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Upcoming Events Have you met…?: Ms. Barbara Billups >> Click here to register for the event! << The Black Lindy Hoppers Fund and Collective Voices for Change present our third edition of Have you met…? with Lindy Hop legend Ms Barbara Billups. Ms Barbara Billups was the third runner up at the Harvest Moon…
The Twist Dance: Chubby Checker, Oct. 10, 1961, Toronto, Canada (Photo by Gerry Barker/Toronto Star/ZUMA Press). Chubby Checker is an American Rock and roll singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles including The Twist dance style with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The…
Happy Birthday, Peg Leg Bates – Born October 11, 1907 Clayton (Peg Leg) Bates (October 11, 1907 – December 6, 1998), a below-knee amputee from the age of 12, Bates grew up disabled and Black in the Jim Crow South. As a teenager in the 1920s, latched onto the vaudeville circuit, he moved onto minstrel shows…
Integrated Rhythm – Hope-timistic As a fan of podcasts, Integrated Rhythm has been such an outstanding resource for all of us here at iLindy. “What’s this podcast about?” you ask. Here’s what the creators have to say: Integrated Rhythm is a weekly podcast where “Two besties navigate race and the Black Experience in…
During the past year and a half, we at iLindy have been doing a lot of listening, learning, and growing. It has not been a comfortable journey, but it has been a necessary one. We are sorry that we’ve been slow to publicly respond to events around the world – we have been working through…