#whiteyonthemoon

[goodblacknews]

Born on this Day in 1949: Influential Musician and Poet Gil Scott-Heron #musicalheroes #flautists #therevolutionwillnotbetelevised #whiteyonthemoon #piecesofaman https://www.instagram.com/p/B-dWTZmpnLq/?igshid=2dpqg37bu429

[pnutbutter72]

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Posted @withrepost • @funklife4ever The other day, we took a moment to recognize the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon launch; well, today's the anniversary of the landing. Needless to say, it was a historic achievement of engineering and imagination, but it didn't come cheap. As mentioned in an article on cbsnews.com, "Between 1960 and 1973, NASA spent $28 billion developing the rockets, spacecraft and ground systems needed for what became the Apollo program. According to a recent analysis by the Planetary Society, that translates into an estimated $288.1 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars." Not everybody believed, then or now, that it was a worthwhile expenditure of taxpayer funds considering the challenges America faced back here on Earth; particularly, those related to poverty. Gil Scott-Heron, a self-described member of the "Common Sense Party," had this very thing in mind when he wrote the poem heard here, "Whitey On The Moon.” #gilscottheron #whiteyonthemoon #legend #greatness #genius #poet #poetry #poem #spokenword #apollo11 #moon #nasa #protest #socialprotest #inequality #socialinequality #poverty (at Elmwood Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0JPPoHnUeu/?igshid=yylkkdaur7sq

[balbert3]

Happy #WorldPoetryDay The late great Gil Scott-Heron!! #GilScottHeron #WhiteyontheMoon https://www.instagram.com/p/BvRv6vvAc3B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=168sqorsgj29k

[spanky606]

@Regrann from @minister_of_information - #GillScottHeron #WhiteyOnTheMoon Pt. 5 #Regrann

[spanky606]

@Regrann from @minister_of_information - #GillScottHeron #WhiteyOnTheMoon Pt.4 #Regrann

[spanky606]

@Regrann from @minister_of_information - #GillScottHeron #WhiteyOnTheMoon Pt. 3 #Regrann

[spanky606]

@Regrann from @minister_of_information - Pt.2 #GillScottHeron #WhiteyOnTheMoon #Regrann

[spanky606]

@Regrann from @minister_of_information - #GillScottHeron #WhiteyOnTheMoon Pt. 1 #Regrann