AFRO-INDIGENOUS FOLKLORE
Myths, Legends, and the Wisdom of Ancestors
Notable Folklorists of Color - The AFS African American Folklore Section
In this episode, Todd Lawrence, Maria Lewis, and Lamont Pearley will host a live stream event offered by the AFS African American Folklore Section, the African American Folklorist and Jack Dappa Blues featuring Notable Folklorists of Color creators and curators, Phyllis May-Machunda, Sojin Kim, and Olivia Cadaval.
Charlotte Forten Grimké
There is a deep and complex battle that hovers over Charlotte. In competition, being the first usually comes with celebration; however, in a racist society, being the first usually comes with sorrow, anger, rage, or plain sickness. I’m not necessarily saying Charlotte felt any of those emotions, though it’ll be hard to believe she didn’t.
New Years Resolution Blues
I think, in an essence, this means going beyond the superficial tendencies we have during this time of year. I refer to Lil Son Jackson, who sings
Cookin With Chief, Serving up History: All About the Green with Tom Acklen
Did the descendants of the Confederate States of American create Native American tribes and appropriate heritage to profit off of government contracts and pose as American Indians?
Cookin With Chief, Serving Up History:"All About The Green" with Tom Acklen Pt 2
Let's hear from Tom Acklen creator of the Bayou La Combe Choctaw, Jena Band of Mississippi Choctaw, MOWA Choctaw, and various Oklahoma nations have sanctioned various perpetual nefarious acts against the people of the Florida Parishes, Mississippi, Alabama and throughout the United States
Kesi Neblett - From Civil Rights Legacy to Netflix
I speak with the youngest daughter of Civil Rights Activists Charles and Marvinia Neblett, Kesi Neblett, who was born and raised in Russellville, KY, and has a fantastic story. She was also recently featured on THE Mole, a reality game shows that initially aired on ABC from 2001 to 2008 before being rebooted on Netflix in 2022.
Hair, Numbers, And History
Michelle Slater loves history. That’s a good thing because her family’s story is woven into Pittsburgh’s Hill District’s history about as tightly as possible. Slater’s grandmother wrote numbers for some of the Steel City’s best known numbers bankers
The African American Folklorist Of the Month - Todd Lawrence
In this issue, I interview our current African American Folklorist of the month, Dr. David Todd Lawrence, Associate Professor in American culture and Difference English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Can’t Classify This
A little boy had read numerous stories in his children's books about different life and death struggles between a Man and a Lion. But no matter how ferociously the lion fought, the Man emerged victoriously every time. Puzzled, the boy asked his father: "Why is it, Daddy, that the Man always beats the Lion, when everybody knows that a lion is the toughest cat in all the jungle?" The father answered, "Son, those stories will always end that way…until lions learn how to
Blues Narrative - Phoenix Moon
In this episode, I speak with Phoenix Moon, a Colonial America historian, Forensic genealogist, Civil Rights Activist. Grassroots Political Legist.
people were stolen
No, people were stolen, sold and then later enslaved. They were not dull brutes or blank slates lacking culture, waiting for white people to write upon them.
CIVIL Rights
There are many races, and ethnicity identifying factors present, within this act. Easily overlooked, and smothered out by the visuals, of the Civil Rights Movement. Some may only remember, that which they'd like to forget.
The Colored Musicians' Club Museum
The Colored Musicians Club Museum is housed in the building. Named for a self-anointed 'colored' wing of the Musicians Local in 1917 by blacks whose participation had been rejected by Musicians Local 533, it was incorporated in 1935. The Colored Musicians Union morphed in the Colored Musicians Club, a place where black musicians gathered to practice and jam, to share information about gigs, musical trends, and lend each other communal support.