Roger+B.10

10-20-30

﻿﻿1985﻿ : Music- We Are the World  media type="file" key="We Are the World - Lionel Richie, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson.mp3" width="215" height="17" Who- USA for Africa Why- this song was made so awareness could be made about the spread of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases, a very big topic of African American culture at the time. Event- [|Jesse Jackson] Summary- Jesse Jackson, 1984 became the first African American to run for Presidency, for the democratic party. Jesse's in the campaign focused on tending and caring for the people insted of the war and the military.

1975 : Music- The Jam  media type="file" key="The Jam edited.mp3" width="215" height="17" Who- Grand Central Station Why-This song stared in the parties back then and can still keep the people moving the group was also made up of all African American males. Event-  [|"The Wiz"]  Summary- A Broadway production that was awarded 7 tony awards was the turning point to a colored, Afro-American, version of "The Wizard of Oz", and on January 5, 1975 "The Wiz" hit the bright lights of broadway. The production won many awards and was later turned into a movie in 1978      <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">﻿1965 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">:  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">Music- I Feel Good  media type="file" key="James Brown - I Feel Good (1).mp3" width="215" height="17" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Artist- James Brown Album- I Got You (I Feel Good) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Year-1965 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Why- This song that James brown made got colored people away from their surrounding time of racial segregation when african americans wanted equal rights <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Event- [|The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU)] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Summary- Nationalist leaders such as Malcolm X and John Henrik Clarke on June 24, 1964 in Harlem, New York founded The Organization of Afro-American Unity. The group was formed to reconnect Africans Americans with their African heritage, establish economic independence, and promote African American self-determination. They would do this by "The Basic Unity Program." This needed Restoration, Reorientation, Education, Economic Security, and Self-Defense (as a means of promoting Pan-African unity and interests). A focus on education as the primary means of repairing the damages of slavery, economic discrimination, and physical violence directed towards African Americans.