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Sister Souljah (born as Lisa Williamson in 1964, Bronx, New York) is a controversial American hip hop-generation author, activist, recording artist, and film producer. She is best known because in 1992—in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and the 1992 Los Angeles riots—she was criticized by Bill Clinton for her controversial remarks on race in the United States. Clinton's repudiation of the views he attributed to her created what is now known in politics as a Sister Souljah moment. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
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In United States politics, a Sister Souljah moment is a politicians public repudiation of an allegedly extremist person, statement, or position perceived to have some association with the politician. ...
Souljah is the executive director of Daddy's House Social Programs Inc., a not-for-profit corporation for urban youth, financed by Sean Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969)[1] is an American record producer, mogul, CEO, clothing designer, and a rapper. ...
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Early life
Sister Souljah was born into poverty and raised on welfare. At age 10 she moved with her family to the suburbs of Englewood, New Jersey, a wealthy suburb of New York City with tree-lined streets, where the median income is consistently above the national average. Englewood is also home to other famous Black artists such as George Benson, Eddie Murphy, and Regina Belle.[1] Map highlighting Englewoods location within Bergen County. ...
As a student, she was excellent but disliked what she was being taught in school. She felt that she was being taught very little of her history, even though the junior high school and high school had a Black studies week every year from 1976 to 1985 to exclusively promote Black studies, history, and art. Souljah took a very active and special interest in learning everything she could about African history, which she felt was left out of the education curriculum in this country purposely: "I supplemented my education in the white American school system by reading African history, which was intentionally left out of the curriculum of American students."[2] While at Dwight Morrow High School, a school that had a 55% Black enrollment, and a majority Black faculty and administration during the time of her studies from 1978 to 1982, she was a legislative intern in the House of Representatives for the Republican Party.[3] The term White American officially refers to people of European, Middle Eastern, and North African descent residing in the United States. ...
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Souljah was also the recipient of several honors during her teenage years. She won the American Legion's Constitutional Oratory Contest, a scholarship to attend Cornell University's Advanced Summer Program, and a chance to study abroad in Spain at the University of Salamanca—all before the age of 18.[4] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
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Throughout college she traveled, visiting Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Finland, and Russia. Her academic accomplishments were reinforced with first-hand experiences as she worked in at a medical center in Mtepa Tepa, a village located in Zimbabwe, and assisted refugee children from Mozambique. She also traveled to South Africa and Zambia. She graduated from Rutgers University with degrees in American History and African Studies. She became a well-known and outspoken voice on campus and active writer for the school newspaper. One of her noted campus initiatives was spearheading a campaign to bring Jesse Jackson to Rutgers to speak against the university's controversial investments in South Africa at the time, when divestiture from apartheid-era South Africa was a heated political issue. “Rutgers†redirects here. ...
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In 1985, during her senior year at Rutgers University, Reverend Benjamin Chavis of the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice offered her a job. She spent the next three years developing, organizing, and financing programs such as African Survival Camp, a 6-week summer sleep-away camp in Enfield, North Carolina.[5]
She became a controversial figure during the 1990s as a frequent guest on American talk shows. Unwilling to separate her pro-Black stance from her sheer disdain for white people, Souljah shocked many viewers with her statements about people of European origin. She became famous for her line "I'm not saying there aren't any decent white people; I've just never met one."
Sister Souljah has been married for over 15 years and has one child. [6]
Career
Music She appeared on several tracks as a featured guest with the hip-hop group Public Enemy, and she became a full member of the group when Professor Griff left the group after allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks. In 1992, she released her only solo album, 360 Degrees of Power. Both of her videos, "The Final Solution: Slavery's Back in Effect" and "The Hate that Hate Produced," were banned by MTV. Her album sold only 27,000 copies, and so her label, Epic/SME Records, dropped her. It is believed that the album sold poorly due to public backlash from her comments in response to the beating of Rodney King, but it also received terrible reviews in the music press. Hip-Hop music is a style of popular music. ...
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Souljah became infamous for her statements that year about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. In an interview conducted May 13, 1992, she was quoted in the Washington Post as saying: In United States politics, a Sister Souljah moment is a politicians public repudiation of an allegedly extremist person, statement, or position perceived to have some association with the politician. ...
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| “ | “If Black people kill Black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” | ” | The quote was later reproduced without the context of the complete interview [6], and she was widely criticized in the media. Presidential candidate Bill Clinton publicly criticized that statement—and Jesse Jackson for allowing her to be on his Rainbow Coalition—thus the Sister Souljah moment was created. William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...
In United States politics, a Sister Souljah moment is a politicians public repudiation of an allegedly extremist person, statement, or position perceived to have some association with the politician. ...
Author In 1995, at the age of 31, she published her autobiography, No Disrespect (Times/Crown/Random House ISBN 0-812-92483-5). In 1999, she made her debut as a novelist with The Coldest Winter Ever (Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-671-02578-3). The latter was praised by The New Yorker. The Coldest Winter Ever is a best-selling 1999 novel written by rapper and activist Sister Souljah. ...
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She also does occasional pieces for Essence Magazine. Essence Magazine is an American fashion and lifestyle magazine. ...
Community Activist As a community activist, Souljah has organized a number of service programs. In 1985, during her senior year at Rutgers University, she developed and financed the African Youth Survival Camp for children of homeless families, a 6-week summer sleep-away camp in Enfield, North Carolina. She has been a motivating force behind a number of hip-hop artists' efforts to give back to the community, organizing major youth events, programs, and summer camps with artists such as Lauryn Hill, Doug E. Fresh, and Sean "Diddy" Combs. “Rutgers†redirects here. ...
Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an eight-time Grammy award winning musician, record producer, and film actress. ...
Doug E. Fresh is the stage name of Douglas E. Davis (born 1966), an American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer. ...
Sean Diddy Combs Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969, aka Sean Puffy Combs, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy) is a record producer, entrepreneur, and rapper. ...
Presently, Souljah is the executive director of Daddy's House Social Programs Inc., a not-for-profit corporation for urban youth, financed by Sean Combs and Bad Boy Entertainment. Daddy's House educates and prepares youth, aged 10–16, to be in control of their academic, cultural, and financial lives. The students progressing through the program earn support to travel throughout the world [7]. Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969)[1] is an American record producer, mogul, CEO, clothing designer, and a rapper. ...
American King Music is a hip hop and R&B record label founded by Shawn Mims and Corey Llewllyn. ...
Discography - The Final Solution: Slavery’s Back in Effect (single and video, 1991)
- The Hate that Hate Produced (single and video, 1992)
- 360 Degrees of Power (album, 1992)
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