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Glad to hear more stories from @BlaiseGainey @xcolinjacksonx @alanawise_ air nationally on @NPR Diversity in reporting makes a difference! @NABJ

Federal legislation threatens to eliminate public media funding, endangering your local public 📻 & 📺 stations. If you value; •Emergency alerts •Commercial free music stations •High quality news •24 hr educational programs #ProtectMyPublicMedia protectmypublicmedia.org

@ClariceFox4 Happy Birthday to your mom!

We are deeply grateful for Mummy’s longevity and vitality as she turns 100 years young. She is the Blessing and North Star of our lives. 🎂🎉💐🎊🥳💯

A Small List (!!!) of Albums Quincy Jones Produced: Michael Jackson - Thriller Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Michael Jackson - Bad George Benson - Give Me the Night Patti Austin - Every Home Should Have One Aretha Franklin - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) Lesley Gore - It's My Party Dinah Washington - In the Land of Hi-Fi Count Basie - This Time By Basie! Donna Summer - Donna Summer Brothers Johnson - Look Out for #1 Brothers Johnson - Right on Time Chaka Khan - Chaka Khan James Ingram - It's Your Night Sarah Vaughan - Vaughan with Voices Al Jarreau - Breakin' Away Dizzy Gillespie - The Quintet Miles Davis - Miles Ahead Peggy Lee - Is That All There Is? Rufus & Chaka Khan - Masterjam Milt Jackson - The Quincy Jones Years Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz Lena Horne - Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music Hubert Laws - Morning Star Louis Armstrong - I’ve Got the World on a String Frank Sinatra - L.A. Is My Lady Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Quintessence Count Basie & Duke Ellington - First Time! The Count Meets the Duke The Brothers Johnson - Blam! Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus Etta James - Stickin' to My Guns Nancy Wilson - How Glad I Am Marvin Gaye - In the Beginning Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in Hollywood Charles Brown - The Blues in My Heart, The Rhythm in My Soul Louis Jordan - Somebody Up There Digs Me Sarah Vaughan - You're Mine You Oscar Peterson - With Respect to Nat Harry Arnold - Quincy: A Musical Celebration of Quincy Jones Toots Thielemans - The Soul of Toots Thielemans Brothers Johnson - Winners Frank Sinatra - It Might as Well Be Swing (with Count Basie) Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

104 years ago on November 2-3, during Election Day in 1920, the single bloodiest day in modern America political history happened, The Ocoee Massacre. A black man attempted to vote & the Ku Klux Klan responded with rampage that led to the exile/death of every black person that lived there —The dark day in Florida's history escalated after one Black citizen tried to exercise his right to vote at a polling location but was turned away on Election Day. Mose Norman, who had been part of the voter registration drive in Orange County, decided to vote in the national election on November 2. When he attempted to do so, twice, he was turned away from the polls. When Norman was driven away the second time, a white mob, then numbering over 100 men, decided to hunt him down. Concluding he had taken refuge in the home of another local Black resident, Julius “July” Perry, they rushed Perry’s home hoping to capture both men there. Norman escaped and was never found while Perry defended his home, killing two white men, Elmer McDaniels and Leo Borgard, who tried to enter through the back door. The mob called for reinforcements from Orlando and surrounding Orange County. Eventually they caught and killed Perry and hung his dead body from a telephone post by the highway from Ocoee to Orlando to intimidate other potential Black voters. Perry’s wife, Estelle Perry, and their daughter were wounded during the attack on the Perry home. They were sent to Tampa by local law enforcement officers. The mob then turned on the Black community of Ocoee. Homes and properties of Black families were scorched, burnt to the ground. At least four Black individuals were confirmed killed -- one of which was lynched, his body hanging from a tree limb for all to see. On June 21, 2019, a historical marker honoring July Perry and others killed in the massacre was placed in Heritage Square outside the Orange County Regional History Center. 🖋️if you love our content, please consider supporting our page on AfricanArchives.Support (follow the ko-fi page too for weekly posts roundup)

Time for some Spooky Season fun 🎃👻🐈‍⬛ Did you know there are many weather related fears and phobias? Take a look at some of common ones and then head over to weather.gov/safety.

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#Breaking: I-74 East of Urbana between Ogden & Fithian is CLOSED because of a field fire. Traffic is being diverted onto US Rte. 150. These pics are from @ILPublicMedia meteorologist @skydrama Andrew Pritchard.

Also, for the record the Harris campaign has not passed on doing the podcast. They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour. I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin. My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen.

As of yesterday, I have decided to resign from my role as a columnist for The Washington Post — a newspaper that I love. In a moment like this, everyone needs to make their own decisions. This is the reasonfor mine. 🧵

Right now: dozens of @ILStatePolice vehicles line Prospect Ave. in Champaign during the funeral for Trooper Corey S. Thompsen. The 28-year-old died after his motorcycle was struck by a truck on October 18. He will be laid to rest in St. Joseph.

Great segment on The 21st Show today. It’s crazy that if you tell the truth, you’re the subject of death threats or worse.

A pleasure to spend part of my Sunday with Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Wknd Edition Sat. He talked about covering his hometown of Chicago, intl. war zones, putting 🍌 in his hair & doing it without a driver’s license! Listen to @21stShow from @ilpublicmedia later this week.

Good job to our @IPMnewsroom team: Kennedy Vincent @DPierceDigital Nidhi Shastri Penny Bradford for a great episode. These interviews took place at the @NABJ conf. Thank you @sidney_madden_ @CoreyARose & @YolandaAdams for sharing knowledge with us. will.illinois.edu/dialogue/episo…

So sad to hear of the passing of talk show icon Phil Donahue at age 88. Like so many journalists, he inspired me during my career. What a life! Sending prayers of comfort to Marlo and his family.

BREAKING: Television icon Phil Donahue dies at 88.

Read this 🧵 on our new investigation into a trove of Project 2025 training videos 👇👇

@GeeDee215 @drebjournalist @samsanders @NABJ For the record I wanted fan out and hear the wisdom from @GeeDee215 and @samsanders. I’m not disappointed in any of the panelists just @NABJ planning. The room was literally full! What a messy mess.

Five years later, our hearts are still with El Paso. 🧡

Just told it was canceled. 😔

Where is @samsanders @GeeDee215 Nadia Goffe from @Slate? A room filled with Black journalists since 10:30 wanting learn about podcasts and no panelists. @NABJ #NABJ2024