Anyway, with Parks passing, we’ve lost another important figure from the Movement. King, Hosea, Abernathy, Malcolm, Huey, and a host of others are no longer with us. Many of the Panthers are still around, as are many from the old guard in Atlanta.
Oh, and Jesse. Can’t forget about Jesse.
But in twenty years, we’ll have to remember the movement through nothing more than documentaries and museums.

On television, we sorta lose sight of how fast everyone’s moving and just how violent football can be.
Won’t see me making that mistake. Yowsers, Jack.

Today is all about the Godfather of Soul. Mr. Dynamite. Soul Brother #1. James MF Brown.

But here’s the thing–I think I got bumped in to about seventeen times in that piece, and not one person looked back to acknowledge that mistake.
When did that start happening?