Old School Thoughts

At a time when we are accessing history and moving forward to change the past sins of America, are we overlooking the negative impact of how we celebrate the 4th of July? Read Frederick Douglass’ speech that was presented on 5 July 1852.

After adding a new branch to my family tree, I realized how damaging it has been to recover from the effects of colonialism and the slave trade. African American families are still separated by names.

Please be patient enough to listen to this episode because it addresses the history of Sarah Collins, the lone survival who was with the four little girls bombed/murdered in the basement of the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

We are celebrating the first National Observance of Juneteenth in the United States of America.

This episode analyzes freedom and equal justice. If you don’t have an interest in your history, then you are bound to repeat it

This episode reflects my personal reaction to the death of George Floyd, centuries of brutal treatment of Africans-in-America, the future of my children and granddaughter, and all others. I am tired and it’s time to be angry.

I decided to examine the impact of nicknames on people at the receiving end of those names. Were they positive or negative? How did you use nicknames? What nicknames were given to you? What was the impact?

Has God befriended me? That is my question as I analyze the evolution of Old School Thoughts and how ‘Old School’ history could be a testament for us to study. I hope to hear from you.

Talking about how assimilation and acculturation changed the lives of the Nation of Atomic Dogs.

Assessing the impact of family separation. It takes a village to raise a child, but sometimes the child needs to know who is in the village.