Black 9 year old twins headed for high school.

Here's an interesting article about them and the rest of their
family on Black Voices.

The StoryCorps Griot project

Piece Description

StoryCorps Griot is a one-year initiative to record the stories of African Americans. The Griot Initiative is inspired by the role of the griot in West African culture. The griot (pronounced gree-oh) is a role of honor, designating someone who maintains community traditions and memory through storytelling, music, and dance. The StoryCorps Griot mobile recording booth will make stops of up to six weeks in nine locations across the country, partnering with radio stations, historically black colleges and universities, and other cultural institutions. The StoryCorps Griot Initiative will place a special emphasis on the stories of WWII veterans and men and women involved in the Civil Rights struggle. This Special program features 10 stories from African Americans, recorded as part of the StoryCorps project. Additionally, it provides listeners with background on both StoryCorps and the StoryCorps Griot Initiative. Stations can use this Special program to promote a StoryCorps Griot booth visit. Narrated by LeAlan Jones. StoryCorps is a national project to instruct and inspire everyday people to record one another's stories in sound. 

Go listen to the stories told in the Story Corps Griot project. See if you relate to any of the stories that you hear. If you can't, then you're sure to learn something about the lives of African Americans and how it was in the recent past.

A Little Something for the Spirit

   Photo  Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-69306

Follow these links for a real treat, to some good old 

hand clappin', foot pattin', head shakin' Gospel Music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6A7X3t8RVA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF9QLe-f0Eo&feature=channel


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAdykYaJbko


http://www.youtube.com/user/minjimmierodgers#p/u/39/KpT4Z_uRt9c

The Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History

For Teachers of American History, as well as those who are interested in African American History do not miss,
  The Amistad Digital Resource for Teaching African American History.


This excerpt from their About page is just a whiff of the stimulating well presented material that is available on this site. I can add that it's a well designed, easy to navigate place, with lots of information and the promise of more to come.

The Amistad Digital Resource provides a much-needed solution to help teachers fulfill this new curricular requirement. It is designed not as a classroom text, but as a unique multimedia resource for secondary school teachers to enhance their knowledge and ability in teaching African-American history. When completed, it will include hundreds of rare and iconic photographs, audio recordings, news clips, and excerpts of oral history interviews with a descriptive narrative text explaining significant themes and key events in African-American history, from slavery to the twenty-first century.

 Check it out at, http://www.amistadresource.org/

The photo of Capt . Charles young is a teaser, just to pique your curiosity. Look him up.

Seven Shades Of Pale - A glimpse of Black Nova Scotia in the seventies

Seven Shades Of Pale is a National Film Board of Canada presentation that takes us into the lives of rural Black Nova Scotians. We get a sense of what life was like in 1975 for these folks and they speak about what it was like before that as well. We get to meet the younger and the older generation
and learn something about their experiences in Nova Scotia. I'm sure you will find this video entertaing and educational.


       I'm sorry this video is no longer available on youtube you can see a bit about it on the web site of The National Film Board of Canada (click to see)