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African American

pangaia

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1. thank you for posting this... it was not easy to watch that 1st video...

Reply to Kind of Blue (Original post)

Tue Aug 6, 2019, 09:26 AM

Aug 2019

even though i have probably seen all those old clips and lived, well,.. i was going to say lived 'through it,' but being white i didn't really live 'through it,' now did i...

but , i think you understand.

I am still learning....... at 75.

jeeze, i lived in Memphis from 1967-1970 and played a jazz gig downtown the night before Dr. King was killed... it was horrifying.....

I wish I knew the answer....

thank you again for the reminder.....

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The Good Ol' Days "because I don't think anybody thought he would be as bad as he is" [View all] Kind of Blue Aug 2019 OP

thank you for posting this... it was not easy to watch that 1st video... pangaia Aug 2019 #1

Thanks for watching, pangaia. Yes, I do understand and the answer Kind of Blue Aug 2019 #2

we must just keep on keeping on... pangaia Aug 2019 #5

Yes, indeed! Kind of Blue Aug 2019 #6

Very powerful, brer cat Aug 2019 #3

Exactly, those words take us back through time. Kind of Blue Aug 2019 #4

Kick and Rec. Thanks for these links KoB The Polack MSgt Aug 2019 #7

You're very welcome, The Polack MSgt. Thanks for watching! Kind of Blue Aug 2019 #8