AFRO-INDIGENOUS FOLKLORE

Myths, Legends, and the Wisdom of Ancestors

Lamont Pearley 4/4/25 Lamont Pearley 4/4/25

April 4 On My Heart

Thank you for making time to meditate on two prominent dates, April 4,1968, the day of Dr. Martin Luther King's Murder at the Lorraine Motel in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, and April 2, 2020, the evening our oldest sibling and sister "Cookie" died from Covid 19. Her vibrant 52-year-old Daughter, Melvenia, passed 8 hours later. We didn't know Mel was infected.

Lamont Pearley 4/2/25 Lamont Pearley 4/2/25

The African American Folklorist of The Month - April Edition: Featuring Dr. Constance Bailey

In this month’s episode of The African American Folklorist, we shine a spotlight on Dr. Constance Bailey—Assistant Professor of African American Literature and Folklore at Georgia State University, and an innovative scholar whose research explores Black women’s comedy, speculative fiction, and African American oral traditions.