Black Bird Press News & Review: Goin ta Chicago, but can't take you: Marvin X--High voltage electricity!: Let the opportunists do their mission of taking advantage of the cultural revolution. But they need to study the 1960s, what happened to those opportunists who took advantage of the Black Arts Movement? Was the Black Arts Movement about money, tenured jobs, fame and fortune? The true troopers are still here fighting the fight til the fat lady sings. If you can help the true troopers, let us hear from you ASAP. Give a generous donation to the Black Arts Movement 27 City Tour. Donate to the wish list and the dream of a Black Arts District in your city.
Do you understand The Black Arts Movement is for all artists. The BAM revolutionary arts were communal, not individual. Those individualists did their thing but the true troopers are still on the mission of truth and beauty. Check out Asia Toure, Nikki, Sonia, Haki, Marvin X. Seek out the true troopers and see if they have benefited financially.
Marvin X was invited to teach Black Studies at Fresno State College, now University, 1969. He was 25 years old but Gov. Ronald Reagan got involved as the President of the State College Board of Trustees. The same year he had Angela Davis removed from teaching at University of California, Los Angeles.
The City of Oakland and Laney College can show respect by appointing these brothers with a position in Black Studies at Laney College. Appointing Dr. Nathan Hare and Marvin X will show honor and respest to Black Studies, the Black Arts Movement and the Black Liberation Movement, aka The Black Panther Party that gave international recognition to Oakland. Let us see the banners of BAM and The BLM up and down 14th Street.