MUSIC MONDAY: “Soulful Duets” Playlist (LISTEN) by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday! I hope this missive finds you smiling and well. It’s your musical motorist back again with a new…

MUSIC MONDAY: “Fresh Reggae Tracks” Summer Playlist (LISTEN) by Marlon West (FB: marlon.west1 Threads: @stlmarlonwest IG: stlmarlonwest Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and selector, Marlon, back once more with a collection to…

MUSIC MONDAY: “Great Moments in Funk” aka Funk 101 (LISTEN) Happy Music Monday, you all. And welcome to this second week of Black Music Month. Back in April, PBS dropped Independent Lens: We Want the Funk! Director Stanley Nelson and producer Nicole London’s documentary features the history,…

Born On This Day 100 Years Ago in 1925: Minister and Human Rights Activist El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (aka Malcolm X) Born 100 years ago today as Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska and known primarily as Malcolm X,  El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‎ was an African-American minister for the…

MUSIC MONDAY: “SINNERS Playlist” (LISTEN) by Marlon West (Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social, Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. It’s your pal and musician marshal is back with another dose of fine tunes. After Fruitvale Station, Rocky spin-off/reboot Creed, Black Panther and its…

Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries started a sit-in protest on Capitol steps 4 hours ago just the two of them streaming at t.co/0AW2Jy3HmK and now looking like this….if you’re in DC go down there to help them out….way better than a "strong letter" from Chuck Schumer that Trump will toss in the trash

MUSIC MONDAY: “Everyday People”: The Essential Sly and the Family Stone Collection (LISTEN) by Marlon West (Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social, Spotify: marlonwest) Greetings! It’s your friend and selector, Marlon, again. Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s joyous, crisply edited and well observed…

About to pop out that phone all day long #buyLevi

Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Democratic leader, urged President Trump to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for discussing sensitive details of a pending strike in Yemen in a high-level group Signal chat that included a journalist.

WHM: “Spirit In The Dark” – Celebrating the Brilliant Voice and Pen of Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, Born #OnThisDay by Lori Lakin Hutcherson, GBN Founder and Editor-in-Chief It’s commonly known if Aretha Franklin covered a song you wrote and/or recorded, it from her recording forward be known as…

WHM: How Evangelist and Guitar Pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Turned Her Rock of Ages into Rock N Roll Born on this day in 1915, Rosetta Tharpe revolutionized the sound of electric guitar by using distortion with her unique phrasing & picking, inspiring Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Johnny Cash &…

I had to compose myself before posting—because this breaks a part of my soul. If you’re a contractor with a segregation policy, say it loud—so non-white dollars don’t fund your business. It won’t go how you think. And if anyone uncovers businesses doing this, put them on blast. #NAACP #BlackSky

A federal jury in Chicago awarded $120 million on Monday to two Illinois men who spent more than 16 years behind bars for a 2003 murder they did not commit.

Hanging in there, right? Keep it up 👊🏽

A playlist and tribute by Marlon West to the late, great #RoyAyers

Power of the People!

MUSIC MONDAY: “Running Away: The Essential Roy Ayers” Playlist (LISTEN) by Marlon West (Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social, Spotify: marlonwest) In 1945, Lionel Hampton spotted a five year-old boogying so hard during his concert in Los Angeles, that the legendary the vibraphonist handed young Roy…

Turn off the TV when Trump speaks on Tuesday and tune into The State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of activists, lawmakers, media leaders, and others dedicated to fighting back the lies with truth and power.

'On weekends, Stanford University professor Adam Banks flies from the California campus to Cleveland, on a mission to teach a college-level African American studies class to the Black community — for free.' wordinblack.com/2025/02/brin...

Civil rights leader Hazel Dukes, the former president of the NAACP, has died at 92. Born in racially segregated Alabama in 1932, Dukes moved to New York in 1955 and became a fixture in state politics, even administering the oath of office to Governor Kathy Hochul in 2023. May she rest in power. 🙏🏾

A reminder for these times.

Raymond Santana was only 14 in 1989 when he & four other Black & Latino teenagers were wrongfully blamed for the rape of a white female jogger. The case of the so-called Central Park Five transfixed NYC. He's running as a Dem to represent his native East Harlem & the Bronx on the City Council."

MUSIC MONDAY: “The Essential Jimmy Scott” Playlist (LISTEN) by Marlon West (Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social, Spotify: marlonwest) Happy Music Monday, you all. I’m back a week late, if you are counting. I have been thinking about the life and career of the utterly original Jimmy Scott. His…

I literally gasped at that full American flag moment

Happy Black History Month! Kendrick Lamar, Sza, Serena Williams, and Samuel L. Jackson in the Super Bowl halftime show. And Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles up 24-0 at halftime. ✊🏾

BHM: Remembering Ethel L. Payne, "First Lady of the Black Press" open.substack.com/pub/goodblac...

Beyoncé, congratulations on AOTY - you pulled out the pen and did it again!

AOTY - you did win!!!! Congratulations Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter on winning the #Grammy for Album of the Year for #CowboyCarter

We were shocked as you #Beyonce and just as thrilled! Congratulations on winning Best 👏🏾Country 👏🏾Album👏🏾!! #grammys #cowboycarter

Congratulations to #doechii for winning the Best Rap Album #Grammy and for her giving as she got - did you hear that speech!!! 🖤🖤

Congratulations to #Beyoncé and #MileyCyrus on winning the #Grammy for Best Country Duo/Group Performance for "II Most Wanted"! #CowboyCarter

The History of Black History Month and Why Dr. Carter G. Woodson is Known as “The Father of Black History” Born in 1875 in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who were never taught to read and write, Carter G. Woodson often had to forgo school for farm or mining work to make ends meet, but was…

Up and running with the Good Black News Letter at goodblacknews.substack.com -- subscribe for daily #blackhistorymonth content u can read and share - cuz we ain't going nowhere!!

Hearings are happening now on RFK Jr -- Here's a call to action and one way to make your voice heard: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

GoFundMe is going to MATCH all donations to this fundraiser up to $250,000 Letz go,!! 🙏🏾

FKA twigs’ new album “Eusexua”is sooo good! Title track builds beautifully into a trance takeover - sounds are 90s underground era w/o feeling nostalgic- by the time “Drums of Death” hit I was poppin in my seat. Didn’t know how loud I’d turned it UP 'til my teen asked me to turn it DOWN. Bomb LP!

The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

MUSIC MONDAY: Celebrating the "Afroclectic Best of 2024" on MLK Day (LISTEN) goodblacknews.org/2025/01/20/m...

MUSIC MONDAY: Celebrating the “Afroclectic Best of 2024” on MLK Day (LISTEN) by Marlon West (Bluesky: @marlonweststl.bsky.social, Spotify: marlonwest) Happy January Music Monday and MLK Day here at Good Black News! It’s your friend and selector, your sonic chauffeur, your groove conductor, Marlon,…

Happy Martin Luther Jr Holiday Photo by Leonard Freed

At a time when kids are reading at some of the lowest levels ever, Eagles receiver A.J. Brown making reading all the rage could be a game-changer. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

A sliver of good news from the fire in Altadena. www.blackenterprise.com/grave-octavi...

MUSIC MONDAY: "Ultimate Soul of the Season" - The Black Christmas Soundtrack for 2024 (LISTEN) goodblacknews.org/2024/12/16/m...

Tried to get into audiobooks for ages and could not, then early in the pandemic listened to Toni Morrison read Beloved, was converted, and have never looked back ✨