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= = media type="file" key="Overjoyed.mp3" width="240" height="20" = http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/28/world/us-aide-to-meet-sudan-s-new-chiefs.html?scp=3&sq=african+american&st=nyt = =Birth Date: 1995 = =Birth Date __Ten Years__ Ago: 1985 = =**Birth Date __Twenty Years__ Ago:** 1975 = =**Birth Date __Thirty Years__ Ago:** 1965 = = = =Song: Overjoyed = =Artist: Stevie Wonder = =Release Date: 1985 = =**Genre:** R&B = =Album: In Square Circle =

**Why You Chose The Song:**
= The reason why mom chose this song was because = = this song was her favorite in 1985. This song = = was played for her wedding. She loves Stevie Wonder. = = She said if she ever saw Stevie Wonder in person she = = would cry her eyes out. I believe that Stevie Wonders = = music is great myself and I think it is truly a blessing to = = play the piano blind. Stevie Wonder is a hero to me and = = others. I thank god for Stevie Wonder. = =Article Title: U.S. Aide To Meet Sudan's New Chiefs = =Article Summary:= = This article was about the United States sending a high level of officials to Sudan for the first time every since the military crouped. The State Department officials had said that Chester A. Crocker would arrive in Khartoum for meetings with the senior Sudanese. The senior Sudanese is under leadership under General Abdel Rahman Siwar el-Dahab. General Siwar el Dehab replaced President Gaafar al- Nimeiry. He was the pro western leader who was on his way back to Sudan from Washington when he was deposed on April 6, 1985. =

=media type="file" key="02 The Sweetest Tabu.m4a" width="300" height="50"= = http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/wgpr-tv-1975-1995 = =**Song:** The Sweetest Taboo = =**Artist:** Sade = =**Release Date:** 1975 = Genre: ** R&B ** =**Album:** Promise = = **Why You Chose The Song:** = = The reason why my Aunt Mimi chose this song was because my Aunt Mimi really loved this song during 1985. She had said that she was = = a big fan of Sade and that all of her songs were calming. For some reason she had said her songs made you think that you were at the beach. She play's Sade's song's when she clean's her house and drives in her car. = =**Article Title:** WGPR-TV = =**Article Summary:**= =** WGPR-TV first aired on September **= =** 29, 1975 on channel 62 in Detroit Michigan. This was a big thing in the year of 1975 because this station was ran by african americans and it was successful. The founder of the WGPR-TV, William Venoid Banks said that he tried to market the station towards urban audiences in Detroit Michigan. This station was aired in some parts of the suburbs but it was mainly in urban parts of the city. The Masons owned the majority of stock in WGPR-TV. The station broadcast mostly religious shows, R&B music shows, off network dramas, syndicated shows and older cartoons. **=

= = media type="file" key="Do You Believe In Magic.mp3" width="240" height="20" = http://ourweekly.com/issues-archive/1965-watts-riots = =**Song:** Do You Believe In Magic = =**Artist:** John Sebastians = =**Release Date:** 1965 = =**Genre:** Rock and Roll = =**Album:** The Lovin' Spoonful = =**Why You Chose The Song:**= = The reason why my grandmother chose this song wasbecause back then this was her most favorite hit in 1965. She had said that this song really taught her that all things are possible to happen and that you should have faith no matter what is happening. Also this song was very groovy back then and it was one of the most popular songs in the 60's. John Sebastians is one of my grandmothers favorite singers. = =Article Title: 1965 Watts Riots = =Article Summary:= = 1965 was one of the darkest years America had to face. There was plenty of racism and discrimination of African Americans. African Americans had struggled a lot with trying to get there freedom and have peace. Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the most powerful men and he had organized a march for Freedom. Most of he southern parts had riots. One Riot was called the Watts Riot. A man named Eldridge Cleaver had wrote a poem from the Riots. = = Poem: = = ‘They walking in fours and kicking in doors; dropping Reds and busting heads; drinking wine and committing crime, shooting and looting, high-siding and low-riding, setting fires and slashing tires; turning over cars and burning down bars; making Parker mad and making me glad; putting an end to that ‘go slow’ crap and putting sweet Watts on the map -my Black ass is in Folsom but my Black heart is in Watts!’ —from “Soul on Ice,” by Eldridge Cleaver, 1968. = = = = This was a very important event that many people should be aware of and that they should take this in consideration. = = =