“They say I’m controversial and they say I’m bold, but I wasn’t nothing like Jack Johnson. They had lynchings and rapings and burnings and every time he’d fight they’d lynch Negroes and burn houses. This man was told if you beat this white man we’re going to shoot you from the audience. He said well… Continue reading Friday Flick: Unforgivable Blackness Part 2
Category: Black History Month
Thursday Talkie: Unforgivable Blackness
“I don’t know what he had…who talked to him. I’m bold, but he was crazy.”~ Muhammad Ali In the PBS movie, Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, one learns about another G.O.A.T. who many say was just as great if not out performed Muhammad Ali. His name is Jack Johnson. Johnson, the… Continue reading Thursday Talkie: Unforgivable Blackness
Sunday’s Screening: Brian’s Song
Source: Trailer Chan Brian’s Song is a movie about competition, comradery and compassion. It demonstrates how two men–one Black and one White–competed to become a starter for the Chicago Bears. That competition created some humorous situations like misinformation being shared and someone having mash potato pants. One man gets injured and the other helps him… Continue reading Sunday’s Screening: Brian’s Song