Gil Scott-Heron would have been 68 years old on April 1st. I can still remember Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) coming up behind Scott-Heron and blindfolding him. Scott-Heron never flinched, even when ...
WE LOST one of the more brilliant minds and powerful voices for freedom last weekend. Gil Scott-Heron, the musician and spoken-word legend, died on May 27 in New York City at the age of 62. Many of ...
The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.” In late January, flying high from his South Carolina ...