August 07, 2004

Black August

Is it this time of year again already?

Black August 2004

David Banner and Talib Kweli have been tapped to headline the 7th Annual Black August Hip Hop Benefit Concert taking place in New York City on Sunday. The concert is produced by the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. It’s held in August and according to organizers, that particular month should be honored as a time of reflection.

“The first Afrikans were brought to Jamestown as slaves in August of 1619, so August is a month during which Blacks/New Afrikans can reflect on our current situation and our self-determining rights,” the official website for the concert reads.

dead prez, Jean Grae, Saigon and Flo Brown will round out the evening’s performers. Fat Joe, The Roots, Mos Def, Keith Murray and others are previous performers. Surprise guests are known to drop in and participate in the festivities.

In addition to the traditional U.S. show, an international show will take place August 14th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Previous international shows took place in Cuba and South Africa. The concept of Black August originated in the California penal system and the history and ideology was conceived by Khatari Gaulden, leader of the prison movement group Black Guerilla Family.

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased through Ticketmaster or by calling 212.307.7171

I notice David Banner is not on the flyer, dunno if that means he dropped out.. should be worth seeing either way though.

Posted by jsmooth995 at August 7, 2004 01:47 PM | TrackBack
Comments

damn, i didn't even see any publicity on the event this year until just now.

Posted by: lynne at August 7, 2004 08:04 PM

lynne I didnt see much publicity bout it myself and i was looking.

Sign of things getting worst?

Shyt i hate when all important stuff gets pushed to the side

Posted by: ~za~ at August 10, 2004 03:56 PM

i wanted to go but the price was too steep. and i knew that some people wouldn't show up. BB Kings is not an ideal place to hold concerts.

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Posted by: weakened at January 20, 2006 02:16 PM

This is bull crapp. Black August is not a month that black people were brought to America. Who in the hell knows what month black people were brought to america? Black people could not even read english , so how could they differentiate between the months to tell which month it was that the first africans were brouht here.

Oh I get it-this is what (MASTER) said.

The mis-education of the Black Man.

Black August was Started in 1971 when Comrade George Lester Jackson was killed on the 21st of August in the year of 1971. Black August stared approximately (1) year later.

Get your facts straight, so that when whitey questions your intelligence you can collaborate
with what is real.

Comrade Jokar Yahatari

Long Live The Spirit Of The Dragon(George L. Jackson) 276

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