"INTRODUCTION TO BLACK STUDIES" (SHORT SLEEVE)

Inspired by Maulana Karenga, Nikki Giovanni, and KRS-One. In 1971, Nikki Giovanni released a record titled “Truth In On Its Way” w/The New York Community Choir. My mother used to have this joint in her collection, and I always remembered it because a company called Right-On Records released it. Back in 2010 while at a speech in Chicago, Nikki Giovanni signed a 2nd copy of this record for me with the note: “DREW – Keep Pushin’ … A phrase I’ll always used. I had an older cousin that kept KRS-One’s “You Must Learn” on repeat. He gave an actual history lesson on this song. Hip Hop taught me a Black history the classroom never provided. When I was young, my sis and I used to spend summers with our Pops in LA. While Pops was at work, at times, we’d be posted at the Africa-American culture center, which was founded by Maulana Karenga in 1965, who then founded Kwanzaa in 1966. Karenga gave me a signed copy of this book in 2001; it was the first comprehensive history book that I read regarding