Genius Burning Brightly: The Unraveling of Gil Scott-Heron
Genius Burning Brightly: The Unraveling of Gil Scott-Heron
by TaRessa Stovall
Genius Burning Brightly: The Unraveling of Gil Scott-Heron
by TaRessa Stovall
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wow. I didn't know any of this. I used to fantasize running into Gil Scott Heron so I could tell him what a huge impact he and the Last Poets had on my political trajectory. When I was 16, 17 years old I would play the 'Revolution will not be televised' lp over and over and over. I knew every song by heart.
The passion, the anger, the willingness to offend, the truth, seared my soul and became part of my muscles and bones.
Thinking back to that I now recognize why I find "protest" today so pale, so polite, so utterly useless.