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José Orta
@orta69.bsky.social
Disabled Air Force Veteran, LULAC, CeaseFire, LGBTQ+, Elections, Diversity, Equality and Social Justice for all. 💉✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🍉🌎🎶🏳️‍⚧️
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There's all that weeping and all that crying
Motherless children have a hard time
when the mother is gone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=luFo...
Transatlantic Sessions 4 (2009) Motherless Children - Rosanne Cash
YouTube video by Mykal-Ann
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January 24, 2026 at 12:07 PM
$1.75 in 1956 is equivalent to $21.00 in today's money. Although the fee was usually only a few dollars, for many, it was a significant amount of money, sometimes representing a substantial portion of a family’s household income for the week.
January 23, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Sheet music for "Shaft" by Isaac Hayes.
Who's the cat that got the Oscar? Isaac Hayes
You're damn right!
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Quincy Jones intervened arguing that while Hayes did not physically write the notes on paper, the composition, arrangement, and ideas were entirely his own. Hayes was allowed to remain in the category winning the Oscar making him the first African American to win an Oscar in a non-acting category.
January 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM