Life Stories
So as the influences have come down, my family has kept my grandmothers journals from her major travel experiences and a few of them have come my way. Having spent much time in the United Kingdom myself now, I know that as much as things change, some things do not.
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Currently based in San Diego, am I actually going to visit Paul’s Meat Market in Mamou for boudin balls or chicken leg quarters? Do I really need anything from Alario Brothers Marine Hardware in Golden Meadow? Do I need to know the weather in Morgan City? The answer is definitely no, but these signals from distant stations sonically transport me back to Louisiana.
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Mr. Douglass’ time in Ireland is variously referenced as an “odyssey,” “compelling,” “a place where he found his voice.”
On his final day there, in a letter he wrote to William Lloyd Garrison, Mr. Douglass spoke of his time in Ireland with these words,
“I can truly say, I have spent some of the happiest moments of my life since landing in this country. I seem to have undergone a transformation. I live a new life.”
I’m away from my San Diego home, visiting Louisiana right now, crashing in a friend’s New Orleans guest house. It’s the tail end of…
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I wanted to hear from everyday Black men talking about their lives and where they find joy in the midst of the unrest in this new millennium crusade to substantiate Black lives.
So, I invited small group to join a conversation at the KAOS Network Art Center in Leimert Park, CA.
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The first year of life is a sacred but precarious time. We all arrive from our mother’s womb vulnerable and reliant on others for…
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Virgil gave us SB Blazers, graphic T-shirts, New Era hat wearing – who listens to rap music with no fashion design background? Kids hope that we could all become Artistic Directors and Designers for large fashion houses if we stay true to ourselves. Virgil was a true architect in building a bridge for our culture to thrive in different spaces we were not welcomed to in the past.
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My Covid 19 Thanksgiving into Christmas, 2020 I am inspired to share the way I feel during the pandemic with you. About what I…
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Ermias Asghedom, a child of the 1980’s crack epidemic and gang violence, learned to navigate and survive the systematic complexities of growing up black,…
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When I married Mike in 1983, I moved to Pasadena, California for the first time. Having grown up in the San Gabriel Valley,…
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Working the early morning shift at WKYC Channel 3, Elwood Edwards is the type of person you would expect to find in the blue-collar…
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Some might say he has a “famous” reputation, but for Wally Amos, life is about living in the moment. Having already founded one of the…
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