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Sister Rosetta Tharpe: Born: March 20, 1915 Cotton Plant, Arkansas, U.S. Died: October 9, 1973 (aged 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Let us but forget this great pioneer of American Music that is not even spoken of in most Music History Courses; she's a famous gospel singer but also the mother of rock and roll. Your favorite classic rockers and stars from other classic genres loved her: Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley, Isaac Hayes, Aretha Franklin, Meat Loaf, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Mahalia Jackson, Karen Carpenter, George Melly, Tina Turner and plenty more. She is a legend of legends and should be celebrated as such. Reposted from @pushing_black Today in Black History we celebrate Sister Rosetta Tharpe • One of the most celebrated musicians of all time, Sister Rosetta Tharpe enjoyed a celebrity in the 1940s rarely attained by gospel musicians before or since. "She could play a guitar like nobody else you've ever seen," her friend Roxie Moore said. "People would flock to see her. Everybody loved her." Ira Tucker Jr., the son of the legendary gospel singer Ira Tucker of the Dixie Hummingbirds, put it simply: "She was a rock star." • More than just popular, Tharpe was also groundbreaking, profoundly impacting American music history by pioneering the guitar technique that would eventually evolve into the rock and roll style played by Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Eric Clapton. However, despite her great popularity and influence on music history, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was first and foremost a gospel musician who shared her spirituality with all those who listened to her music. Her epitaph reads, "She would sing until you cried and then she would sing until you danced for joy. She helped to keep the church alive and the saints rejoicing." #SisterRosettaTharpe #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #blackisbeautiful #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AmericanHistory #USHistory #AfricanAmericanHistory #MusicHistory #BlackRock #RockAndRoll (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLEx8VbBWPf/?igshid=1s81qx5clfcil

Reposted from @sister.resistor - Repost @pushing_black by @media.repost: ••••••••••••••••••• How dumb do you look as a Black person arguing against reparations when even this white lady descended from the largest slave owning family in the U.S. argues that it needs to be done? The two brothers who spoke against reparations at the hearing look so stupid. • • Join Our Facebook & Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #DrSebi #NickCannon #NipseyHussle #Tupac #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #photography #portrait #killeverygram #livecreatively #blackfashion #blackfashionblogger #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #blackisbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/BzqOhxkn5BmN2QilEC3f7Pc_w0LuFe60uVcKJw0/?igshid=nz2lan5uf9rr

Repost By pushing_black: MESSAGE: 🗣🗣🗣#Oprah is supporting the white accusers of #MichaelJackson (who recanted their stories and got caught in several inconsistencies), and she aired an interview with them after the hit-piece documentary about MJ. - TN This ain’t it Okra #smh • • Join Our Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #MichaelJackson #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #photography #portrait #killeverygram #livecreatively #blackfashion #blackfashionblogger #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #blackisbeautiful (via #IG Capture @AppKottage) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu2nLd4HOMs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xggzniybb7oz

Reposted from @pushing_black - • • "It's... payment of a debt that is owed. That is what reparations is." Author Marianne Williamson earned applause and cheers when she mounted a defense of her plan to offer $200 billion to $500 billion in reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans in the US. #DemDebate “It’s not $500 billion in ‘financial assistance’ — it’s $200 to $500 billion payment of a debt that is owed.” She went on to say that the country needed “deep truth-telling” when it came to the issue of race, and that the economic gap between black and white Americans “comes from a great injustice that has never been dealt with.” “That great injustice has to do with the fact that there was 250 years of slavery, followed by another 100 years of domestic terrorism.” The $200 billion to $500 billion figure, she went on, came from the Civil War–era promise of reparations in the form of “40 acres and a mule” made to former slaves, multiplied by the number of slaves at the time — between 4 million and 5 million. Williamson’s answer prompted strong reactions on Twitter (SOURCE: The Cut) • • Join Our Facebook & Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #NEPHEWTOMMY #DrSebi #NipseyHussle #Tupac #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #killeverygram #livecreatively #blackfashion #blackfashionblogger #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #blackisbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/B0wzowYn6VvtRgCED37MV1C8mKYODNfILKkNqw0/?igshid=1k8gpg4qxix04

Reposted from @pushing_black - . . Parker Mustian, former student at Cardinal Newman high school in Columbia, South Carolina was arrested by local law enforcement officers last month after he appeared in a pair of racist “public service announcements” that were circulated among students at his school. • We’re only doing this because it didn’t get the proper exposure. Parker is an 11th grade Columbia, SC student he attends Cardinal Newman High School says how much he hates black people, says, “F*ck these n*ggers!” then pretends to shoot a black man. via: @brazy_global • Mustian is also alleged to have threatened to “shoot up” the Catholic school after his expulsion. • “Howdy, I’m Parker Mustian and I hate black people,” the teen begins in the first clip. “They’re the worst. They’re stinky and they just suck. They’re just bad people.” • Other videos and text messages have yet to be published, but are reportedly in possession of law enforcement. • Mustian is the grandson of Richard Quinn, the prominent South Carolina political strategist whose empire recently collapsed as part of a multi-year corruption probe. • Mustian is the son of prominent Columbia, S.C. attorney Ben Mustian, who is Quinn’s son-in-law. READ MORE HERE: https://bit.ly/2yBL035 • • Join Our Facebook & Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #DrSebi #ParkerMustian #NipseyHussle #Tupac #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #hiphop #hiphopart #photography #portrait #killeverygram #livecreatively #blackfashion #blackfashionblogger #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #blackisbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/B0xQDylnCAA-8t6gtqydoYK3ahIcsGvkpSmlDI0/?igshid=1dmsy790jw3kx

Reposted from @pushing_black - Domestic Policy. Put us through poverty. Control us logically, Willie Lynch knew psychology. Artist: @king_black_light Edited by @PushingBlack • • Join Our Instagram Family @Pushing_Black • • #Rap #DrSebi #Vegan #BlackVegan #ColinKaepernick #IMWITHKAP #MartinLutherKingJr #PushingBlack #ProBlack #ProBlackIsntAntiWhite #unapologeticallyblack #unapologeticallyme #blackempowerment #Blackexcellence #blackculture #blackart #blackartist #melaningoddess #melaninmagic #universallanguage #wisdom #knowledge #poetry #spokenwordpoetry #spokenword #makethisgoviral #music #spokenwordartist #poetry https://www.instagram.com/p/BtYs_U8nr9RAWrpPHbd8gdphD-7VXrZdl6q8qw0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1czodvb1f7hux