Free Blacks: DanceAfrica at BAM

Belinda Becker reviews DanceAfrica 2015 at Brooklyn Academy of Music. This episode discusses dance across the African diaspora, including Haiti, Brazil and Cuba. She also talks about warrior dances, Black Lives Matter, and resistance. Performance by Afro-Brazilian dance troupe Balé Folclórico da Bahia. Co-Produced by Line Break Media (linebreakmedia.org) and Shamsiya Group, Inc. (intosunshine.com)

Music: K.Raydio and O-D (kraydioando-d.bandcamp.com)

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michael_swan, Dance-8, CC BY-ND 2.0

HOPE Art, Kanaval-7, CC BY 2.0

Todd Huffman, mural, CC BY 2.0

The Library of Congress
Chopping cotton, Greene County, Ga.?
Delano, Jack, photographer. ca. 1941

The Library of Congress
Burley tobacco is placed on sticks to wilt after cutting, before it is taken into the brn for drying and curing, on the Russell Spears’ farm, vicinity of Lexington, Ky.
Wolcott, Marion Post, photographer. 1940 Sept.

The Library of Congress
Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss.
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer. 1939 Nov.

Sam Howzit, Princess Tiana Painting, CC BY 2.0

U.S. Embassy The Hague
1904-04-23 Louisiana Purchase stamp, CC BY-ND 2.0

fuseboxradio, Justice for All March – Dec. 13, 2014 (3 images) CC BY-SA 2.0

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The All-Nite Images, Millions March NYC, CC BY-SA 2.0

The All-Nite Images, Black Lives Matter Black Friday, CC BY-SA 2.0

Jeffrey Putney, UIUC Die-In, CC BY 2.0

Jeffrey Putney, Central High Die-In, CC BY 2.0