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#28DaysOdBlackHistory #Day15  I’m battling a…

#28DaysOdBlackHistory #Day15 

I’m battling a migraine so I’m going to make this quick. In January 1923 a little town in Florida called Rosewood a massacre occurred. A white woman in a neighboring town made a false claim she was raped by a black drifter.

The events sparked from this lie resulted in black’s being hunted down and lynched for about 6 days. Rosewood was a predominantly black town, and the residents left their homes to hide in the woods. Rosewood was literally burned to the ground.

They say the casualty count was only 6 blacks and 2 whites. But reports differ, I’ve heard upward 40 or more blacks were hunted down like dogs and exterminated.

Look up the movie Rosewood with Don Cheadle, but be forewarned, you will be hurt and pissed off.

Racism is wack, let’s do better!

#28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day13 Before Money Mayweather, before…

#28DaysOfBlackHistory #Day13

Before Money Mayweather, before Roy Jones Jr, before Sugar Ray Leonard, before Muhammad Ali, before The Brown Bomber, Joe Louis there was Jack Johnson. In his time he was the most famous & notorious African American on the planet, and also the 1st Black Heavyweight Boxing Champ

At 16 he moved to Manhattan and lived with Joe Walcott, a welterweight fighter from the West Indies. Jack got a job as a janitor in a gym and saved up to buy some boxing gloves. Working with Walcott and gym owner Berneau, Jack developed his boxing style.

Jack’s style was defensive, he’d make his opponents miss, tire them out, then become the aggressor. He rarely looked for the knockout.

Back then black’s couldn’t be recognized as “heavyweight champs” but that all changed in 1908 a day after Christmas when Johnson became heavyweight champ by defeating Tommy Burns in 14 rounds.

On July 4th 1910 the man that ducked Johnson for the longest, James Jeffries came out of retirement to challenge JJ in what would be called “The Fight Of The Century”. In front of 20,000 ppl Jeffries was dominated by Johnson and in the 15th round Jeffries corner threw in the towel (pu**ies lol). Johnson’s victory triggered a few race riots in 25 of the 50 states, 20 were killed and 100’s injured.

In the words of ESPN’s Mark Jackson “mama there goes that man”. Just the name Jack Johnson spills out power 👊💥

#Top10HipHopLoveSongs #2 Jay Z’s “Song Cry” …

#Top10HipHopLoveSongs #2

Jay Z’s “Song Cry” :::

I may never be able to “book 1st class to change the forecast” for me and my lady. But, this hustler’s recollection of the one who got away painted the picture of rags to riches, and losing your love vividly. I’m saying though, we “know the way he was living was wack, but you don’t get a n***a back like that”

Who didn’t see the sincerity in Hov during Unplugged when Jaguar Wright was killing the vocals and The Roots mashed up “I Need Love”!?

Then there was the hook, “I can’t see em’ comin down my eyes, so I gotta make the song cry”

The part that resonated with me the most was “They say you can’t turn a bad girl good, but once a good girls gone bad, she’s gone forever, I’ll mourn forever. Shit, I gotta live with the fact, I did you wrong forever” 😩😩😩 (been there and it makes me feel like sh** still to this day)

Damn…… “It’s f**ked up girl”