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DESCRIPTION:Black August Fundraiser at Berkeley Community Theater Aug 30th\n\n$10.00 
 tix avail online at http://www.haitiaction.net\n\nEvent Starts 6:00 p.m to 
 11 p.m\n\nperformers include:  The Coup, Martin Luther, E. W. Wainwright 
 &\nthe African Roots of Jazz, Prophets of Rage, Amandla Poets, Company of 
 Prophets and much more...\n\nBlack August International (2003) will not 
 only honor our national freedom fighters in the "belly of the beast," it 
 will celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of Haiti's Revolution, the 
 first and only armed struggle whereby Africans liberated themselves from 
 chattel slavery. It began in August of 1791 and ended in victory over 
 Napoleon's crack troops in 1803 with the celebration of independence, 
 January, 1804. Nat Turner's slave rebellion began on August 21, 1831, and 
 Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad started in August. As Mumia stated, 
 "Their sacrifice, their despair, their determination and their blood has 
 painted the month Black for all time." \n\nBenefit For The Haiti Action 
 Committee \n( http://www.haitiaction.net ),  a Bay Area-based network of 
 activists who have supported the Haitian struggle for democracy since 1991. 
 Members foster extensive contacts with the grassroots movements in Haiti. 
 \n\nThe Haitian revolution is almost 200 years old, but still Haiti suffers 
 as the U.S attempts to destabilize the legally elected Haitian government 
 of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. \n\nHelp remember the sacrifices made by black 
 revolutionaries, and slaves that rose against their masters.\n\nMusic and 
 Speeches\n\nby\n\nE. W. Wainwright &\nthe African Roots of Jazz\nThe 
 Coup\nMumia Abu-Jamal\nAmandla Poets\nAvotcja & Modupue\nHatem 
 Bazian\nCompany of Prophets\nChrystos\nDavid Johnson\nDaughters of 
 Yam\nDonald Lacy\nFree Jack\nRay Love\nHugo Pinell & Ruchell Magee\nKehinde 
 & Taiwo\nKreative Dwellah\nKumasi & (Lil) Kumasi\nPierre Labossiere\nMartin 
 Luther\nTiyesha Meroe\nKiilu Nyasha\nKevin Pina (film on Haiti)\nProphets 
 of Rage\nDr. Raye Richardson\nRonald Wilkins\nLuis Talamantez\nSundiata 
 Tate\nT.E.A.M.\nWanda Sabir\nYuri Kochiyama\n\n\nsee 
 http://www.HaitiAction.net\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/23383.php
SUMMARY:Black August - The Coup, Amandla Poets, Killu and many more
LOCATION:Berkeley Community Theater\nat Allston Way and MLK, JR. Blvd
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/23383.php
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