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 (DIR) Post #ASp7ZyTH5cjF9Jcq4O by francoisknyc@masto.ai
       2023-02-17T16:09:26Z
       
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       All too often true progenitors never get their fair shake from history. We keep hearing that Bill Haley, Elvis and others were the early pioneers of Rock&Roll when in fact charismatic Sister Rosetta Tharpe was arguably one of its true creators (along with Wynonie Harris)Rock&Roll Hall of Fame belatedly inducting her in 2018 when they were forced to is a textbook example of the lingering effects of decades of selective cultural institutionalized racism. #blackmastodon #blackfriday #unsungheroes