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  • The Slave Narrative –  Laura Abromsom R.F.D. Holly Grove Arkansas

    The Slave Narrative – Laura Abromsom R.F.D. Holly Grove Arkansas

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley This Episode we will be going over the Laura Abromsom R.F.D. Holly Grove Arkansas Slave Narrative. •30395 #6B5 8 Interviewer Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed Laura Abromsom Holly Grove* Arkansas Receives mail at Clarendon* Arkansas Age 74 *My mama was named Eloise Rogers* She was born in Missouri* She…

  • Slave Narrative – Lucius Abernathey Interview

    Slave Narrative – Lucius Abernathey Interview

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed Work…

  • Boley Oklahoma – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Boley Oklahoma – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Most people know about Tulsa and Black Wall Street, however there is another All Black town in Oklahoma that is also famous for econimics, community and African American Progression as American Citizens…and that town is called Boley! We will be discussing the history of this town in regards to…

  • Blues Hall Of Fame – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Blues Hall Of Fame – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this show we will be discussing The Blues Hall of Fame and speak to Ms. Johnnie Nathan about her 2 inductions and humble beginnings in Alabama, and Garland Floyd of Jazzy Jazz Media Productions, the coordinator of this upcoming Sunday’s Chicago Blues Hall Induction at the Legendary Buddy…

  • Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio Archive Date 101117

    Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio Archive Date 101117

    Published By Lamont Jack Pearley On this show my featured guests are TJ Wheeler and Mrs. Shirley King. We will discuss Tj’s long tenure of work in Blues Music and history and Mrs. Shirley’s Book and the legacy of her Father BB King! To Donate click Link paypal.me/LamontJack To support our Crown Fund Campaign…

  • Blues Narrative – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Blues Narrative – Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode we will discuss the Slave Narrative of the mid 30’s, the upcoming Blues Narrative and listen to some great tunes of African American Tribal Music. To Donate click Link paypal.me/LamontJack To support our Crown Fund Campaign https://www.gofundme.com/we-are-public-media I read the Slave Narrative entry of Lucian Abernathy 85 years old…

  • African American Tribal Music EP1- Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    African American Tribal Music EP1- Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Radio

    Published by: Lamont Jack Pearley On our premier broadcast, Jack Dappa Blues Radio..we will discuss Columbus Day, African American Tribal Music while listening to some great Tunes! Featured topic Abolitionist, educator, and writer Charlotte Forten Grimke was born into a wealthy abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She attended Higginson Grammar School in Salem, Massachusetts, as the…

  • Slave Narrative – Silas Abbott

    Slave Narrative – Silas Abbott

    Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) of the Works Progress Administration, later renamed Work Projects Administration (WPA). As a…

  • Why it’s important to preserve and document family history w/ Jontavios Willis

    Why it’s important to preserve and document family history w/ Jontavios Willis

    On this segment of the Jack Dappa Blues Radio show, Jontavious Willis, Blues Musician and historian, shares with me the reason he produced an interview series featuring his grandparents at their home in Greenville, GA. We discover the history of his family, the conditions of Black Life in America and the stories that accompany…

  • Jim Alexander documenting African American Culture

    Jim Alexander documenting African American Culture

    On this episode I talk to Photographer Jim Alexander who was born to contractor David Alexander and Frances James Alexander on August 7, 1935 in Waldwick, New Jersey. In 1968 Alexander began to document the local and national response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Earning a reputation as a documentary…