The Peale's Storyteller-in-Residence, Mama Linda Goss, shares stories, poetry, songs, and insights about everything from Earth Day to the untimely death of George Floyd to talking to youth about race and racism.

This story is part of "Lifting as we Climb: Honoring the Black Ancestor Warrior Queens from the Women’s Suffragist Movement and the Civil Rights Movement" by Mama Linda Goss. Funded from the Creative Baltimore Fund, from the Baltimore Fund Program from The Mayor's office and the City of Baltimore. The project includes Praise Songs, poems, & narratives created/arranged by Mama Linda Goss about Black Ancestor Warrior Queens who have had an impact on the City of Baltimore and throughout the State of Maryland and the world from the 18th through the 21st centuries.

Mama Linda Goss (00:07): Well, its story telling time. I am the bell ringer. I am the praise singer. I am the truth dweller. I am the Story Teller. I am the Griot. I am the Jolly Russo. Well, oh well, oh well.

Mama Linda Goss (00:47): Peace and blessings, everyone. Gather around. I want to share with you that over the next sessions of the Mama Linda's Chapbook, there's going to be a special presentation called Lifted as We Climb, honoring the Black Ancestor Warrior Queens from the Women's Suffrage Movement, and the Civil Rights Movement, and for commitment to community service.

Mama Linda Goss (01:29): This piece will be called Black Ancestor Warrior Queens. This is funded from the Creative Baltimore Fund, from the Baltimore Fund Program, from the Mayor's Office, and the City of Baltimore. I begin this program on August 23rd, 2022. I am so thankful for the mayor and for the City of Baltimore for making this program possible. And I thank the Peale Center for producing it. This project will include praise songs, poems, narratives, and testimonies created arranged by me, Mama Linda Goss, and this is about Black Warrior Queens, our Black Ancestor Warrior Queens who have had an impact on the city of Baltimore and throughout the state of Maryland and the world from the 18th century through the 21st centuries. I hope you will enjoy it asante sana, asante sana, please enjoy.

Mama Linda Goss (02:43): Oh, how our ancestral warrior Queens deserve the praise. They deserve the drum rolls. So let the drums roll. Let the music play. Ring the bells!

Mama Linda Goss (03:17): Ring the bells as we read the scroll. Well, we shall remember them Black Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. Ancestor Warrior Queens, we shall remember them. Ancestor Warrior Queens, we shall remember them. They answered the call. We honor them one and all. Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. Ancestor Warrior Queens throughout Baltimore, Ancestor Warrior Queens throughout Maryland, too. They are historic Black sheroes. They fought against Jim Crow. These precious golden gems. We shall remember them. We shall remember them. Black Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. They answered the call. We honor them one and all. Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. Ancestor Warrior Queens throughout Baltimore. Ancestor Warrior Queens throughout Maryland, throughout Maryland. Ancestor Warrior Queens. We shall remember them. They are historic Black Sheroes. They fought against Jim Crow. These precious golden gems. We shall remember them. We shall remember them. We shall remember them. Asante sana. We thank them. Asante Santa. We thank the memory of our Black Ancestral Queens from Baltimore and throughout Maryland, Asante Santa, Asante Sana, Asante Sana.

Speaker 2 (05:25): So tell me about that. What inspired you to create that?

Asset ID: PL-MLC-2022.33.02.b-A

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