By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.- The United States of America celebrated its birthday on Thursday, July 4th, 2019. This is a letter to a friend in Southern California to remind her that we are still not free and our history is still dark.The United States of America must find its moral justice before […]
Read more "LETTER TO AMERICA-FROM A BLACK MAN PART III"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.- The Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors battled for the 2019 NBA championship. Both teams recently changed head coaches, both teams struggled to win championships years before they changed their coaching staffs. Both teams had African American head coaches to put them on the right track […]
Read more "WHO GETS THE CREDIT?"WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM OF BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART III By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the page turned into 1967, it was becoming apparent that some of the youthful energy had begun to convert…to Soul Power! The kind […]
Read more "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART III"WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER, PART II By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the map of Soul was being established across North America, it was now becoming more aware that those in the know were […]
Read more "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER,PART II"WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor -in-Chief BASN Newsroom PHILADELPHIA PA and VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (www.basnnewsroom.com) Approximately a year ago, Emily Chambers performed at a venue on Hastings Street in East Vancouver. Over 150 well-wishers crammed the venue to cheer for […]
Read more "WHO STOLE THE SOUL? THE DEATH OF RHYTHM AND BLUES IN VANCOUVER"LIES AND NOISE: THE ARROGANCE OF GRUDEN! By Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM PHILADELPHIA (www.basnnewsroom.com) As the game clock hit zeroes across the board at London’s Wembley Stadium, the Oakland Raiders had gone down to defeat at the hands of Gen. Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks to […]
Read more "“LIES AND NOISE”: The ARROGANCE of GRUDEN!"By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporter OAKLAND, CA.- This is the secret the NBA does not want America to know; the creation of the first all-black professional basketball league which later would be named the Black Fives. This league had a championship from 1906-1927. From the first The Smart Set Athletic Club of Brooklyn to […]
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