A Black People's History of Parties

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I love to party. Do you? Let's discuss some fun black celebrations that have livened up black history-- from rent parties to jook joints to block parties to Freaknik-- and other stuff in between! [Dancing, black parties, House party, freaknik Atlanta, Mississippi blues, delta blues, Robert Johnson, Did Robert Johnson sell his soul to the devil, Robert Johnson urban legend, Zora Neale Hurston, Robin D.G. Kelly, Malcolm X, rent party, William Seaberry, Monkey, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Outkast, Bessie Smith, Gullah Geechee, Juk, Piedmont Park, Atlanta University Center, Beverly Harvard, Howard University, Kasim Reed, 1996 Olympic Bombing, Newt Gingrich, Affirmative Action, Dancehall, Toasting, Abyssinian Baptist Church, Adam Clayton Powell Sr., Langston Hughes]

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0:00- Intro
2:29- The Harlem Rent Crisis
3:43- Rent Parties
7:15- Buffet Flats
8:27- Queer Safe Spaces
9:46- Jook Joints
13:35- Poor Monkey's Jook Joint
16:15- Blue Front Cafe and Jimmy Duck Holmes
18:36- Bronx Block Parties and Hip Hop
21:42- The Rise of Freaknik
23:16- Freak 1993 and Gridlock
24:20- Freaknik 1994
26:05- Respectability Politics and Hip Hop
28:44- Freaknik 96-99
32:00- Consent and Sexuality at Freaknik
33:49- Parties on the Plantation
35:42- Conclusion