JSTOR (/ Ë dÊ eÉª s t ÉËr / JAY-stor; short for Journal Storage) is a digital library founded in 1995. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now also includes books and primary sources, and current issues of journals.
Blackbird Symbol - Facts. 1  The term 'Blackbirding' refers to the slave trade. 2  Blackbird is a slang term for the local indigenous people of Queensland, Australia, they are also called 'Kanaka'. 3  A common blackbird only lives for about two and a half years. 4  In early Christian writing, the Blackbird is a symbol of evil.
Recorded: June 11, 1968. Released: November 25, 1968. Not released as a single. Blackbird was really about the struggle over civil rights: I had in mind a black woman, rather than a bird, McCartney said. In one sense, the song was an oblique response to Lennon's Revolution, the other big political song on the White Album. McCartney recorded Blackbird on his own.