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Black etc podcast

@blacketcpod.bsky.social
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a podcast about how culture and ideas spread among Black Americans, especially outside of mass media. blacketcpod.com

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Somebody’s Auntie 🤷🏾‍♀️ @hausofbawdy.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
For October, I’m gonna start honoring Black Icons in the Horror Genre. RIP Tony Todd
Tony Yodd as CandymanTony Todd as William Bludworth in Final Destination
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On The Groove Line @onthegrooveline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI, check out our discussion of "Songs In The Key Of Life" as the world celebrates its 50th anniversary #MusicSky www.youtube.com/live/Vwx7Rdm...
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On The Groove Line LIVE: Songs In The Key Of Life turns 50!
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
New episode on the history of Black barbershops w/ Dr. Quincy T. Mills: blacketcpod.com/episodes/026-quincy-mills
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The History and Politics of Black Barbershops (w/ Dr. Quincy Mills) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Dr. Quincy T. Mills, who is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland in addition to serving as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for Graduate ...
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17/09/2026
NEW — This weekend, those interested in Chicago-style steppin’ can partake in what’s sure to be a good time. On Sept. 19, The 35th Annual World’s Largest Steppers Competition will take place at the Tinley Park Convention Center in the south suburb. thetriibe.com/2026/09/the-...
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The world’s largest steppers set is this weekend, keeping the Chicago dance’s legacy alive • The TRiiBE
Thousands of steppers and spectators from around the world will descend on Tinley Park this weekend..
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PINNLAND EMPIRE @pinnlandempire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“When I watched it [Ghost Dog] a long time ago there was this feeling where I was like, 'Oh there's this man that lives in an urban environment that wants to follow some kind of ancient code” - Bassam Tariq, @HuffPost Ghost Dog/Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother #sidebyside
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Ernesto Olivo 🇲🇽 @ernestolivo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today we remember Frankie Beverly, legendary singer, songwriter, and creative force behind Maze, on the 2nd anniversary of his passing. 🙏🏽🤎
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soulfoodetc @soulfoodetc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New blog post about the new annual family tradition I started with my wife and her family several years ago: foraging for paw paws and using them to create new recipes: soulfoodetc.com/blog/the-family-paw-paw-hunt-a-new-tradition-based-on-an-old-fruit
pawpaw meringue piesplit paw paw with the yellow flesh pushed outbasket of harvested pawpawsfar shot of a pawpaw in a tree.
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Just wanted to note that I should have been addressing her as Dr. J.e. Franklin, as she received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Lehman College in 2024. My apologies to Dr. Franklin.
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New episode with producer, writer, critic Patrick L. Riley on the history of the word "diva" to describe Black women icons. blacketcpod.com/episodes/025-patrick-riley
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How Black Women Icons Became "Divas" (w/ Patrick L. Riley) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is award winning independent producer, writer, critic, and Diana Ross superfan Patrick L. Riley. His book, That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me , provid...
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The 51st @51st.news · 03/09/2026
NEW: September is peak pawpaw season in the mid-Atlantic. As @ecwilliams.bsky.social learned, once you start looking for the tropical-tasting fruit, you'll see them everywhere. Here's where to find one for yourself — and why you shouldn't miss the window:
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It’s pawpaw season. Where can you find the fruit around DC?
The delicious fruit is abundant throughout the D.C. region. Here's how to get your paws on “nature’s best kept secret.”
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Melvin Gibbs @melvingibbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
she’s singing on a another dimension now RIP Cassandra Wilson youtu.be/oowxVZEejgU?...
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Harriet Tubman ft. Cassandra Wilson | Live at BRIC House
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Again. Again. It was just the usual white supremecist double standard the first dozen times. After Arday‘s sad, avoidable tragedy it feels like more than the usual distraction. They want to gaslight us to death. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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bomani @bomani-jones.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Bomani is joined by Jason England for the final episode of his Kaepernick retrospective series! They explore whether Kaepernick's action sparked a lasting movement or if it was simply a moment in time, reflect on the public silence Kaepernick maintained after 2017, and more! 📺 youtu.be/kWdQEabUUZo
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Why Kaepernicks protest failed to spark a movement | Bomani Jones
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This whole series reflecting on the Kaepernick saga has been great, but this episode with Jason England was special. There are many parallels to my discussion with him re: the bankrupt "can't knock the hustle" sellout ethos in hiphop & the culture at large: blacketcpod.com/episodes/020-jason-england
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Can’t Knock the Hustle: The Dismal Ethos of Modern Hip Hop and Black Culture (w/ Jason A. England) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Jason A. England, acclaimed writer, cultural critic, and English professor. We use Jason's controversial piece lamenting the state of popular hip hop as an entry point int...
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I spoke with J.e. Franklin, the writer of the original "Black Girl" stage play, about this film & how it differed from her vision. blacketcpod.com/episodes/013-je-franklin
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Black Theatre, Education, and the “Black Arts Movement” (w/ J.e. Franklin) — Black etc. podcast
The guest for this episode is renowned playwright, author, educator, and activist J.e. Franklin. Ms. Franklin is the founder and producing artistic director of Harlem's Blackgirl Ensemble Theater, Inc...
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New episode with artist and scholar Dr. Paulette Richards. We explore the African roots of Black object performance and puppetry in the U.S.: blacketcpod.com/episodes/024-paulette-richards
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The History of African American Object Performance and Puppetry (w/ Dr. Paulette Richards) — Black etc. podcast
Dr. Paulette Richards is a celebrated artist, educator, performer, and author who studies the meaning of puppets, masks, and other performing objects in the African diaspora. She joins me for this epi...
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Elliot C. Williams @ecwilliams.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Anyone here a fan of harvesting pawpaw fruit in and around DC? Where do you find them? And are there restaurants, shops, or pop-ups where you can find them on menus? Let me know!
A ripe pawpaw fruit.Pawpaws on a tree.
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Dart Adams @dartadams.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
…If you grow up watching Black affairs programming in your home seeing people like James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Nikki Giovanni, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, etc. and hearing MLK Jr., Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Stokely Carmichael, etc. speeches in the music you listen to? You’re better prepared for advocacy
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On The Groove Line @onthegrooveline.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In 1976, The Isley Brothers struck gold once again with "Harvest For The World", a socially conscious album with two of the band's biggest ballads thrown in for good measure. For our Friday live show, we discussed the impact of "Harvest For The World" #MusicSky www.youtube.com/live/UTO7EWx...
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On The Groove Line LIVE: Harvest For The World by The Isley Brothers 50 years later
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Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I def am going to keep writing pieces in this note taking style. It’s rather fun to write and structure. I’ll be posting one on IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT soon. A lot of thoughts bubbled up after a rewatch about the psychological costs of so-called black excellence and the legacy of Poitier.
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ProfKori @profkori.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This summer, Black scholars in THE NEW YORK TIMES and THE ATLANTIC have become spectacles. Meanwhile, white mediocrity remains OUT of the spotlight. Notice that and save your sanity! www.korithamitchell.com/seeing-black...
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Seeing Black Scholars Targeted, Noticing What Too Many Miss - Koritha Mitchell
The New York Times placed an ugly spotlight on a Black scholar in mid-July and on another (across the pond in England) a few weeks later. These stories revolved around Black individuals, but the frami...
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New ep. w/ geographer and U. Kentucky Associate Professor, Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon: blacketcpod.com/episodes/023-priscilla-mccutcheon
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Black Geographies: Spirituality, Food, and Place (w/ Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon) — Black etc. podcast
The guest for this episode is geographer and scholar Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon, who is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Kentucky. We discussed the concept of Black geographies...
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026
There are so many incredible Black scholars in academia who have produced theoretically powerful, methodologically rigorous work & yet publications are desperate to give attention to one who has decided to leverage his grievance agenda into a career. Please learn from Black scholars doing the work
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rudy Giuliani was called AMERICA'S MAYOR on magazine covers for a year and everyone in the city hated him
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congratulations to Anela for releasing the 1st episode of her Black owned business series Our Block: youtu.be/ahGp4fjXmcY?si=Wh1D2mfGQ_wutXN4
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Black-Owned Baltimore: The Food City America Keeps Getting Wrong
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are you not infotained @alopex-ii.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Trib Ed board deciding how to react to young people downtown
Family guy skin color chart meme
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New episode with Pittsburgh jazz bassist, professor, and music educator Paul Thompson: blacketcpod.com/episodes/022-paul-thompson
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The Bass Line: The Influence of Jazz Bass and Music Learning in the Internet Era (w/ Paul Thompson) — Black etc. podcast
My guest is accomplished jazz bassist, professor, and public music educator Paul Thompson. We discuss the influence of jazz bass on other genres, the regional differences in jazz styles, and the vibra...
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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
man, jason is my nigga for real. a solid, solid cat. thanks for sharing this.
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This piece is so on point. Jason England & I discussed this very thing (Jay-Z & other rappers as avatars for sellout values) a couple weeks ago: blacketcpod.com/episodes/020-jason-england
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Can’t Knock the Hustle: The Dismal Ethos of Modern Hip Hop and Black Culture (w/ Jason A. England) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Jason A. England, acclaimed writer, cultural critic, and English professor. We use Jason's controversial piece lamenting the state of popular hip hop as an entry point int...
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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 23/07/2026
we can never divorce ourselves from our history, as much as many skinfolk try, so our art will ALWAYS be colored by it--good, bad, or indifferent, even if they all disappeared today
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
new episode with Dr. Kimberly Thomas McNair on t-shirts and Black protest movements: blacketcpod.com/episodes/021-kimberly-mcnair
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The Role of T-Shirts in Black Protest Movements (w/ Dr. Kimberly McNair) — Black etc. podcast
The guest for this episode is Dr. Kimberly Thomas McNair, Lecturer in the Department of African and African American Studies at Stanford University. One of Dr. McNair's major research projects is expl...
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The 51st @51st.news · 19/07/2026
The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos — showing new views of the city from 1947 through 1959. Find anything interesting? Let us know!
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Check out thousands of photos of midcentury D.C.
The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos
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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Over the weekend, my investigation on dropshipping digital blackface scams was published by @theverge.com: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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AI avatars in digital blackface want to sell you this belt buckle
Can race, guilt, and empathy get you to pay $40 for this $9 belt buckle on TikTok?
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
new episode ft. writer, cultural critic, and professor Jason A. England: blacketcpod.com/episodes/020-jason-england
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Can’t Knock the Hustle: The Dismal Ethos of Modern Hip Hop and Black Culture (w/ Jason A. England) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Jason A. England, acclaimed writer, cultural critic, and English professor. We use Jason's controversial piece lamenting the state of popular hip hop as an entry point int...
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
it's really quite astonishing on how few major works have been done on this towering lady. But 151 years ago today, the child of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 in South Carolina. Bethune literally connects the end of slavery to the civil rights era
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit. The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune by Noliwe Rooks
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
George E. Johnson, the pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur who created Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, has died
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George E. Johnson, pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur and Afro Sheen creator, has died
George E. Johnson, the pioneering Black hair care entrepreneur who created Ultra Sheen and Afro Sheen, has died. He was 99.
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Xavier D’Leau @xavierdleau.com · 03/07/2026
they is sharp, okay?!
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New episode ft. Anela Malik: blacketcpod.com/episodes/019-anela-malik
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Black Food, Black Travel, and Online Black Culture (w/ Anela Malik) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Anela Malik, who is a writer, speaker, food and travel enthusiast, and social media influencer. She is the author of the book American Soul: The Black History of Food in ...
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Just wanted to say that I think his best performance is in To Sleep With Anger. He was great in The Color Purple, but the film version of that character was kind of a flattened cartoon villain. In TSWA, he is basically playing the devil incarnate in a modern folk story, but it feels realistic.
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On The Groove Line @onthegrooveline.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yep! Takes a second to get going, but when it does, it's super solid.
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is one of those "you either get it or you don't" albums. I happen to love it. From the jump, the music starting basically mid-groove makes it feel like a movie starting in media res.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 27/06/2026
What happens to the gentrified?
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Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 24/06/2026
I desperately want this to be AI
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
New episode w/ ethnomusicologist & traditional blues practitioner Lamont Jack Pearley of the Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation & The African American Folklorist magazine: blacketcpod.com/episodes/018-lamont-jack-pearley
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Documenting Blues People and Black Folklore (w/ Lamont Jack Pearley) — Black etc. podcast
My guest for this episode is Lamont Jack Pearley, Executive Director and founder of Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation & the African American Folklorist Magazine . He is an appli...
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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
forgot to post photos here from baby's first big Bill Duke weekend
Bill Duke (Mac) and Richard Chaves (Poncho) sitting in front of the screen for a Q&A - Duke dripped out in a mustard/marigold tracksuit, Chaves in a denim/chambray shirt over a gray tee and black jeans Vidiots screen that reads PREDATOR 35MM / Bill Duke and Richard Chaves in person / Sun Jun 21 at 3pm with iconic shot of Dutch's and Dillon's clasped hands and enormous biceps, some guy's foot in frame wearing air pressure Nikes that I really want, carpet looking extremely cobalt blue Vidiots marquee that reads DEEP COVER in shades of blue with multicolored lights underneath Vidiots marquee that reads A WEEKEND WITH BILL DUKE in multicolored letters with multicolored lights underneath
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soulfoodetc @soulfoodetc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Update: since they've been caught red-handed, they recently took down the Hungry Historian website and renamed the YouTube channel to Potlikker (youtube.com/@Potlikker_Official).
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At Potlikker, we tell African American history through the food that carried it: Sunday dinners, church suppers, Juneteenth tables, and the everyday cooking that became some of the best this country h...
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soulfoodetc @soulfoodetc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Thanks to @cjmp4.bsky.social for boosting and extending the investigation! youtu.be/y9FQziFeFe0?si=hd5uyO0E8RDuT60Y
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Exposing The Hungry Historian's A.I. Blackface
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On The Groove Line @onthegrooveline.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Frankie Knuckles left his hometown of New York City for Chicago in 1977 and became a central figure in genre that would soon become a world favorite; House music. Day 20 of our #BMM30 series discusses the life and legacy of Frankie Knuckles #BlackMusicMonth #MusicSky youtu.be/-ztxuVGEvTU?...
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Frankie Knuckles in the House! #pridemonth #bmm30 #blackmusicmonth
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On The Groove Line @onthegrooveline.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Melvin Lindsey, alongside Cathy Hughes, created a radio format that changed Black radio and Black music forever in the Quiet Storm on WHUR back in the mid-70s. Check out On The Groove Line's #BMM30 series as we honor Melvin Lindsey #BlackMusicMonth #MusicSky youtu.be/G9s7RLqgl8M?...
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Black etc podcast @blacketcpod.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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8Ball & MJG: Tiny Desk Concert
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