One of the stories my uncle Leo told me about the war…He served in WWII, in the European theater, and while the U.S. sent segregated troops, they found that the Europeans weren’t biased in the same way that the white American soldiers generally were. He told me, the white Americans especially sought to... See More »
Celebrating Juneteenth or "Freedom Day" June 19…This is the Google video from when it became a federal holiday, in 2021: (2)
From the moment I first heard it, this song has always hit me where I live…I was listening to it recently while my middle sister and I were talking about when we used to visit our grandparents. Sometimes the great-aunts and uncles would be there, too. They’d talk about all the things they had done and seen during their... See More » (1)
On May 15, 2025, the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle Louisiana, caught fire and burned down.I’m glad that nobody was physically harmed during the fire, but I’m not going to lie; I can’t say I’m sorry about the fire itself. As what the internet refers to as an ADOS (American Descendant Of Slavery), I could understand preserving these... See More » (1)
Black Americans, what do you think about British music bands, Rolling Stones and Beatles, getting mega rich off your Blues music?
Black Americans, what do you think of 1960s Brit bands, like Rolling Stones, outselling in US, giving Blues music back to you?
