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Category Archives: Roots
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Roots, 2019, February 2019
Roots | Reggae Month – Celebrating Reggae’s Legacy
Reggae Month Celebrating Reggae’s Legacy Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding made February 2008 the first annual Reggae Month in Jamaica. To celebrate, the Recording Industry Association of Jamaica (RIAJam) held its first Reggae Academy Awards on February 24, 2008. In addition, Reggae Month included a six-day Global Reggae conference, a reggae film festival, two radio […]
24 Jan
Roots, 2019, January 2019
Roots | Martin Luther King, Jr.
MLK… Facts an’ T’ings January 15, 1929 January 15, 2019 marks the 90th birthday of Baptist minister and Social Activist, Martin Luther King, Jr., the prominent voice in the civil rights movement. A champion for advancing civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. chose nonviolence and civil disobedience, to address the political and social injustice that […]
31 Dec
Roots, 2018, December 2018 - World Reggae
Roots | Hemp is Legalized
Hemp is Legalized December 20, 2018 On December 20, 2018 at 4:00 pm (not 4:20 pm), the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 aka the Farm Bill, was signed into law. The Farm Bill, which was passed by Congress on December 12, 2018, includes Section 10113 titled ‘Hemp Production’ which removes hemp completely from the Controlled […]
20 Nov
Roots, 2018, November 2018 - Cali Reggae
Roots | Remembering Jan
Remembering Jan Dudley Passman Photography By: Mark Leet Jan Birnbaum & I met at Cedarcrest elementary school in 1967, so we have been friends for 51 years. For young folks, I know that sounds like a long time, but to me – it doesn’t feel far away at all. He was my oldest friend. I […]
31 Oct
Roots, 2018, October 2018 - World Reggae
Roots | Queen Nanny
Queen Nanny c.1686 – c.1755 Queen Nanny or Nanny (c. 1686 – c. 1755), National Heroine of Jamaica, was an 18th-century leader of the Jamaican Maroons. Historical documents refer to her as the “rebels’ old ‘obeah’ woman” but to the Maroons she was revered as a woman of science. Queen Nanny was born into the Asante people in what is today Ghana, […]
18 Oct
Roots, 2018, October 2018 - Cali Reggae
Roots | George William Gordon
George William Gordon October 23, 1865 George William Gordon (1820 – October 23, 1865) was a wealthy mixed-race Jamaican businessman, magistrate, and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from St. Thomas in the East Parish. He was a leading critic of the colonial government and the policies of Jamaican Governor Edward Eyre. After […]
28 Sep
Roots, 2018, September 2018 - Cali Reggae
Roots | Marihuana Tax Act of 1937
Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 August 2, 1937 The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, enacted August 2, 1937, was a United States Act that placed a tax on the sale of cannabis. The H.R. 6385 act was drafted by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. […]
21 Sep
Roots, 2018, September 2018 - World Reggae
Roots | Peter Tosh, OM
Photography By: UrbanImage.TV Peter Tosh, OM September 17, 1987 Peter Tosh was more than a luminary in the development of reggae music. He was the ultimate firebrand, speaking out against oppression around the world in both his songs and his public statements. He was a man who demonstrated the power of personal and artistic integrity, […]
07 Sep
Roots, 2018, August 2018 - Cali Reggae
Roots | Woodstock
Woodstock August 15, 1969 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, […]