Howa♫d Tuniversal

Thinker/producer/singer/songwriter/curator AKA - HOWgone

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Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

~ Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #CivilRightsIcon #Politician #Minister #PresidentialMedalOfFreedomAwardee

Happy Black History Month!!

We lost too many jewels this past year! Their impacts will forever remain with us.

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All in all, we are only in this world to help one another. If I can make you smile, if I can see the greatness in others and help propel them to excellence, I wake up each day a happy man.

~ Lamonte McLemore (1939-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #SingerSongwriter #Actor #Composer #Photographer #5thDimensionFoundingMember #6xGrammyWinner

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With God by your side, you possess the courage to face opposition, trials, and uncertainties head-on.

~ Dr. Ron Kenoly (1944-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #SingerSongwriter #Author #Minister #WorshipLeader #Veteran

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Billy Bass Nelson (1951-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Bassist #Singer #RockAndRollHOFer #Funkadelic #PFunk

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Redd and I were making history back in those days. We were the first Blacks to be on television in that capacity and we opened the door for all those other shows that came after us.

~ Demond Wilson (1946-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Actor #Author #VietnamArmyVeteran #Lamont

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DJ Michael "5000" Watts (1972-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #DJ #Producer #SwishaHouseFounder

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I respect all these drummers and have learnt a lot from them. From them, I listened and created my own style. They played some things I copied, other things I recreated.

~ Sly Dunbar (1952-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Drummer #Producer #SlyAndRobbie #2xGrammyWinner

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History kept me stuck to my seat. I felt the hand of Harriet Tubman pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner Truth pushing down on the other. My mother told me to be quiet about what I did. She told me: 'Let Rosa be the one. White people aren't going to bother Rosa, her skin is lighter than yours and they like her.

~ Claudette Colvin (1939-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Pioneer #CivilRightsActivist

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John Forte (1975 - 2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Rapper #Producer #Musician #GrammyWinner

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T.K. Carter (1956-2026)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Actor

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Isaiah Whitlock Jr. (1954-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Actor

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I felt left by God, I was trying to write a pity-party song, but God pulled me to do a praise song. God said, ‘I want your praise no matter what the situation you are in, good or bad.’ It’s about trusting him... I just think that God gives us songs for certain purposes to help lift people’s spirit. I think music is what unifies us. I think music is what lifts our spirits and I think every now and then God’s gives us one of those songs that just it helps you feel good. Whatever is going wrong, it lifts your spirit. It gives you hope. And I think that was one of those songs that did that.

~ Richard Smallwood (1948-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #SingerSongwriter #GospelMusicLegend #Maestro #HBCUGrad #4xDoveAwardWinner #7xStellarAwardWinner

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Carl Carlton (1953-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #SingerSongwriter

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Elden Campbell (1968-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #NBAChampion

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Jimmy Cliff (1944-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Musician #Singer #Actor #RockAndRollHOFer #2xGrammyWinner

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I will never forget the violence of the white mob when we left our home. I still see Black men being shot, Black bodies lying in the street. I still smell smoke and see fire. I still see Black businesses being burned. I still hear airplanes flying overhead. I hear the screams.

~ Viola Fletcher (1914-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #Supercentenarian #TulsaRaceMassacreSurvivor #CivilRightsAdvocate #Author

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Rodney Rogers (1971-2025)

#BHM #TheGreatsWeLostThisYear #RIP #NBASixthManOfTheYear