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The Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Possible Melvin Van Peebles had to go to France to make “The Story of a Three Day Pass,” the tale of a Black soldier on leave that’s full of bold directorial choices. Nicole Berger and Harry Baird in Melvin Van Peebles’s debut feature.Credit...Sigma III Corporation By Nicolas Rapold May 6, 2021 I don’t think anyone who sees the title “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” forgets it. The eye-popping film made Melvin Van Peebles a pioneer of 1970s American cinema and pure independent hustle....

We continue our look at the music of 50 years ago….   Maurice White was a session drummer for Chess Records in Chicago in 1969 when he and two friends started a band called the “Salty Peppers”. It had a moderate hit single in  the Midwest before White decamped to LA. He put together a band that included his brother Verdine with a vision to expand the boundaries of soul, funk, pop and jazz. You could say he succeeded beyond his wildest dreams…or maybe not. White was a force of nature and despite many changes in band personnel over the years, Earth, Wind & Fire became ...

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When it comes to Black civil rights leaders in the 1960s, most of the historical and pop cultural focus has gone to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Th

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