Celebrating 3 Years Strong & Still Got It Going On
***Radio Free Dixie For The 21st Century***
October 2010 Theme: Reclaiming Our Heritage
"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every
heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve
your performance the next time."
~Malcolm X
~Malcolm X
"Stumbling is not falling "
~Malcolm X
"A setback is a setup for a comeback!"
~Willie Jolley
"Feed your faith & your doubts will starve."
~Les Brown
To the good people who tuned in to the show last Weds. night (Oct. 13, 2010), Blog Talk Radio was pulling the tech issue card on me and took my show off of live streaming in the last hour, but please listen to the entire show now available online:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2010/10/14/tha-artivist-presentswe-all-be-radio
Remember No One Or Thing Can Stop An Idea Whose Time Has Come!
This is why it is so important to support independent grassroots media...If you truly enjoy what W.E. A.L.L. B.E. is all about and you and your people are benefiting from the fruits of our labor then you should truly consider supporting us...We want to provide a platform for the people to truly express themselves especially those in the marginalized masses and silent majority...We are in the vanguard and on the front lines so remember if you don't support us then who will advocate for and support you?
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Look for me in the whirlwind...
Bro. Ron
Tha Artivist
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: "Concerning Our Father, Brother & Friend, Ernest Withers: The Civil Rights Generation Speaks Out!"Part 1
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2010/09/23/tha-artivist-presentswe-all-be-radio
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio:"Concerning Our Father, Brother & Friend, Ernest Withers: The Civil Rights Generation Speaks Out!"Part 2
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio:"Concerning Our Father, Brother & Friend, Ernest Withers: The Civil Rights Generation Speaks Out!"Part 2
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2010/09/30/tha-artivist-presentswe-all-be-radio
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: "Concerning Our Father, Brother & Friend, Mr. Ernest Withers:Reactions From The Press." Part 3
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2010/10/07/tha-artivist-presentswe-all-be-radio
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: "Concerning Our Father, Brother & Friend, Mr. Ernest Withers:Reactions From The Press." Part 3
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/weallbe/2010/10/07/tha-artivist-presentswe-all-be-radio
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: Concerning Our Father, Brother
& Friend, Mr. Ernest Withers:Food For Thought From Colleagues,
Associates & Peers...Part 4
Tha Artivist Remembers Ernest Withers (1922-2007)...
The Commercial Appeal Story That Started The Controversy
Contact An American Civil Rights Veteran Today:
More Civil Rights Movement On W.E. A.L.L. B.E. :
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Was He Or Wasn't He?
Decide For Yourself...
Sanitation workers' strike. Memphis, Tenn. March 28, 1968 / Ernest Withers, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, Mass
“The
media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make
the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
Because they control the minds of the masses."
~Malcolm X
"The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press." ~Ida B. Wells-Barnett
"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted."~Dr. Martin Luther King
Ernest
Withers was once called The Dean Of Civil Rights Photographers for his
amazing ability to be on the scene to turn extraordinary
history-in-the-making-events with his camera into acclaimed iconic
moments for posterity. Whether it was photographing the Emmett Till
Trial, Dr. King's first ride on a Montgomery City Bus after a successful
381 day bus boycott, The Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike complete
with the very universal I AM A Man protest placards or the tragic death
scene of a King for all of humanity (MLK), Mr. Withers' artistry spoke
truth to power to both the good and the bad of the human condition and
his work is forever seared (and defiantly so) into the consciousnesses
of the National Memory.
However,
with the revelation of him allegedly being involved with the FBI as an
informant, his character, motives and intentions have now all been
called into question. A person once so trusted and revered that he was
given intimate and unrestricted access to some of the most dynamic
personalities and icons of a people's movement is now being labeled as
a traitor and Judas. With the scheduled opening of the Ernest C.
Withers Museum, his former studio, on legendary Beale Street this month,
and the Withers Family waging a legal battle for control over their
late father's intellectual property, will this accusation forever tar
and feather an otherwise deserving and invaluable aesthetic legacy of
providing emotionally riveting teaching moments in images from such a
turbulent and yet hopeful time in U.S. history?
One must also question the timing of this revelation:
*Who is served by amplifying the shortcomings, both real and perceived, of Ernest Withers the man?
*Who
will control the narrative of a People's movement once control over
Withers' invaluable contribution to a People's history is settled in the
courts?
*What is to be gained and what is to be lost?
*What role has the U.S. Government played in undermining the civil liberties and human rights of its citizens?
*What really was the nature and quality of the information given to the FBI by Bro. Withers?
*Was Bro. Withers' participation consensual or forced through the FBI's abuse of power?
*Did Bro. Withers' supposed information sharing truly undermine the nature and purpose of a People's Movement?
*Did people needlessly get killed or sent to prison because of his alleged collaboration?
*In
terms of being an alleged informant with an impressive professional
legacy, how does Withers fare in comparison with other proven informants
and exceptional peers from the Civil Rights Era such as Thurgood
Marshall and Alex Haley?
In
a 4-part series, W.E. A.L.L. B.E. News attempts to provide food for
thought analysis on the subject by talking with the folks who knew Mr.
Withers the best: his family, civil rights movement veterans and
journalists who covered the American Civil Rights Movement. We will also
garner responses from this current generation of news media
journalists. We will attempt to put both Mr. Withers the man and his
work in their appropriate contexts, something the corporate news media
has failed miserably at doing up to this point. What will be revealed
will be very eye opening and will prompt the listeners and participants
alike to face uncomfortable truths and questions that need to be
answered with more than just nuanced responses and cliches from a
clueless pundit. It will also force many in the general public to
rethink their previous positions on the matter as well.
In the words of Flavor Flav: Don't Believe The Hype!
Tha Artivist
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