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Refer Madness Posters dog whistling about Jazz and weed.
This is supposedly Louis Armstrong smoking weed but that shit looks like a Pall Mall to me.
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This is supposedly Louis Armstrong smoking weed but that shit looks like a Pall Mall to me.
Louis Armstrong and Marijuana
Though his name is synonymous with jazz, Louis Armstrong and marijuana have a lengthy, and healthy, relationship.
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Cabinet card of Col. Charles Young as a cadet at West Point
Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922
Col. Young, Charles, American, 1864 - 1922
A large-format newsprint publication published by the United States Office of War Information. The cover (a) features a grey-toned image of troops holding flags, with [NEGROES and the WAR] in the upper right. The interior pages (b-jj), feature an essay by Chandler Owen followed by photographic images by Eliot Elisofon with captions. On the inside cover is the text [This book has been prepared to celebrate the achievements of Negro Americans in many fields and to recognize their important contributions in all fields, to the fighting of the war. By word and pictures it tells: What Negroes are doing in agriculture, industry, and the armed forces. What Negroes have to lose if the Axis wins. What Negroes have to gain by an American victory.].
Robert Johnson is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. In his own lifetime, he was a working Delta blues man. He died at the age of 27 of unknown causes in 1938.
Robert Johnson is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. In his own lifetime, he was a working Delta blues man. He died at the age of 27 of unknown causes in 1938.
Johnson left recordings of 29 songs from 1936 and 1937. Those recordings have influenced countless musicians and raised Robert Johnson to lengendary status. Although there are supernatural stories and myths about how he gained his unique talent, in fact Johnson studied blues guitar with Ike Zimmerman and gained his skills with practice.
Robert Johnson is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. In his own lifetime, he was a working Delta blues man. He died at the age of 27 of unknown causes in 1938.
Johnson left recordings of 29 songs from 1936 and 1937. Those recordings have influenced countless musicians and raised Robert Johnson to lengendary status. Although there are supernatural stories and myths about how he gained his unique talent, in fact Johnson studied blues guitar with Ike Zimmerman and gained his skills with practice.
The Crossroads.....
The first Miss Black America pageant was created by J. Morris Anderson, a Philadelphia businessman, in 1968. Until 1940, the Miss America pageant mandated that its contestants “must be of good health and of the white race.” The Miss Black America pageant was created both in protest and as a form of representation.
The photograph shows Gloria O. Smith, the Miss Black America winner from New York (1969) by Yale Joel.
The photograph shows Gloria O. Smith, the Miss Black America winner from New York (1969) by Yale Joel.
Photographs from the book, “The South in Color,” by William Ferris. Photos were taken primarily in Mississippi during the mid-late 1970s.
The San Francisco Fillmore Jazz Era in the 1950s via the Wesley Johnson Jr. collection. The photographs are also included in the book, “Harlem of the West,” by Lewis Watts and Elizabeth Pepin.
A young Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during his Little League Baseball days in New York City's Inwood Little League in 1959.
Southern University Football team 1946. Although this was the pre-Bayou Classic era, Southern defeated Grambling 38-0 that year.
“The purpose of the SU karate club shall be To protect the type image unto the Black society that would project peace of mind and body and respect in the martial arts and in the “Black Community” “ -Southern University 1975
20 year old Moses Malone
Mary Fields (c. 1832–1914),[1][2] also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star route mail carrier in the United States.[3][4] She was not an employee of the United States Post Office; the Post Office Department did not hire or employ mail carriers for star routes but rather awarded star route contracts to persons who proposed the lowest qualified bids, and who in accordance with the Department’s application process posted bonds and sureties to substantiate their ability to finance the route. Once a contract was obtained, the contractor could then drive the route themselves, sublet the route, or hire an experienced driver. Some individuals obtained multiple star route contracts and conducted the operations as a business.[3]
Fields obtained the star route contract for the delivery of U.S. mail from Cascade, Montana, to Saint Peter's Mission in 1885. She drove the route for two four-year contracts: from 1885 to 1889 and from 1889 to 1893.
Author Miantae Metcalf McConnell provided documentation discovered during her research about Mary Fields to the United States Postal Service Archives Historian in 2006. This enabled USPS to establish Mary Fields' contribution as the first African American female star route mail carrier in the United States.[4]
Early life and career[edit]
Born a slave in Hickman County, Tennessee, c. 1832, Fields was freed when slavery was outlawed in the United States, in 1865.[5][6] She then worked in the home of Judge Edmund Dunne. When Dunne's wife Josephine died in 1883, in San Antonio, Florida,[7] Fields took the family's five children to their aunt, Mother Mary Amadeus, the mother superior of an Ursuline convent in Toledo, Ohio.
In 1884, Mother Amadeus was sent to Montana Territory to establish a school for Native American girls at St. Peter's Mission, west of Cascade. Learning that Amadeus was stricken with pneumonia, Fields hurried to Montana to nurse her back to health. Amadeus recovered, and Fields stayed at St. Peter's, hauling freight, doing laundry, growing vegetables, tending chickens, and repairing buildings, and eventually became the forewoman.[5]
The Native Americans called Fields "White Crow", because "she acts like a white woman but has black skin". Local whites did not know what to make of her. One schoolgirl wrote an essay saying, "She drinks whiskey, and she swears, and she is a republican, which makes her a low, foul creature."
In 1894, after several complaints and an incident with a disgruntled male subordinate that involved gunplay,[2] the bishop ordered her to leave the convent. Mother Amadeus helped her open a restaurant in nearby Cascade. Fields would serve food to anyone, whether they could pay or not, and the restaurant closed due to bankruptcy approximately ten months later.[citation needed]
Postal service[edit]
When she was about 60 years old, Fields was hired as a mail carrier because she was the fastest applicant to hitch a team of six horses.[5] This made her the first African American woman to work for the U.S. Postal Service.
She drove the route with horses and a mule named Moses. She never missed a day, and her reliability earned her the nickname "Stagecoach".[5][6] If the snow was too deep for her horses, Fields delivered the mail on snowshoes, carrying the sacks on her shoulders.[5]
Later life[edit]
She was a respected public figure in Cascade, and the town closed its schools to celebrate her birthday each year.[5] When Montana passed a law forbidding women to enter saloons, the mayor of Cascade granted her an exemption. In 1903, at age 71, Fields retired from star route mail carrier service. She continued to babysit many Cascade children and owned and operated a laundry service from her home.[3][4]
Death[edit]
Fields died in 1914 at Columbus Hospital in Great Falls, but she was buried outside Cascade.[
If you’re interested in the subject, I’d highly recommend The Dollop podcast about this (episode 135), the story is absolutely wild.
Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916) was an American chemist who developed the "Ball Method", the most effective treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century.[1] She was the first woman and first African American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, and was also the university's first female and African American chemistry professor
Two murderers appearing on a Mark Jackson trading card. After murdering their parents for their insurance money in 1989, the Menendez Brothers went on a spending spree prior to being arrested for the crime. They purchased Rolexes, businesses, cars and courtside tickets to the Knicks at MSG. During one of the games that they attended, the brothers happened to be in the background of a photo that was used for Mark Jackson's 1990-91 Hoops trading card.
Wow! This is crazy, can't believe they're captured on the card.Two murderers appearing on a Mark Jackson trading card. After murdering their parents for their insurance money in 1989, the Menendez Brothers went on a spending spree prior to being arrested for the crime. They purchased Rolexes, businesses, cars and courtside tickets to the Knicks at MSG. During one of the games that they attended, the brothers happened to be in the background of a photo that was used for Mark Jackson's 1990-91 Hoops trading card.
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Got a Bottle of Unc Nearest in the cabinet...Real sippin whiskeyNathan"Nearest"Green(c.1820 – ?), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census,[1]was a Black head stiller, commonly referred to now as a masterdistiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques toJack Daniel, founder of theJack DanielTennessee whiskeydistillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery,[2]and he was the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.[1]
any idea on how to get these pics to showCuba 1972
Nathan"Nearest"Green(c.1820 – ?), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census,[1]was a Black head stiller, commonly referred to now as a masterdistiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques toJack Daniel, founder of theJack DanielTennessee whiskeydistillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery,[2]and he was the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.[1]
I'll have to pick up a bottle.
I can't find any around my way.
I just took a look at the their website and there's a couple of places around me.
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey - 100 Proof from Tennessee
The best whiskey maker the world never knew. Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey. Visit one of these locations or buy online. Enjoy responsibly.
Thanks. It didn't occur to me to search their website for local carriers.I just took a look at the their website and there's a couple of places around me.
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey - 100 Proof from Tennessee
The best whiskey maker the world never knew. Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey. Visit one of these locations or buy online. Enjoy responsibly.unclenearest.com
It figures. Most are liquor stores out in the burbs except one that I actually DO frequent. It say's they carry it, but I've never seen it in THAT particular store. They must have it in their suburban stores too.Thanks. It didn't occur to me to search their website for local carriers.
There is one bar less than a mile from me that serves it.
Thanks again for the tip @rude_dog
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Very veThanks. It didn't occur to me to search their website for local carriers.
Very good!!! They have it at CostcoThanks. It didn't occur to me to search their website for local carriers.
Thanks. It didn't occur to me to search their website for local carriers.