Jesse Jackson

Operation Breadbasket, the seed of PUSH

I have dedicated a number of posts here at Darkjive to the PUSH Expo, a 1970s exercise in Black Economic Empowerment (or Black Power as it was then known). The PUSH Expo phenomenon was borne from the seed of Operation Breadbasket (a department of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference), but the roots…

September 5, 2009

ayanacontreras

Chicago Cultural History, Commentary, Jive Culture

Chicago History, Civil Rights, community building, economic empowerment, food justice, Great Migration, inner city, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, operation breadbasket, PUSH Expo, Race, Ralph Abernathy, SCLC, urbanism
Wattstax (1973) Cult Movie of the Week

Movie trailer for the 1973 black documentary, Wattstax. Perhaps the closet thing to “BLACKstock” we’ll ever see. Great performances from Memphis’ Stax Recording artists of the time and an indelible message of unity, self-determination, and respect (and fly fashion). I can’t be 100% certain, but I’m pretty sure that the chemical pink ensemble (complete with white,…

June 12, 2009

ayanacontreras

Arts & Culture, Cult Movie of the Week, Film and Television, Music, the Goodness

black film, Cult Movie of the Week, film, Jesse Jackson, Richard Pryor, Staple Singers, Watts, Wattstax