The Panopticon Review: 2026 IS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF SIX MAJOR WORLD HISTORICAL FIGURES ALL BORN IN 1926: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Chuck Berry, Oscar Brown, Jr. and Michel Foucault

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2026 IS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF SIX MAJOR WORLD HISTORICAL FIGURES ALL BORN IN 1926: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Chuck Berry, Oscar Brown, Jr. and Michel Foucault

2026 IS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF JOHN COLTRANE (b. September 23, 1926--d. July 17, 1967)

Today, September 15, 2026 we feature the life, art, and legacy of the iconic and legendary musician and composer John Coltrane--Part 2

MILES DAVIS
(b. May 26, 1926–d. September 28, 1991)

JOHN COLTRANE
(b. September 23, 1926–d. July 17, 1967)

FIDEL CASTRO
(b. August 13, 1926–d. November 25, 2016)

CHUCK BERRY
(b. October 18, 1926–d. March 18, 2017)

OSCAR BROWN, Jr.
(b. October 10, 1926–d. May 29, 2005)

MICHEL FOUCAULT
(b. October 15, 1926–d. June 25, 1984)

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JOHN COLTRANE (1926-1967): Legendary, iconic, and innovative musician, composer, arranger, music theorist, ensemble leader, and philosopher

Nina Simone (1933-2003)

"There's no other purpose, so far as I'm concerned, for us except to reflect the times, the situations around us and the things we're able to say through our art, the things that millions of people can't say. I think that's the function of an artist and, of course, those of us who are lucky leave a legacy so that when we're dead, we also live on. That's people like Billie Holiday and I hope that I will be that lucky, but meanwhile, the function, so far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times, whatever that might be."

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Kofi Natambu, editor of The Panopticon Review, is a writer, poet, cultural critic, and political journalist whose poetry, essays, criticism, reviews, and journalism have appeared in many literary magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. He is the author of a biography MALCOLM X: His Life & Work (Alpha Books) and two books of poetry: THE MELODY NEVER STOPS (Past Tents Press) and INTERVALS (Post Aesthetic Press). He was the founder and editor of SOLID GROUND: A NEW WORLD JOURNAL, a national quarterly magazine of the arts, culture, and politics and the editor of a literary anthology NOSTALGIA FOR THE PRESENT (Post Aesthetic Press). Natambu has read his work throughout the country and given many lectures and workshops at academic and arts institutions. He has taught American literature, literary theory and criticism, cultural history and criticism, film studies, political science, creative writing, philosophy, critical theory, and music history and criticism (Jazz, Blues, R&B, Hip Hop) at many universities and colleges. He was also a curator in the Education Department of Detroit’s Museum of African American History. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Natambu currently lives in Berkeley, California with his wife Chuleenan.

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Saturday, September 19, 2026

2026 IS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF SIX MAJOR WORLD HISTORICAL FIGURES ALL BORN IN 1926: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Chuck Berry, Oscar Brown, Jr. and Michel Foucault

2026 IS THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF JOHN COLTRANE (b. September 23, 1926--d. July 17, 1967)

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