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Black American solidarity with Palestinians is rising and testing longstanding ties to Jewish allies
Read full article: Black American solidarity with Palestinians is rising and testing longstanding ties to Jewish alliesA growing number of Black Americans see the struggle of Palestinians reflected in their own struggles for racial equality and civil rights.
In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career
Read full article: In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, careerAs Jussie Smollett fights criminal charges that he lied to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist attack, his supporters are also working on a broader strategy: Ensuring the 39-year-old emerges from the scandal with his reputation and career intact, whatever the outcome of the trial.
Four singing queens share their musical talents on Live In The D
Read full article: Four singing queens share their musical talents on Live In The DMusic Monday is upon us and this week we are jamming out to the beautiful voices of four talented ladies. Angela Davis is just one-fourth of the group S.O.U.L. which stands for the Shades Of United Ladies. Davis has shared her talents on Live In The D before, but recently she joined up with three equally talented singers, Karla Pace, Ava Jay, and Bianca Barber, to create the new group. They all came together the way many of us do these days, on social media.
Angela Davis performs ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ at 2020 America’s Thanksgiving Parade
Read full article: Angela Davis performs ‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ at 2020 America’s Thanksgiving ParadeCopyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. The talented Angela Davis performs a Christmas classic in Downtown Detroit. If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.
Angela Davis performs ‘What Christmas Means to Me’ on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit
Read full article: Angela Davis performs ‘What Christmas Means to Me’ on Thanksgiving Day in DetroitCopyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. Angela Davis gives us a superb performance of “What Christmas Means to Me.”If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566.
LIVE COVERAGE: 2020 America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit
Read full article: LIVE COVERAGE: 2020 America’s Thanksgiving Parade in DetroitDETROIT – “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White,” a holiday tradition that originates from Downtown Detroit, will be a TV and online-only event this year on Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit. Themed “We Are One Together,” this year’s parade will honor frontline workers and heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. TV Schedule:6 a.m. to 8 a.m. -- “Local 4 News Today: Special Thanksgiving Edition”8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -- “America’s Thanksgiving Parade Preview with Live in the D.”9 a.m. to Noon -- “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White”Watch Live Coverage:PRIZES!! WHAT YOU’LL SEE:The parade will include floats, performers, helium balloons and Santa. Viewers will see both recorded and live elements hosted by WDIV-Local 4′s Devin Scillian, Kimberly Gill, Rhonda Walker and Evrod Cassimy.
LIVE STREAM: 2020 America’s Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit
Read full article: LIVE STREAM: 2020 America’s Thanksgiving Parade in DetroitDETROIT – “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White,” a holiday tradition that originates from Downtown Detroit, will be a TV and online-only event this year on Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit. Themed “We Are One Together,” this year’s parade will honor frontline workers and heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. TV Schedule:6 a.m. to 8 a.m. -- “Local 4 News Today: Special Thanksgiving Edition”8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -- “America’s Thanksgiving Parade Preview with Live in the D.”9 a.m. to Noon -- “America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner-White”Watch Live Coverage:PRIZES!! WHAT YOU’LL SEE:The parade will include floats, performers, helium balloons and Santa. Viewers will see both recorded and live elements hosted by WDIV-Local 4′s Devin Scillian, Kimberly Gill, Rhonda Walker and Evrod Cassimy.
History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyes
Read full article: History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyesIn this Wednesday, June 17, 2020 photo Gunnar Dedio, German film producer and managing director of PROGRESS Film GmbH poses for a photo between rolls of film in the archive of PROGRESS Film, in Leipzig, Germany. A new project is underway to digitize thousands of East German newsreels, documentaries and feature films 30 years after Germanys reunification. The East German Augenzeuge, or Eyewitness, newsreel on the Kennedy visit trumpeted the prank as a triumph, scoffing that the American president got an “unexpected surprise instead of the great view into the East German capital promised by his Secret Service” and allegedly had to cut his visit from “20 minutes to five." Germany was divided into four occupation zones after World War II, the Soviet-influenced East Germany and West Germany's American, British and French sectors. In 1950, the year after East Germany was established as a country, the authorities formed another company, Progress, as a state monopoly to distribute DEFA films and to import foreign productions.
Jay-Z, Pharrell to release new song about Black ambition
Read full article: Jay-Z, Pharrell to release new song about Black ambitionNEW YORK Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams have teamed up to release a new song about Black ambition titled Entrepreneur." Black Twitter, whats that? When Jack gets paid, do you? raps Jay-Z, referring to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. For every one Gucci, support two FUBUs.On the track, Williams sings: In this position with no choice/The system imprison young Black boys/Distract with white noise." Williams told TIME the song is about how tough it is to be an entrepreneur in our country to begin with."
Get virtual vocal lessons with this Music Monday singer
Read full article: Get virtual vocal lessons with this Music Monday singerThis weeks Music Monday Home Studio Session featured singer Angela Davis. Over quarantine she has been sharing her talent by giving vocal lessons to kids and adults. She started doing the lessons in her house before quarantine but she had to find a way to keep it going with social distancing. Today on the show she sang her new song titled Value of a Woman written by herself and her mother. Click the video above to see Angela Davis sing her new track.