The Saturday Morning Entertainment Show

It's May 20th 2023 and we are quickly moving to the middle of the year. Wow!!! Yes it is moving that quickly. And so far it's been a year of ups and downs, highs and lows, joy and sadness but still wwe celebrate even in the midst of our grief and sorrow. We have to keep going despite the losses.

The month of May gave us cause to stop and memorialize two great historical figures. So Let's stop and and have a conversation about each of them. The first is Robert Nestor Marley who died on May 11, 1981 at the age of 36. But he left a great legacy. His legendary music and lyrics embodied his revolutionary spirit as he crafted the inspiration for the liberation of the oppressed. "Emancipate yourself from slavery, none but ourselves could free our minds". 

The second is Malcolm X. He was born on May 19, 1925. Yesterday would be his 98th Birthday. Malcolm X, powerful in his oratory, rejected the idea of Civil Rights and insisted that the problem of Black people in America was an issue of human rights not civil rights. Sometimes some people's truth is only realized long after they are gone. Is Malcolm one of those people? Both Malcolm and Marley were largely influenced by a Caribbean background. Malcolm's mother is Grenadian and his father was heavily influenced by Marcus Garvey. As many know, Marley was born and raised in Jamaica. They are well known and passionately celebrated but are their legacies in the quest for the liberation of African people evident in their influence in shaping the societies of Black people in the  Caribbean, Africa or the Americas? Come on in . Join the the conversation. Tell us what you think or let us know what you want to talk about. We'll be happy to hear from you.