No Comments