"A second line is in effect a civil……" — Ned Sublette
"A second line is in effect a civil rights demonstration. Literally, demonstrating the civil right of the community to assemble in the street for peaceful purposes. Or, more simply, demonstrating the civil right of the community to exist."
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16 Quotes by Ned Sublette
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Music is so essential to the Cuban character that you can't disentangle it from the history of the nation. the…
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The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga…
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One often reads that the 1950s was the golden age of Cuban music, but it was really one long phase,…
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The general disinclination of Spain to accept slaves from Islamicized regions of Africa during the formative years of Hispano-American society…
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Up through and including Lincoln, American politicians nursed a fantasy of repatriating blacks to Africa.
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In 1942 Cachao wrote a tune for Arcao, 'Rareza de Melitn,' with a memorable catchy tumbao. In 1957 Arcao recorded…
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Every farm with slaves was a slave-breeding farm. Raising slaves was mostly a cottage industry...
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A laborer might last ten years or so before expiring. But individual workers in the death camp of sugar were…
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The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'.…
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That spirit of mockery characteristic of the guaracha was part of the mambo from the beginning.
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On occassion, slaves in Spanish New Orleans owned slaves, whose labor they could appropriate toward purchasing their own freedom, or…
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Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it…
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I assemble my ideas in pieces on a computer file, then gradually find a place for them on a piece…
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Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.
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We had no churches, no religious organizations, so sabbath day, no holidays, and yet we worshiped. Sometimes the whole tribe…
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You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.
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What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The…
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Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no…
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