An essay by James Baldwin, born 1924.
Life in 1955: pp
The Tsar Bomba vs other bombs and 1950's footage of the blast
experimentation on gays and blacks
Leukerbad Switzerland
Colorado comparisons: "Very" small towns
On black hair: I Love My Hair
James Baldwin interviews: on the "n" word and on his growing up in Harlem.
James Baldwin: where are you from? and, the even more subtle threat of the Bible.
The "economic arrangements of the Western World prove to be too expensive for the rest of the world; and the rest of the world can change these arrangements, or these arrangements will be changed for them. This is beneath all the rhetoric and all those shameful speeches... coming from my President"
The Birmingham Campaign 1963
and the Emmett Till case: 1955 that galvanized the civil rights movement, and the Brown vs Board of Ed case in 1954.
So, to solve the inequality problem:
"I could be a good American, or I can ally myself on the side of what I seriously consider to be a criminal nation..." The Black Panther Movement video and student protest/ policing the police
... vs. Martin Luther King's stance of peaceful protest.
The rage of the disesteemed: The Birmingham campaign 1963 and the Selma March of 1965 that lead to "Bloody Sunday."
Michael Brown autopsy and verdict: NPR and video after the shooting. What CNN reported shortly after the shooting.
Rage and protest at verdict of trial: A City Reacts
Spike Lee: comments on Tyler Perry-esque movies...buffoonery.
You be the judge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCd4wH-SlCE
Tyler Perry's response to Oprah.
On being a hybrid - I am terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in my country. [They do not recognize my humanity.] I base this on their conduct, not what they say..... they have become, in themselves, moral monsters.
The Cathedral at Chartres
Carol of the Bells - nuns
The Mormon Tabernacle choir: Carol of the Bells
Mannheim Steamroller carol of the bells Trans-Siberian Orchestra Carol of the Bells
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir: Lux Aurumque
Coventry Carol from Assyria
Plantation Dancing
African Dancing and warrior/hunter athleticism
Cab Calloway and the Brothers: the American experience
Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling / Jailhouse Rock / Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal
Gene Kelly Singing in the Rain Step UP2