Is Anybody Going To San Antone?
Someone once told me that Charlie Pride (country singer, baseball ⚾️ player) was the first African American country singer to ever perform at the Grand Ole Opry.
That's not true: #DeFordBailey was likely the first.
That's not true: #DeFordBailey was likely the first.
Without Black people, without the AFRICAN 🌍 contribution: There is no such thing called "Country Music".
If Country Music were a Louisiana Gumbo, the African contribution would be the *rhythmic influence".
We gave 'em the Gumbo and the Banjo.
amazon.com/My-Country-Afr…
If Country Music were a Louisiana Gumbo, the African contribution would be the *rhythmic influence".
We gave 'em the Gumbo and the Banjo.
amazon.com/My-Country-Afr…
The Bridge: From Wakanda to a place called Appalachia
"DeFord Bailey was an influential harmonica player in both country music and blues, one of the Grand Ole Opry's most popular early performers, and country's first African-American star."
"DeFord Bailey was an influential harmonica player in both country music and blues, one of the Grand Ole Opry's most popular early performers, and country's first African-American star."
Mr. Deford Bailey ...
"A documentary on the African/Black contribution to a form of popular music originating in the rural southern parts of America 🎵🎶."
"A documentary on the African/Black contribution to a form of popular music originating in the rural southern parts of America 🎵🎶."
Momma Africa give them the Banjo - they don't have no banjo. And, instead of a thank you — they plot!
Bringing The Banjo From 'Africa To Appalachia.
npr.org/templates/stor…
Bringing The Banjo From 'Africa To Appalachia.
npr.org/templates/stor…
"Mountain Republican leaders now thought they had to convince whites that “the Republican party is not the negro party.”
"Consequently, they tried to construct a “lily-white” campaign".
-- Gordon B. McKinney
#WestVirginia
"Consequently, they tried to construct a “lily-white” campaign".
-- Gordon B. McKinney
#WestVirginia
"Watched and listened from the mountains!"
Southern Mountain Republicans and the Negro, 1865-1900
jstor.org/stable/2205560…
Southern Mountain Republicans and the Negro, 1865-1900
jstor.org/stable/2205560…
The 35th Portier Lecture: "White Trash: The 400-Year History of Class in America
25 years AFTER the Civil War.
132 years ago ...
"However, in 1888, the struggle was begun by the organization of "white Republican clubs," for the purpose of controlling the county conventions"
— Maud Cuney Hare
132 years ago ...
"However, in 1888, the struggle was begun by the organization of "white Republican clubs," for the purpose of controlling the county conventions"
— Maud Cuney Hare
One of the ironies of Racial Slavery: the Africans become European, the European becomes more African.
Due to proximity, it isn't just the African that is impacted by Europeans; the European is also being influenced by the African.
Like it or not: He/she is becoming more multicultural, AFRICAN,too.
Like it or not: He/she is becoming more multicultural, AFRICAN,too.
Even when you try to control things: Multi-culturalism ROARS.
And, sometimes they merge almost perfectly: That is to say, if you listen carefully, you can hear two histories in one person -- one African and one European 🎧.
THE ROOTS OF COUNTRY MUSIC
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-19…
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-19…
Country Music is a Louauna Gumbo — a Southern Cusine.
It taste good.
It looks good
It sounds good.
But, you gotta reckon with the roots.
smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/f…
It taste good.
It looks good
It sounds good.
But, you gotta reckon with the roots.
smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/f…
And, still they plot ...
Peter Thiel is making the biggest political bet of his life vox.com/recode/2233204…
Peter Thiel is making the biggest political bet of his life vox.com/recode/2233204…
We have watched and listened from the mountains!
We have watched with disgust!
And, We will not have it.
―M'Baki
We have watched with disgust!
And, We will not have it.
―M'Baki
"A mother unleashed a piercing scream as her baby was ripped from her arms during a slave auction. Even as a lash cut her back, she refused to put her baby down and climb atop an auction block. She pleaded for God’s mercy."
—Henry Bibb, former slave, 1849
—Henry Bibb, former slave, 1849
"If any one thing in my experience, more than another, served to deepen my conviction of the infernal character of slavery, and to fill me with unutterable loathing of slaveholders, it was their base ingratitude to my poor old grandmother.
She had served my old master faithfully from youth to old age. She had been the source of all his wealth; she had peopled his plantation with slaves; she had become a great grandmother in his service ...
She had rocked him in infancy, attended him in childhood, served him through life, and at his death wiped from his icy brow, the cold death-sweat, and closed his eyes forever.
She was nevertheless left a slave—a slave for life—a slave in the hands of strangers; and in their hands she saw her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren, divided, like so ...
... many sheep, without being gratified with the small privilege of a single word, as to their or her own destiny. "
Continued
https://twitter.com/blackrepublican/status/1389147349637808128?t=_B9uBbZEdCRzFeP3oGtYfg&s=19
The following information is intended for "lily-white" conservatives who wage war on black bodies in the mountains ⛰,
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