It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation by M.K. Asante Jr
Authors: M.K. Asante Jr
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SNCC and Congress for Racial Equality (CORE), but not the NAACP.
Kool DJ Herc, considered by many to be the father of hip hop and the originator of breakbeat DJing, moves from Jamaica to the Bronx where he, together with Grandmaster Flash, would pioneer hip hop. In a 1989 interview with hip-hop historian Davey D, Herc said, “Hip hop, the whole chemistry of that came from Nigeria, Africa.”
Thurgood Marshall, civil rights activist and graduate of the historically Black Lincoln University and Howard University Law School, is nominated for appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. On August 30, the Senate confirms his appointment, making Marshall the first African-American to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.
The summer of 1967 is a tumultuous period in American racerelations. Racial confrontations escalate into full-scale race rebellions in Newark, New York City, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, and Detroit.
1968
I took a page from the book of Martin Luther,
And decided that it’s better to hug you than to shoot you
.
— M — 1, “‘ TIL WE GET THERE ,”
CONFIDENTIAL
Martin Luther King Jr., the most famous and vocal leader of the Civil Rights Movement, is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4 while on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. Prior to his assassination, King had become a harsh critic of the Vietnam War, U.S. foreign policy, and capitalism. In the following week, rebellions occur in more than sixty cities throughout the U.S.
The FBI launches COINTELPRO, a covert counterintelligence program aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. With the Black Panther Party as a primary target, the founding document of COINTELPRO directed FBI agents to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize” the activities of these movements and their leaders. The methods of COINTELPRO included infiltration, psychological warfare, harassment through the legal system, and extralegal violence including murder and assassination.
On October 16, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, African-American sprinters, are suspended from the Olympic Games in Mexico City for holding up their fist in a Black Power salute while receiving their gold and silver medals at the awards ceremony. In addition, they wear no shoes to comment on the poverty endured by the majority of Blacks in America.
1969
On October 29 , the U.S. Supreme Court rules that school districts must end segregation “now and hereafter.” With clear language, the court, which now had Thurgood Marshall as a member, left little room for misinterpretation or delay.
I’m black and I’m a say it loud like James Brown
People be proud ’Cause we all up in the game now…
— STYLES P FEATURING MARSHA AMBROSIUS ,
“ I’M BLACK ,”
TIME IS MONEY
James Brown records “Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud!” and “Funky Drummer;” the latter would become one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history. Brown would also record “Get on the Good Foot,” a song promoting very high-energy, acrobatic dancing that Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa asserts led to break dancing.
Don Campbell, a young street dancer from Los Angeles, creates the Campbellock, a robotic funk dance style that would evolve into the hip-hop locking and influence the dance styles of popping, breakdancing, and liquiding.
1970
Angela Davis, a Black scholar and political organizer, becomes the third woman to appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List after being charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide, due to her alleged participation in an escape attempt of Black Panthers George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette,known as the Soledad Brothers. She would later be acquitted of all charges.
Niggers always goin’ through bullshit change
But when it comes time for real change, niggers are
scared of revolution
.
— THE
Kool DJ Herc, considered by many to be the father of hip hop and the originator of breakbeat DJing, moves from Jamaica to the Bronx where he, together with Grandmaster Flash, would pioneer hip hop. In a 1989 interview with hip-hop historian Davey D, Herc said, “Hip hop, the whole chemistry of that came from Nigeria, Africa.”
Thurgood Marshall, civil rights activist and graduate of the historically Black Lincoln University and Howard University Law School, is nominated for appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States. On August 30, the Senate confirms his appointment, making Marshall the first African-American to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court.
The summer of 1967 is a tumultuous period in American racerelations. Racial confrontations escalate into full-scale race rebellions in Newark, New York City, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, and Detroit.
1968
I took a page from the book of Martin Luther,
And decided that it’s better to hug you than to shoot you
.
— M — 1, “‘ TIL WE GET THERE ,”
CONFIDENTIAL
Martin Luther King Jr., the most famous and vocal leader of the Civil Rights Movement, is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4 while on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. Prior to his assassination, King had become a harsh critic of the Vietnam War, U.S. foreign policy, and capitalism. In the following week, rebellions occur in more than sixty cities throughout the U.S.
The FBI launches COINTELPRO, a covert counterintelligence program aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. With the Black Panther Party as a primary target, the founding document of COINTELPRO directed FBI agents to “expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize” the activities of these movements and their leaders. The methods of COINTELPRO included infiltration, psychological warfare, harassment through the legal system, and extralegal violence including murder and assassination.
On October 16, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, African-American sprinters, are suspended from the Olympic Games in Mexico City for holding up their fist in a Black Power salute while receiving their gold and silver medals at the awards ceremony. In addition, they wear no shoes to comment on the poverty endured by the majority of Blacks in America.
1969
On October 29 , the U.S. Supreme Court rules that school districts must end segregation “now and hereafter.” With clear language, the court, which now had Thurgood Marshall as a member, left little room for misinterpretation or delay.
I’m black and I’m a say it loud like James Brown
People be proud ’Cause we all up in the game now…
— STYLES P FEATURING MARSHA AMBROSIUS ,
“ I’M BLACK ,”
TIME IS MONEY
James Brown records “Say It Loud—I’m Black and I’m Proud!” and “Funky Drummer;” the latter would become one of the most sampled tracks in hip-hop history. Brown would also record “Get on the Good Foot,” a song promoting very high-energy, acrobatic dancing that Zulu Nation founder Afrika Bambaataa asserts led to break dancing.
Don Campbell, a young street dancer from Los Angeles, creates the Campbellock, a robotic funk dance style that would evolve into the hip-hop locking and influence the dance styles of popping, breakdancing, and liquiding.
1970
Angela Davis, a Black scholar and political organizer, becomes the third woman to appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List after being charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide, due to her alleged participation in an escape attempt of Black Panthers George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgo, and John Clutchette,known as the Soledad Brothers. She would later be acquitted of all charges.
Niggers always goin’ through bullshit change
But when it comes time for real change, niggers are
scared of revolution
.
— THE
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