The Book of Negroes

[cantthinkofanything]

Of course it's a TV show. LOL

[Avante]

I highly recommend....(tv show or not)

Blackthink....Jesse Owens
The Negro Revolution...Robert Goldston
Black Voices An Anthology of Afro American Literature...Abraham Chatman
Black Struggle...Bryan Fulks
Tear Down the Wall...Dorothy Sterling
Malcohm X, By Any Means Necessary..Walter Dean Myers
Why Black People Tend to Shout...Ralph Wiley
BAD/The Autobiography of James Carr
The Strange Case of Jim Crow...C.Vann Woodward
Soul on Ice...Eldridge Clever
Growing Up Black...Jay David
The Negro Revolt....Louis E.Lomax
American Negro Folklore....Richard M.Dorson
Dark Symphony: Negro Literature in America...Emanuel & Gross
Go Down Dead...Shane Stevens
Black Nationalism...E.U. Esslen-Udom
To Be A Slave...Julius Lester
Black Rage...Grice & Cobbs
Soledad Brother the Prison Letters of George Jackson
The Negro Pilgrimage in America...C.Eric Lincoln
Tales of the African Frontier....Mannix & Hunter
Message To The Blackman...Elijah Muhammad
The Known World....Edward P.Jones
Black Music in America...John Rublowsky
Black Like Me...John Howard Griffin
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man...James Weldo Johnson
PAUL ROBESON....Martin Bauml Duberman
Black American Sports Heros...George L. Lee

Obviously everything by Richard Wright, James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison

The above mentioned, Tales of the African Frontier, fantastic read!!!!!!

Those all in my library, have read most of them.

I also have a very interesting book...The Book Book.....all about the history of the book.

The great Langston Hughes


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM7HSOwJw20


Paul Robeson



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s&list=PLwCYCImsOoUq401UGIMdhIxAN32ce47ZU

Evolution



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quCf30oro_4

[cantthinkofanything]

Is that list for real Avante? I don't see any black names on there hardly. No DeQuan, no Shaniqua, no LaMarkus. It's like that they were more literate when they had traditional names.

[Avante]

Is that list for real Avante? I don't see any black names on there hardly. No DeQuan, no Shaniqua, no LaMarkus. It's like that they were more literate when they had traditional names.

Yep, all those books on the shelves of my library.

To Be A Slave, by Julius Lester is a book full of letters written by slaves way back when. I didn't mention all those books on them Blues, they are also real good at telling the story because that's where them blues originated.

Another great read is..."Sound of the City" by Charles Gillet. He tells the story of how them blues were the roots to rock & roll.

Being a former running back, sprinter who can dance, I have no idea what Im doing in this white body, I'm black. I have a blonde and hung like an Arkansas mule.

[cantthinkofanything]

Yep, all those books on the shelves of my library. To Be A Slave, by Julius Lester is a book full of letters written by slaves way back when. I didn't mention all those books on them Blues, they are also real good at telling the story because that's where them blues originated.Another great read is..."Sound of the City" by Charles Gillet. He tells the story of how them blues were the roots to rock & roll.Being a former running back, sprinter who can dance, I have no idea what Im doing in this white body, I'm black. I have a blonde and hung like an Arkansas mule.6 feet of twisted railroad iron, hung like a mule, can dance and sprint. You're like one of those fable guys. Like fucking John Henry or something.

[Avante]

Was always big and fast for a white guy, also had some wiggle. My whole family has rhythm, we all play some instrument and can dance.

Yep, a white John Henry.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7JQT_XuYC8

[cantthinkofanything]

Was always big and fast for a white guy, also had some wiggle. My whole family has rhythm, we all play some instrument and can dance.Yep, a white John Henry.What instrument do you play? Besides skin flute. Tbh what? Me? I grew up playing the geetar.

[Avante]

What instrument do you play? Besides skin flute. Tbh what? Me? I grew up playing the geetar.

Dude, come on man do you always have to act fucking stupid? Don't you ever drop the..."SEE ME EVERYONE I FUNNY...right?" routine?

I play the harmonica, and some slide guitar.

Why this need to act like a dumb kid?

[cantthinkofanything]

Dude, come on man do you always have to act fucking stupid? Don't you ever drop the..."SEE ME EVERYONE I FUNNY...right?" routine?I play the harmonica, and some slide guitar.Why this need to act like a dumb kid?Uh...I just asked what you played. I am actually slightly interested. When you say slide guitar, what do you mean?

[Avante]

Uh...I just asked what you played. I am actually slightly interested. When you say slide guitar, what do you mean?

skin flute?

I lay the guitar in my lap, take a an old broken cigarette lighter metal housing and slip it on my little finger. Now I slide that "slide" up and down the stings as I strum a tune.

I don't lay the guitar flat, however, I hold it at an angle.

Here ya go....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFG8M9nSUgo

[cantthinkofanything]

skin flute?I lay the guitar in my lap, take a an old broken cigarette lighter metal housing and slip it on my little finger. Now I slide that "slide" up and down the stings as I strum a tune. I don't lay the guitar flat, however, I hold it at an angle.Here ya go....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFG8M9nSUgoYeah...that's what I was asking. I used to know this d dude that played steel guitar just like that. It was a great sound. You should check out Robert Randolph in the pedal steel.

[Avante]

Yeah...that's what I was asking. I used to know this d dude that played steel guitar just like that. It was a great sound. You should check out Robert Randolph in the pedal steel.

You should check out...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oopuY8Ko01w&list=PLXgtg0U_znkUkeH8o2NNyKpB KcwIUghoo

[cantthinkofanything]

You should check out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oopuY8Ko01w&list=PLXgtg0U_znkUkeH8o2NNyKpB KcwIUghooThanks, I'll check it out later.

[Avante]

The are things that only blacks can do.

run a 100m in under 9.90
run a 200m in under 19.70
run a 400m in under 43.30
rush for over 2000 yards in an NFL season

And this....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2-q0dJlYIc

[TDMVPDPOY]

and does this book appear on any shelves in black households?