The Amandla Collective Presents
“Black History 2020: Decade of the African Diaspora — The Power of Melanin”
Featuring special music programs, from Gospel and Jazz to Funk, A History
of Black History Month, archival speeches from Malcolm X, an interview with
Erica Huggins, the role of Historical Black Colleges, A Tribute: Black
Panthers 50th Anniversary Show, A “history of message music” with a
compilation that begins with Spirituals, thru Strange Fruit, Civil Rights Jazz,
Nina’s “Mississippi Goddamn” and into soul music, the 70s funk, 80s Prince,
with a bit of hip hop as the finale, all this and more.