Chance meeting on the land of the free of a witch hunt and a fauxpology
Pictured: Hazel Scott before the groundless accusations of the "House Un-American Activities Committee" maliciously destroyed her career
| Born today in 1920
Who was the the first black woman to host a television show? Three decades before Oprah, Hazel Scott did just that. She was a bona fide star, made recordings with Charles Mingus and Max Roach, appeared in movies, and married a well-known congressman fighting for civil rights. But, it went to hell and the history books are unfair. Due to a combination of collusion, racism, and McCarthy-ism, Scott was driven out of the business and eventually the country for being "un-American". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Scott |
| Hazel's Boogie Woogie Hazel Scott - Her Second Album Of Piano Solos With Drums Acc. - Decca - 1942 |
| The White Keys and the Black Keys Hazel Scott - The Heat's On (musical movie) - Mills Music Inc. - 1943 |
| Venez Donc Chez Moi Hazel Scott - Hazel Scott Joue Et Chante - Polydor - 1957 |
| The Jeep Is Jumpin' Hazel Scott, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach [orig. Duke Ellington] - Relaxed Piano Moods - Debut - 1955 |
| What Ever Happened to Hazel Scott? Eve Goldberg - - 2016 |
| This bio "What Ever Happened to Hazel Scott?" works well for radio, and if you enjoyed it please check out the video and support the documentary film-maker Eve Goldberg.
https://eve-goldberg.com/films-videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_WJ4PpxWaE |
| Git Up From There Hazel Scott, Charlie Mingus, Max Roach - Relaxed Piano Moods - Debut - 1955 |
| On S'est Aimé Si Tendrement Hazel Scott - Viens Danser - Polydor - 1958 |
| Round Midnight Hazel Scott [orig. Thelonious Monk] - Round Midnight - Decca - 1957 |
| An empty apology made today in 2013
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established on June 1 2008 with the purpose of documenting the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system on Indigenous students and their families. On June 11 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the role of past governments in administration of the residential schools. "That there is the problem. Reconciliation doesn’t even properly identify the issue at hand, that we need to collectively put our heads together and work on as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples on this land that we now share. Reconciliation is structurally ill-equipped to deal with that because it doesn’t recognize that as a problem. That’s why you can have Harper apologize in 2008 for the residential system, and one year later at the G20 meeting in Pennsylvania, say Canada has no history of colonialism. Because they’re entirely conceptually distinct, because reconciliation, as it’s framed by Canadian policy makers, is not about colonialism, it’s about what it would like to think is a misguided humanitarian project that was undertaken in the form of residential schools." - Glen Coulthard, Yellowknives Dene First Nation http://www.northernpublicaffairs.ca/index/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/QUERENGESSER.pdf |
| Wolves Don't Live By The Rules Willie Thrasher - Spirit Child - Boot Records - 1981 
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| School Days Willie Dunn - Willie Dunn - Kot'Ai - 1972
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| Kill'n Your Mind Willy Mitchell and Desert River Band - Sweet Grass Music/Native North America (Vol. 1) - Enregistrement Riobert/LITA - 1980/2014
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| Bush Lady, part 1 Alanis Obomsawin - Bush Lady - WaWa Productions - 1985
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| The genocide basic to this country's birth is ongoing Buffy Sainte-Marie - - 2021
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4:02 PM, June 11th, 2021