At the Memphis Black Expo at the Cook Convention Center, February 18, 2012
Gospel Singers Kicking Off The Memphis Black Expo, 2012
The first annual Memphis Black Expo was sponsored by the Tri-State Defender newspaper and WRUG Internet Radio, among others, and was held Saturday, February 18, 2012 at the Cook Convention Center. The event kicked off promptly at 10 AM with a concert of various local gospel groups.
After the Tupac conference, Charlie Braxton, Al Kapone, the other panelists and I gathered across the street from the Jackson State University campus at the new Penguin Bar and Grill for a dinner and round table discussion.
After the Tupac conference, Charlie Braxton, Al Kapone, the other panelists and I gathered across the street from the Jackson State University campus at the new Penguin Bar and Grill for a dinner and round table discussion.
The area east of the Jackson State University campus along J.R. Lynch Street is being restored as a historic district. These blocks were the center of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and they include the Masonic Temple, where many civil rights meetings were held, and the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, which was the statewide group coordinating all civil rights activity in the state.
The area east of the Jackson State University campus along J.R. Lynch Street is being restored as a historic district. These blocks were the center of the civil rights movement in Mississippi, and they include the Masonic Temple, where many civil rights meetings were held, and the headquarters of the Council of Federated Organizations or COFO, which was the statewide group coordinating all civil rights activity in the state.
The R U Still Down Conference: The Career and Impact of Tupac Shakur was held on the campus of Jackson State University on Thursday, February 16. It was organized in part by noted Mississippi poet and activist Charlie Braxton, and featured a number of panelists, including myself, Memphis rapper Al Kapone, and Mississippi artists and DJs, including Skipp Coon, Kamikaze and DJ Phingaprint.
The R U Still Down Conference: The Career and Impact of Tupac Shakur was held on the campus of Jackson State University on Thursday, February 16. It was organized in part by noted Mississippi poet and activist Charlie Braxton, and featured a number of panelists, including myself, Memphis rapper Al Kapone, and Mississippi artists and DJs, including Skipp Coon, Kamikaze and DJ Phingaprint.
On Thursday, February 16, 2012, Memphis rap veteran Al Kapone and I drove down to Jackson, Mississippi for the R U Still Down: The Career and Impact of Tupac Shakur conference sponsored by the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University. We discovered this new Another Broken Egg cafe location at the Renaissance in Ridgeland, MS.