💛 “An American Town Has Not Held an Election in Sixty Years”
I recently learned about a small town in Alabama that has not held a public election for more than sixty years. The town is Newbern, Alabama. While nearly eighty-five percent of the town residents are Black, before 2020 the town never had a Black mayor.
—Guy D. Nave
#WalterMosley is one of my favorite authors and certainly my favorite living author. His latest book Every Man A King is a follow up to Down the River Unto the Sea, both apart of his new King Oliver mysteries.
In any case, the audiobooks are masterfully narrated by Dion Graham and just absolutely enjoyable.
You can find many great books and audiobooks via your local public library and listen at your leisure. Two of the most popular apps are #Libby and #Hoopla .
Libby provides e-books and audiobooks, and Hoopla delivers "audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen"
Or you can just search for "Public Library + Your City or County and State"
I am typing all of this out real slow Riley Freeman style because people are busy and tired and sometimes forget that we have these resources at our fingertips.
Also because this is what the Republicans, third party candidates and those telling you NOT to vote want to take away from all of us.
E-books, audiobooks, movies, music and TV series available at your local public library for you, your children, your siblings, your elders and your friends, free of charge and best of all, no late charges because the content is returned automatically on the due date.
We all know this, but sometimes we get tired and we forget.
In any case, you can pop over to #FOSS@omnivorehttps://omnivore.app , start a free account and save any of these links as bookmarks to review at your leisure.
In 1920, Mamie Smith became the FIRST Black American to record a Blues song. "Crazy Blues” ushered in a new era of "race records.” Previously, white singers copied Black vocal styles in blues recordings, while Black entertainers like Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters, & Bessie Smith were confined to the "Chitlin Circuit." Mamie Smith’s success paved the way for black blues & jazz musicians to thrive.