"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
August 16, 2018 – BBC Radio 4 – The Six O’Clock News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – BBC August 16, 2018 – Another milestone moment for this August 16th in history. The passing of Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul…
– July 25, 1966 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in the city and the summer of discontent. A Summer of scarring and scorching, this July 25, 1966. Starting with news on the matter of…
April 29, 1992 – 3:45-4:30 pm – KNX-AM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 29, 1992 – 4:30-5:30 pm – KNX-AM Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 29, 1992 – 5:30-7:00 pm – KNX-AM/KCRW-FM…
Newsfront – Special report/Discussion – April 5, 1968 – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1968 – When Dr. Martin Luther King jr. died in a Memphis hospital at around 7 pm, an hour after…
April 5, 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King Assassination – The Day After – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 5, 1968 – A day of sadness, confusion and rage. Dr. Martin Luther King had been shot…
Camel Rock n’ Roll Dance Party with Alan Freed – CBS Radio – April 28, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – And as an adjunct to the previous post (featuring the Crew Cuts), the same radio network a little…
LaVern Baker interviewed by Howard Millier – September 16, 1955 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – LaVern Baker in conversation with Howard Miller over the CBS Radio network on September 16, 1955. In case you don’t know,…
The Spinners – in session on Soul! – NET-TV – January 13, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Spinners were a huge hit making machine all through the 1960s and 70s. Still together today, but with only one…
LBJ- Signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 – August 6, 1965 – CBS Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 6, 1965 – LBJ signs into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Johnson: Wednesday I will…