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What Really Happened in Tulsa

The Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma After sitting in and listening to the presentation "Greenwood’s Past, Present, and Future" at this year's #American #Folklore Society Conference in #Tulsa, #Oklahoma, where Quraysh Ali Lansana (Tri-City Collective) Carlos A Moreno (Tri-City Collective) shared the true…

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Strange Fruit – American Cartoonist Joel Christian Gill

Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley In this episode of jack Dappa Blues "The American Folklorist" I speak with American Cartoonist Joel Christian Gill. Joel shares with us his journey from painting to becoming a cartoonist, his role as a storyteller, his mission to…

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David Crownson – HARRIET TUBMAN DEMON SLAYER

In this episode of Jack Dappa Blues Radio, I speak with Actor, Write Director David Crownson, who is the creator and writer of the Comic Book Harriet Tubman, Demon Slayer. David shares with us the inception of the comic, the need for a…

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Slave Hounds, Abolition and The America’s

In this episode of The Jack Dappa Blues Radio Podcast, I speak to co-authors Dr. Tyler D. Parry and Dr. Chaz Yingling about their book in the works Slave Hounds, Abolition and The Americas. 40 pages of the book are currently available at…

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The African American Folklorist Ep 2 – Elijah Cox

On this episode of The African American Folklorist, I share the story of the born free, African American Traditional Music Practitioner Elijah Cox, who was a fiddler, Buffalo soldier, and recorded in 1935 at the age of 93 for the Library of Congress…

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African American Traditions, Family and Homeschool

by: Lamont Jack Pearley Being a homeschooling family, we are always looking for creative ways for learning, as well as teaching. There are not enough hours in the day to do everything one would like. The kids want and need different experiences, and…

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Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

The Banjo is a very popular instrument, and it's popularity is currently growing rapidly. However, there's a convoluted and misconstrued history of this instrument. On today's episode of Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak with Tony Thomas, African American Banjo Scholar, about the…

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The African American Folklorist – Charlotte Forten Grimke Ep 1

The African American Folklorist Podcast Series - Charlotte Forten Grimke - The First series of the African American Folklorist will be covering the works, journals and lineage of Charlotte Forten Grimke. Documented as the first person to record Black Spirituals on her excursion…

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Coffle Gang America’s Domestic Slave Trade

Coffle Gangs America's Domestic Slave Trade by Lamont Jack Pearley I’m learning to deal with this nostalgia people have for the antebellum south that birthed a tribal music that became an internationally commercial success, making non African Americans extremely wealthy. International wealth off of the…

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Black Spirituals – America’s Folk Songs

Black Spirituals - America’s Folk Songs By Lamont Jack Pearley The Black Spirituals are the product of suffering, the hardships and despairs of those in bondage as they gave utterance through deep grievance in song. Said to be religious folksongs that were born during American…

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What Really Happened in Tulsa

Strange Fruit – American Cartoonist Joel Christian Gill

David Crownson – HARRIET TUBMAN DEMON SLAYER

Slave Hounds, Abolition and The America’s

The African American Folklorist Ep 2 – Elijah Cox

African American Traditions, Family and Homeschool

Tony Thomas – The Origins of The Banjo

The African American Folklorist – Charlotte Forten Grimke Ep 1

Coffle Gang America’s Domestic Slave Trade

Black Spirituals – America’s Folk Songs

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