My father, Harold Dudley Sr., was a driver on the Red Ball Express. He told me about having machine guns mounted on their trucks to draw fire from German fighter aircraft. My father's unit wasn't issued ammunition, however. My father and his comrades "liberated" the ammunition they needed to defend themselves. They weren't going to be decoys. My father became an ancestor in 2016.
Baraka This is Very important..Black Sacrificial lambs for defending fthe country & white supremacy then if they survived only to return home to more racism from the descendants of the enemy who migrated to the US.. Every Black & white kid should know about this..
Baba Greg Carr- a scholar, an anthropologist and an author. Mama Karen Hunter- a scholar, a radio journalist and an author. Two of my favourite role models.
The way Dr Carr absorbs information, retains it and recalls it on demand is nothing short of genius. i typically believe anything can be taught, but this skill…. I dunno
Thanks, Dr. Carr and Prof. Hunter. Sometimes you see something and are mesmerized at the delivery, memory, and mastery of a professor. This is one of those. How does one remember so much and thread it all up so coherently? Am in awe!! We appreciate the scholarship a lot. Rest In Power, Sidney Poitier-Ptah 🙏🏿💯
I thank our God for you both daily. We are so blessed to have you as part of our everyday lives. May God always protect and keep you as we journey through this life. A'se!!!
Hi family, Professors Hunter and Carr, I really enjoy each session I've attended. The mic dropped when Prof. Hunter said...."We're building a place, we won't be here for long!" 💪🏽💯‼️
Rest in peace Sir Sidney Poitier, THE MAN. My Mother would kick us all out of the house when Sidney Poitier was on TV. She loved him and she passed that on to me. I have utmost Respect for his work and his influence. LOVE LOVE LOVE Sidney💝
I love how you bring out the awesomeness of our family. It cannot be hidden. Thank you both Professor Hunter and Dr.Carr. I have some much love and respect for you and us.
Great clip of Sydney Poitier. What stuck me most about his statement is when he was describing him self he mentioned he was an Artist , before he said he was a man .So I think it is significant he mentioned his purpose or work before his physical Identification.
This was great content and I learned more about Sidney Poitier that I never knew, thank you Dr. Car and Professor Karen Hunter. Rest In Peace Sidney Poitier 🕊
Blessings for 2022 to Dr.Carr (The Human Google) and sister Karen Hunter (A clean glass of water). Dr.Carr is a Genius. This man's mind,brain is impeccable. He remembers the entire book on Sir Poitier. OMG. May Sir Poitier rest in paradise. He was a national hero. Love,love,love in class with Carr. One🖤
Thank you so much for this program, Doctors Hunter and Carr! It blesses me every time that I listen. I was supposed to be running errands, but I felt that growing my mind was more important today. ❤🖤💚🙏
@@aikinsv as of now Professor Hunter and Dr. Carr have been doing live broadcasts in RU-vid once a month. In the future (5 weeks from last Sst) the live sessions with the chat will be only in knubia. Those recorded classes will be posted to RU-vid until whenever Profs change that like they did before. Remeber when class used to be live in RU-vid every week?
When I was in the third grade 1968- 1969 my teacher told me I look like a young Sidney Poitier and I really didn't know how to accept that but now I'm proud to say that was probably the best, complement of my life and I remember what it was like to be young gifted and black
It really upset me to find out how many younger Black people did not know who Sidney Poitier was. I'm 54yrs old and I asked people as old as 44yrs old and they had no idea of the legend of Mr. Poitier. It's sad.
That’s really sad to hear. I’m 44 and I grew up watching Mr. Poitier in Let’s Do it Again, In The Heat of the Night, A Patch of Blue, Uptown Saturday Night, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and many others. Many in my generation and certainly not all, we’re not raised to appreciate talents such as Mr. Poitier. I remember a time in the early 80s when BET would feature classic Black movies from the 40s. That’s how I learned about greats such as Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and the Nicholas Brothers, etc.
@@Bambi7ish It's not that Sidney Poitier didn't want to continue making movies. It's just that they couldn't include him in their narratives anymore!!💯
This was another great show , thanks Prof. Hunter & Dr. Carr.Mr. Sidney Poitier was a great&gracious talent a powerful actor, activist& humanitarian. I agree he lived a complicated life . It was a well lived life bringing joy through his craft & a life of service through his activism.I enjoyed so many of his great movies. One of my favorite book his “ The Measure of a Man.” RIP
Just wanted to thank you both for sharing your beautiful minds in tribute to my favorite actor. There are no words to thank you for bringing intelligent discussion to a book lover in Appalachia. Bless you both💯🌹💐🙏🐦 And am so old I forgot I said it previously.😂
Professor Karen, I watch "A Piece of the Action" I was a little girl when I first saw this movie. As I watched the movie it unpacked so many stereotypes. After slavery ended how did Black people navigate in the world? We speak of Black Wallstreet and Rose Wood, but that was not a reality for many Black people. When Black people migrated from the South to the North how was that space navigated? The north did not what Black people so certain areas became dumping grounds and public schools just dumping grounds for minority children. With no social, economic, education heritage it is very easy to slip into the mindset of the teenagers displayed in the movie and then we are classified as degenerates. I know we as a Black people have been mistreated spiritually, physically, emotionally, economically, socially, educationally not only outside the community but also within the same community. I like the part of the movie when Mr. Poitier spoke to the class about not needing "welfare nor Church charity" I knew welfare was degrading but it never dawned on me Church charity can keep a person locked within a Welfare mindset. I am not saying Churches should not minister food, supplies and aid to those in need, I am saying Church aid should be a gateway out of poverty. Thank you Professor Karen for this segment, it helped me unpack a lot of things I did not see before even within myself.
Dr Carr THANK YOU again for bringing another facet of Mr. Poiter to life. SO much better & enlightening than the social structure tribute by Oprah! Again Thank You!
Dr Carr, Dr Hunter, thank you for this lesson, Ep. 96! I appreciate all you are doing to inform, enlighten and empower us with knowledge, shalom and kudos.
Drs. Hunter and Carr, this was another great exchange. Thanks for mentioning Canada Lee (March 3, 1907 - May 9, 1945), who portrayed Joe Spencer in the movie "Lifeboat" (1944). James Baldwin referenced him as being blacklisted and committing suicide. Most of the artists accused of being communists during that period (1950 - 1954) were not. Lives were ruined. Rex Ingram (Oct. 20, 1895 - Sept. 19, 1969) portrayed Sgt. Major Tambul in the movie, Sahara (1943). Thanks again for using the technology "in the best manner!" Many Blessings!!
Dr carr os so busy doing the work. He doesn't even know to a brother like me 45yrs old class of 95. His ways of knowing is my whol2 generation framework. This man can articulate my place of departure in this society. I says what i think and how a feel.
Hello my Young Queen Sister in Christ Ms. Hunter & my Brother Dr. Carr❤️♥️Much Love 2U Both & Continued Blessings in this New Year 2022 also 2U Both!! Happy New Year🎆🎈🎈♥️♥️♥️🌺🌺🌺🌺
As a fan of the western(sorry I grew up on the genre) my favorite is Buck and the Preacher especially the relationship between him and Ruby Dee talk about your ride or die that was Black love.
He did a documentary on the Oprah show he explained how he got into Show Business how he got his first job is really something to see if you can go back in and look at his beginnings you see so much of
Hotep Mama Karen and Baba Greg Baba Sidney Poitier didn’t allow racism to discourage him as an actor, a producer and a political activist. He was bold brilliant and beautiful individual. I like him in In the Heat of the Night fifty five years ago. Before that it was Guess Who’s Coming? Lilies in the Fields etc. With his friends Baba Harry Belafonte and Baba Bill Cosby in Uptown Saturday Night forty eight years ago and Let’s Do it Again also forty eight years ago. What a man not only in films but fighting for freedom justice and equality. RIP Baba Sidney Poitier Mama Karen and Baba Greg you two are my favourite role models by teaching me how I can accomplish myself as an African 💯and I love you both. Mama Karen I live in London and not Chicago.
If "Winter is here", if the other side is planning in 2022/2024, what is the counter to this? We can't talk and talk as they execute their strategy. What is the counter?!?
This was a great retrospective and this clarification of that controversial interview with Sidney Poitier, which should be required reviewing in every film school. And although I haven’t finished watching this great video you forgot to mention that in 1967, Poitier, starred in three of the year’s biggest box office films, To Sir With,,,, Guess Who’s Coming..., and In The Heat..., and was named No.1 Box Office Star of the Year, the first time by a Black actor.
Another great class as usual. Poitier's life is reminding me of the importance of courage, principles, and what happens when others try to frame an icon in time. One thing I'm struggling with is the Africana framework. You all mention it often, but I'm having a difficult time wrapping my head around it. Is there somewhere in Knarrative where I can learn more in a direct way?
I consider Sir Sidney Poitier the greatest actor of his generation and he opened the doors for every Black Actor to be taken seriously by Hollywood. When he slapped the racist plantation owner in In The Heat of The Night, Hollywood would never be the same. it was a slap heard, seen and celebrated by filmgoers around the world. Oscar Micheaux made the first serious dramatic black films. The Great Scholar, Athlete and Activist became our first great Movie Star in the 30s (if you discount Stephin Fetchit and Bill Bojangles Robinson), but his movies were made mainly overseas in England with limited distribution in America. But when Poitier and others of his generation like Belefonte, Ossis Davis, Ruby Dee, William Marshall, Dorothy Dandridge, Eartha Kitt and the forgotten James Edwards, came to Hollywood, they were not there to play the games that filmmakers expected them to play. RIP Mr. Poitier.
Love yall, Got MAD respect, but within the context of this conversation, Is that Reall That Complicated?? No disrespect, just trying to understand, usually right on the same track.
Yes. Such knowledge. I love to hear that speech. MS. Hunter, I did not like the Emmit story. As usual the narrative was to paint him (us) in a different light. 😕🙃😤
Unfortunately we are not kind to each other.. we all have to be at the same stage of our development at the same time.. it appears him being born in Miami still makes him a foreigner in our ADOS mindset... i also notice a lot of movies were shot in Africa with US actors..... I will love an explanation from those of us decrying the presence of black british actors
I long hated Poitier for mis-leading me. I was 12 years old and took Poitier's side over his father in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" when Poitier said, "But you think of yourself as a colored man. l think of myself...as a man." As an adult I heard the same argument on race between Frederick Douglass and Martin Delany. Poitier avoiding questions on race for me means he was an embryo on the issue and therefore perhaps correct on being silent, however one who is scholarly, and can defend Afrikan culture, "Never be silent." I finally forgave Poiter when after Malcolm X's assassination, he took in Malcolm's children and had them stay in his house a few weeks. This was at a time people didn't embrace Malcolm X fearing their life might be taken. Attallah Shabazz tells the story in Daughters of Legacy Part 4 of 8 on RU-vid.
