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MESSAGE FROM THE BLACK BRAINTRUST
July 16, 2019 Host: Dr. William Rogers
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The Socio-Economic Side of the Negro Baseball League
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The Black Reality Think Tank will host a discussion on the Negro Baseball Leagues as a financial opportunity for the Black Community during the 1920’s and 30’s. Our guest is Mr. Dennis Biddle founder of Yesterday’s Nego Baseball League, LLC. Mr. Biddle will discuss his role in the history of Negro Baseball and its impact on the Black Community economically and socially.
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Black Reality Think Tank With Dr.William Rogers; Interview with Marvin X
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!['WRITING IS FIGHTING! DECLARING WAR ON PAPER Tuesday 7/17/18 â 8pm (eastern time) Steaming live on www.timeforanawakening.com The Black Reality Think Tank will feature one the great African American poets and writers of our time, Marvin X. Jackmon. Because of X's affiliations with Black Panther activists of the day (Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver) and his work in Black theater with Ed Bullins, X is considered one of the major essayists and playwrights of the Black Aesthetics Movement.[2] Marvin attended Oaklandâs Merritt College where he encountered fellow students who organized the Black Panther Party. He indicates they taught him Black Nationalism. Marvinâs first play Flowers for the Trashman was produced by the Drama department at San Francisco State University, 1965. Marvin X went on to establish his own Black Arts West Theatre in the Fillmore, 1966, along with playwright Ed Bullins. Months later Marvin would co-found Black House with Eldridge Cleaver, 1967. Marvin introduced Eldridge Cleaver to Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Eldridge immediately joined the Black Panther Party. Huey Newton said, âMarvin X was my teacher, many of our comrades came from his Black Arts Theatre: Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, Emory Douglas and Samuel Napier.â One of the movers and shakers of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) Marvin X has published 30 books, including essays, poetry, and his autobiography Somethinâ Proper. Important books include Fly to Allah, poems, Beyond Religion, toward Spirituality, essays on consciousness, and How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, a manual based on the 12 step Recovery model.'](https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p160x160/37070670_2086906248234575_8435230192120627200_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=1d5e8944dfe0a5007c0e3c92749cee42&oe=5C13339C)
The Black Reality Think Tank will feature one the great African American poets and writers of our time, Marvin X. Jackmon. Because of X’s affiliations with Black Panther activists of the day (Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale and Eldridge Cleaver) and his work in Black theater with Ed Bullins, X is considered one of the major essayists and playwrights of the Black Aesthetics Movement.
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IT’S NATION TIME!: HOW DO WE “NATION BUILD” FOR THE SURVIVAL OF OUR PEOPLE?
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This weeks conversation on The Black Reality Think Tank will focus on understanding and creating a viable agenda, curriculum, and blueprint that will lead to nationhood and sovereignty for Africans living in America.
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