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Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco
@Deglassco@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

On the surface, Bruce Springsteen is the workingman’s troubadour—the bard of highways and mill towns. But for a Black listener, his voice carries another weight: it echoes the sorrow songs, borrows from Black survival, & exposes the fracture at America’s core.
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#history #photography #music #blackandwhite #blackmastodon #histodons #newjersey
Image: Bruce Springsteen Up The River with Clarence Clemons, Dec 31, 1980, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, Photographer: Brooks Kraft.

Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.
Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.
Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.
CarveHerName
@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#AmericanHistory#WomenPilots#Histodons
CarveHerName
@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago
#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

#WomenInHistory#OTD #History#WomensHistory#AmericanHistory#WomenPilots#Histodons
Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco
@Deglassco@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

On the surface, Bruce Springsteen is the workingman’s troubadour—the bard of highways and mill towns. But for a Black listener, his voice carries another weight: it echoes the sorrow songs, borrows from Black survival, & exposes the fracture at America’s core.
1/15
#history #photography #music #blackandwhite #blackmastodon #histodons #newjersey
Image: Bruce Springsteen Up The River with Clarence Clemons, Dec 31, 1980, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, Photographer: Brooks Kraft.

Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.
Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.
Black-and-white photograph of a musical performance showing two musicians---Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen with their heads together. On the left, Clemons in a suit and tie plays a saxophone with intensity,, frowning, his face shining with sweat. On the right, Springsteen, with tousled hair leans in close, mouth open as if singing or shouting into the music. The image captures a moment of energy and collaboration on stage.