#Carol Lamond

[vsthepomegranate]

Leadbelly (1976)

by Gordon Parks

[tcm]

Kyle Johnson, Mira Waters, Phillip Roye, and Carol Lamond in Gordon Parks’s THE LEARNING TREE (’69)

[chicagocityfclanspromoblog]

Simone Campbell → Fola Evans-Akingbola → Human

→ Basic Information

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthday: November 30

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Religion: Agnostic

→ Her Personality (one to two paragraphs)

→ Her Personal Facts

Occupation: Teacher’s Assistant and Bartender at Anonymous while she works on her Masters

Scars: Burn marks from carrying hot plates of food on her arms.

Tattoos: None

Two Likes: The outdoors and Carole King

Two Dislikes: Abuse of the system and Rich kids

Two Fears: Failure and Spiders

Two Hobbies: Swimming and Camping

Three Positive Traits: Stalwart, Industrious, Intelligent

Three Negative Traits: Blunt, Obstinate, Unenthusiastic

→ Her Connections

Parent Names:

Rodney Campbell (Father): Rodney worked as a car salesman for 30 years until his company went under in the recession. They lost the business and he had to take up a warehouse job. He’s been a big driving source for her to get her education so she has something to fall back on. Rodney’s unending effort to provide for his family is where Simone gets a lot of her stubbornness and drive from. She isn’t letting anything knock her away from her dream.

Cassandra Campbell (Mother): Cassandra is an elementary school teacher and always pushed the importance of school for her children. She and Simone get along to an extent, but Cassandra thinks she’s pushed away her family and that Simone will regret missing big family moments to work when she’s older.

Sibling Names:

Alexandra Campbell (Sister): Alexandra got a full ride academic scholarship to Duke and is studying finance there. They often will get into arguments over money and how it should be used in society. Their arguments are now banned from dinner tables and anywhere other members of the family have to hear it. Despite this they do discuss school and what Alex’s plans are for after graduation.

Lamond Campbell (Brother): Lamond is a star football player and will hopefully go to school on that. He struggles with his grades at times, and Simone will walk him through problems while she is grading papers at night.

Children Names:

None

Romantic Connections:

Isaac Baker (Ex-Boyfriend): She met Isaac where she seems to meet everyone; Anonymous. He’s friends with both of her bosses, which should have been a red flag in itself. They got along well, he was funny and charming and good in bed, but she could not deal with the comments about her friends or his jealousy. He gives her a large clearance, but she doesn’t really feel that much ill will towards him.

Platonic Connections:

Eric Lasiter (Classmate): Simone actually feels the most comfortable with Eric in class. He doesn’t try to make much small talk and keeps everything focused on the discussion in class. She was surprised to see him studying with Ashley especially since it appears they know each other well.

Ashley Malone (Classmate): There is something about Ashley that she finds off putting. They often pick opposite sides when it comes to discussion which has led to heated conversations. She’s always been fine to her in class, but since they are both competitive and know they’re the top students in the class, Simone doesn’t see them being very close anytime.

Anya Grace (Classmate): Anya is her only normal classmate. She has no time for BS and is a hard worker. She can see that Anya cares about her degree and has to work just as hard as she does for it.

Austin Semler (Classmate): She’s not sure how she continues to be partnered with Austin. He’s still very much into the gossip and drama surrounding college life that she just is not into. It’s led to some awkward conversations and tense study sessions. She thinks a part of it is that he doesn’t appear to have a real job, while she’s working as many shifts as she can to pay for everything.

Tom Mills (Student): Tom has been coming to Simone for tutoring and extra help with his social work class. As a T.A. she’s been letting him stay after class to get his work done and avoid any 2 AM emails from the undergrad.

Duke Thornton (Boss): Duke was the person she initially interviewed with. He’s got a very good poker face, so she was surprised at the call back. Duke does most of the scheduling and is always flexible with hours when she needs to study or work later at the university.

Peter Knox (Boss): While Peter and Duke are both at Anonymous frequently, Peter is on the floor more often during the rush. He’s willing to serve and bartend, anything to make sure the restaurant runs smoothly.

Josie de la Rosa (Friend): They met at Anonymous and quickly discovered that they both enjoy being active. They’ve gone swimming and kickboxing together, and she’s hoping to have a free night to join Josie at a salsa dancing class.

Selene Andris (Coworker): Selene is her favorite bartender to work with that isn’t Duke or Peter. She has a good attitude and doesn’t get stressed at large orders. She also understands a lot of the struggles that Selene is going through as a returning student and they vent about it to one another.

Matthew William-Jones (Coworker): Matthew usually buses tables, but he’s been asking her to teach him how to carry multiple plates and take orders. During slow times she’ll have him help her carry out her food and practice.

Juliette Willott (Friend): Simone met Juliette at Anonymous during a shift. Initially she thought she may have been flirting with her, but as they talked it turned out she was just being friendly and they had a lot in common. Her hanging out with Juliette caused one of the biggest fights between her and Isaac and was a partial cause of their break up.

Marni Frazier (Friend): Simone met Marnie while doing field work for her masters. She was volunteering at the same clinic and they clicked. Interestingly enough, they didn’t realize they’d met at Anonymous before. Now they regularly hang out on and off shift.

Garrett Cleirigh (Coworker): Sometimes Simone shows up to her shift and Garrett’s behind the bar. He’s never actually on the schedule, and Peter and Duke just look resigned when they see him. He makes the drinks, however, so she hasn’t questioned it.

Hostile Connections:

Hanna Moore (Uncomfortable): She’s asked some weird questions about her bosses, and Simone steers clear from her. Simone’s worked enough jobs to know not to say anything that isn’t common knowledge to a customer.

Chris Shaw (Dislikes): It seems like Chris is constantly hitting on a new girl and constantly striking out. And then he wants to complain to her. She wishes the guy would get laid and leave her alone.

Pets:

None

→ History (paragraph(s) on background) → The Present

→ Available Gif Hunts (we do not own these)

Fola Evans-Akingbola (Simone Campbell) [1][2][3]

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PARLEY BAER

August 5, 1904

Parley Baer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied drama at the University of Utah. Early in his career, Baer was a circus ringmaster and publicist before entering military service in World War II. In the 1950s, he had a job training wild animals at Jungleland and was a docent at the Los Angeles Zoo. The highlight of his radio career was originating the role of Chester in the radio version of “Gunsmoke”, a role played by Dennis Weaver on television. Baer is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as Mayor Stoner on “The Andy Griffith Show” and Doc Appleby in “The Dukes of Hazzard.”  

“Radio is the most nearly perfect medium for an actor. If you have an audience of 5 million people listening to you, you're giving 5 million performances.” ~ Parley Baer

On radio, he did four episodes of “Grandby’s Green Acres” starring Gale Gordon and Bea Benadaret, a summer fill-in for Lucille Ball’s “My Favorite Husband.”  Baer would also later appear in four episodes of the television version, “Green Acres” (1965-71). 

Baer’s first collaboration with Lucille Ball was playing MGM’s Mr. Reilly in “Ricky Needs an Agent” (ILL S4;E29).  Disguised as Miss McGillicuddy, Ricky’s agent, Lucy is determined to see Dore Schary herself, but remembers that they previously met, so she meets with another Metro executive Reilly instead.

Baer returned to the series as Connecticut furniture salesman Mr. Perry in “Lucy Gets Chummy with the Neighbors” (ILL S6;E18). Neighbor Betty Ramsey (Mary Jane Croft) takes Lucy to her favorite showroom, where Lucy mistakes stock numbers for price tags and goes over the budget Ricky allowed her. 

Baer made five appearances on “The Lucy Show.”  In his first appearance he is Mr. Evans, who sells Lucy Carmichael a sheep to help maintain her lawn in “Lucy Buys a Sheep” (TLS S1;E5) in 1962.

Two years later (finally in color) Baer returns to “The Lucy Show” to play Jack T.  Kasten, a humorless Danfield judge that has to tolerate an overzealous “Lucy the Meter Maid” (TLS S3;E7) in 1964. 

In “Lucy and the Undercover Agent” (TLS S4;E10) in 1965, Baer played Colonel Dietrich (codename HIM) of US Intelligence.  After seeing a James Bond film, Lucy, the Countess and Mr. Mooney find themselves embroiled in a spy caper that ends up with Lucy disguised as Carol Channing.  

When Lucy develops super strength in “Lucy the Superwoman” (TLS S4;E26) in 1966, she is examined by Dr. Davis (Baer) to determine the source of her sudden power. 

Baer once again dons judge’s robes when “Lucy Sues Mooney” (TLS S6;E12) in 1967. This would be his last appearance on the series, but not his last with Ball...

On “Here’s Lucy” he played Dr. Cunningham, Harry Carter’s psychiatrist, in “Lucy’s Vacation” (HL S3;E17)...

 and in “Lucy’s Bonus Bounces” (HL S4;E16). There may have been intentions to make Dr. Cunningham a recurring character, but this never came to pass. 

ON THE DESILU LOT...

Between 1952 and 1955, Baer made three appearances on “Our Miss Brooks” starring Gale Gordon and Eve Arden.  

In 1956, he made an appearance on the Desilu sitcom “December Bride” starring Verna Felton. 

In May 1959, he did an episode of Desilu’s “Whirlybirds” a series about helicopter pilots.  He shared the screen with Herb Vigran, who Baer is sometimes mistaken for and who also did several Lucy-coms. 

That same year, Baer did “The Hanging Judge” a non-Lucy-Desi episode of “The Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse”.  The show was hosted by Desi Arnaz. 

From 1956 to 1960, Baer did three episodes of “The Danny Thomas Show” aka “Make Room for Daddy”, a show that moved to CBS in 1959 and did a crossover episode with “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”. In one episode, Baer acted with Mary Wickes (Madame Lamond), and in another he appeared opposite Shirley Mitchell (Marion Strong). The series was not produced by Desilu, but it was shot at their studio. 

In 1960, Baer did one episode of the short-lived Desilu series “Harrigan and Son” about a father / son law firm. 

In April 1961, Baer did an episode of “Angel” shot on the Desilu lot. In his episode, he played the title character of “The Dentist” and acted opposite Doris Singleton (Carlolyn Appleby), a recurring character on the short-lived series.

Perhaps his most famous work on the Desilu backlot was as Mayberry Mayor Roy Stoner in seven episodes of “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1962 to 1963. 

Back on the bench as a Judge on “My Living Doll” on the Desilu backlot for an episode aired in February 1965. The short-lived series was about a psychiatrist (Bob Cummings) entrusted with the care of a sexy robot (Julie Newmar). 

In 1966 and 1967, Baer did two episodes of “Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C” on the Desilu backlot. In 1966, Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) turned up in a cameo on “The Lucy Show.”  At the end of 1967, Lucille Ball sold Desilu to Paramount and Gulf + Western. 

In 1946, Baer married Ernestine Clarke and they had two children. Baer died in November 2002 after a stroke. 

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carole lamond in gordon parks's the learning tree (1969)

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Simone Campbell → Fola Evans-Akingbola → Human

→ Basic Information 

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthday: November 30

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 

Religion: Agnostic

→ Her Personality (one to two paragraphs)

→ Her Personal Facts

Occupation: Teacher’s Assistant and Bartender at Anonymous while she works on her Masters

Scars: Burn marks from carrying hot plates of food on her arms. 

Tattoos: None

Two Likes: The outdoors and Carole King

Two Dislikes: Abuse of the system and Rich kids

Two Fears: Failure and Spiders

Two Hobbies: Swimming and Camping

Three Positive Traits: Stalwart, Industrious, Intelligent

Three Negative Traits: Blunt, Obstinate, Unenthusiastic

→ Her Connections

Parent Names:

Rodney Campbell (Father): Rodney worked as a car salesman for 30 years until his company went under in the recession. They lost the business and he had to take up a warehouse job. He’s been a big driving source for her to get her education so she has something to fall back on. Rodney’s unending effort to provide for his family is where Simone gets a lot of her stubbornness and drive from. She isn’t letting anything knock her away from her dream. 

Cassandra Campbell (Mother): Cassandra is an elementary school teacher and always pushed the importance of school for her children. She and Simone get along to an extent, but Cassandra thinks she’s pushed away her family and that Simone will regret missing big family moments to work when she’s older. 

Sibling Names:

Alexandra Campbell (Sister): Alexandra got a full ride academic scholarship to Duke and is studying finance there. They often will get into arguments over money and how it should be used in society. Their arguments are now banned from dinner tables and anywhere other members of the family have to hear it. Despite this they do discuss school and what Alex’s plans are for after graduation. 

Lamond Campbell (Brother): Lamond is a star football player and will hopefully go to school on that. He struggles with his grades at times, and Simone will walk him through problems while she is grading papers at night. 

Children Names:

None

Romantic Connections:

Isaac Baker (Ex-Boyfriend): She met Isaac where she seems to meet everyone; Anonymous. He’s friends with both of her bosses, which should have been a red flag in itself. They got along well, he was funny and charming and good in bed, but she could not deal with the comments about her friends or his jealousy. He gives her a large clearance, but she doesn’t really feel that much ill will towards him. 

Platonic Connections:

Eric Lasiter (Classmate): Simone actually feels the most comfortable with Eric in class. He doesn’t try to make much small talk and keeps everything focused on the discussion in class. She was surprised to see him studying with Ashley especially since it appears they know each other well. 

Ashley Malone (Classmate): There is something about Ashley that she finds off putting. They often pick opposite sides when it comes to discussion which has led to heated conversations. She’s always been fine to her in class, but since they are both competitive and know they’re the top students in the class, Simone doesn’t see them being very close anytime.

Anya Grace (Classmate): Anya is her only normal classmate. She has no time for BS and is a hard worker. She can see that Anya cares about her degree and has to work just as hard as she does for it. 

Austin Semler (Classmate): She’s not sure how she continues to be partnered with Austin. He’s still very much into the gossip and drama surrounding college life that she just is not into. It’s led to some awkward conversations and tense study sessions. She thinks a part of it is that he doesn’t appear to have a real job, while she’s working as many shifts as she can to pay for everything. 

Tom Mills (Student): Tom has been coming to Simone for tutoring and extra help with his social work class. As a T.A. she's been letting him stay after class to get his work done and avoid any 2 AM emails from the undergrad.

Duke Thornton (Boss): Duke was the person she initially interviewed with. He’s got a very good poker face, so she was surprised at the call back. Duke does most of the scheduling and is always flexible with hours when she needs to study or work later at the university.

Peter Knox (Boss): While Peter and Duke are both at Anonymous frequently, Peter is on the floor more often during the rush. He’s willing to serve and bartend, anything to make sure the restaurant runs smoothly. 

Josie de la Rosa (Friend): They met at Anonymous and quickly discovered that they both enjoy being active. They’ve gone swimming and kickboxing together, and she’s hoping to have a free night to join Josie at a salsa dancing class. 

Selene Andris (Coworker): Selene is her favorite bartender to work with that isn’t Duke or Peter. She has a good attitude and doesn’t get stressed at large orders. She also understands a lot of the struggles that Selene is going through as a returning student and they vent about it to one another. 

Matthew William-Jones (Coworker): Matthew usually buses tables, but he’s been asking her to teach him how to carry multiple plates and take orders. During slow times she’ll have him help her carry out her food and practice.

Juliette Willott (Friend): Simone met Juliette at Anonymous during a shift. Initially she thought she may have been flirting with her, but as they talked it turned out she was just being friendly and they had a lot in common. Her hanging out with Juliette caused one of the biggest fights between her and Isaac and was a partial cause of their break up. 

Marni Frazier (Friend): Simone met Marnie while doing field work for her masters. She was volunteering at the same clinic and they clicked. Interestingly enough, they didn’t realize they’d met at Anonymous before. Now they regularly hang out on and off shift.

Garrett Cleirigh (Coworker): Sometimes Simone shows up to her shift and Garrett’s behind the bar. He’s never actually on the schedule, and Peter and Duke just look resigned when they see him. He makes the drinks, however, so she hasn’t questioned it.

Hostile Connections:

Hanna Moore (Uncomfortable): She’s asked some weird questions about her bosses, and Simone steers clear from her. Simone’s worked enough jobs to know not to say anything that isn't common knowledge to a customer.

Chris Shaw (Dislikes): It seems like Chris is constantly hitting on a new girl and constantly striking out. And then he wants to complain to her. She wishes the guy would get laid and leave her alone. 

Pets: 

None

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Fola Evans-Akingbola (Simone Campbell) [1][2][3] 

[todayclassical]

January 28 in Music History

1627 Birth of composer Alfonso Marsh. 1645 Birth of German composer Gottfried Vopelius near Zitlau.  1691 Birth of German composer and organist Johann Balthasar König.  1693 Birth of Austrian organist and composer Gregor Joseph Werner in Donau.  1722 Birth of German composer Johann Ernst Bach.  1725 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 92 Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn on Septuagesimae Sunday following Epiphany, was part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.

1742 Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Jonathan Swift; author of Gulliver's Travels, objects to the cathedral singers performing Handel's works while the composer is in that city.

1754 Death of Danish lawyer and writer Ludwig Holberg at 69.  1756 Birth of composer Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth. 1757 Birth of composer Antonio Bartolomeo Brun. 1768 Death of English organist and composer John Wainwright dies at age 44. 

1781 Birth of castrato Giovanni Battista Vellutti Castrato.

1791 Birth of French opera composer Louis Ferdinand Joseph Herold. 1798 Death of German composer Christian Gottlob Neefe in Dessau. 1806 FP of Etienne Mehul's opera Les Deux Aveugles in Paris.

1812 Birth of soprano Marie Cornelie Falcon in Paris

1813 Death of Bohemian composer Jan Joseph Rösler at age 45.

1817 Death of composer Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen at age 55. 1828 FP of Franz Schubert's Piano Trio in Bb, Op. 99 D. 898. Ignaz Schuppanzigh, violin, Josef Linke, cello, and Carl Maria von Bocklet, piano.

1830 FP of Auber's opera Fra Diavalo at Opera Comique, Paris. 1832 Birth of composer Franz Wüllner. 

1841 Birth of composer Viktor Ernst Nessler.

1861 Birth of singing coach Isadora Luckstone in Baltimore, 

1868 Birth of Scottish composer Frederic Archibald Lamond in Glasgow. 1868 Birth of Argentinian composer Julian Aguirre. 1869 Death of French composer Prudent-Louis Aubrey du Boulley at age 72. 1873 Death of composer Henry Hugo Pierson at 57. 

1875 Birth of tenor Leon Laffitte in Saint-Genies.

1875 Birth of Mexican composer, conductor and violinist Julian Antonio Carillo Trujillo in Ahualulco, Mexico.  1876 FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's Serenade mélancolique for violin and orchestra, in Moscow.

1878 Birth of German composer Walter Kollo.

1885 Birth of baritone Jean Athanasiou in Bucharest.   

1887 Birth of Polish-American pianist Artur Rubinstein. 1887 Birth of American composer Lily Theresa Strickland in Anderson, SC.  1891 Birth of Czech conductor and composer Karel Boleslav Jirak in Prague.  1893 Birth of American pianist and composer Elliot Griffos in Boston. 

1894 Birth of soprano Laura Pasini in Varese. 

1896 Death of English organist, conductor and composer Joseph Barnby.

1897 Birth of soprano Fidelia Campigna in Almeria, Andalusia.

1898 Birth of Italian composer Vittorio Rieti in Egypt.  1898 Death of Romanian opera composer Alexandru Flechtenmacher at 74.  1900 Birth of English pianist and composer Michael Dewar Head.

1903 Birth of Ukraniam composer Yuly Sergueievitch Meytus in Elisavetgrad. 

1903 Death of French composer Augusta Mary Anne Holmes at age 55 in Paris.  1903 Death of French composer Jean Robert Planquette at age 54 in Paris.  1904 Tenor Enrico Caruso signs his first recording contract with Victor Records. 1907 Birth of Swiss pianist and composer Constantin Regamey in Kiev.  1910 Death of Spanish composer Jose Garcia Robles at 74. 1913 Birth of Dutch composer Jan Masseus in Rotterdam. 1915 FP of Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio in a. Gabriel Wilaume, violin; Louis Feuillard, cello and Alfredo Casella, piano; in Paris.

1916 FP of Enrique Granados' opera Goyescas. MET Opera, NYC.

1916 Birth of English musicologist and composer Peter Crossley-Holland in London.

1918 Birth of soprano Frances Yeend in Vancouver, Washington. 

1923 Birth of tenor Paul Asciak in Valetta, Malta.

1926 Wedding of composer Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya. 1927 FP of Aaron Copland's Piano Concerto. Boston Symphony conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, Copland was soloist.

1929 Death of Dutch composer Theodorus Hendricus Hubertus Verhey in Rotterdam. 

1930 Death of soprano Emmy Destinn.

1930 Birth of Spanish composer Luis de Pablo in Bilbao.

1932 Death of German-American composer and organist Franz Xavier Arens at 75 in Los Angeles. 

1931 Birth of bass Ezio Flagello in New York. 

1932 Death of composer Irene Wieniawska in London. aka Poldowski and Irene Wieniawska Paul. 

1933 Birth of bass Spiro Malas in Baltimore. 

1933 Death of tenor Adolf Krossing. 

1935 Birth of Russian composer Leonid Grabovsky in Kiev. 1935 Death of Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov at age 75, in Moscow.  1936 Birth of English composer Lydia Aylott in Finnigham.

1936 Birth of American composer Robert Suderburg. 1941 FP of Aaron Copland's Quiet City. Little Symphony conducted by Daniel Saidenberg at Town Hall, NYC. From incidental music, he scored for Irwin Shaw's play produced by the Group Theater, 1939 in NYC.

1942 Death of Spanish composer Pablo Luna  Carne at 61. 

1943 Birth of soprano Malvina Major in Hamilton N Z. 

1944 Death of mezzo-soprano Maartje Offers. 

1944 Birth of British avant-garde composer John Taverner in London. 1944 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah. Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by the composer, mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, PA.

1947 Death of Venezuelan-French conductor and composer Reynaldo Hahn at age 72 in Paris.  1949 Death of Swedish composer Gustav Lazarus Nordqvist at 62. 1952 Death of tenor Anton Sekar-Rozhansky. 

1954 Death of bass Allen Hinckley. 

1956 Birth of American composer Richard Danielpour in NYC. 

1959 Death of Austrian conductor and composer Viktor Joseph Keldorfer at 85 in Vienna.

1960 Death of tenor Ettore Parmeggiani. 

1960 Death of Austrian-American pianist-composer Jacques de Menasce at 54 in Gstaad, Switzerland. 

1965 Death of Belgian composer Jef van Durme at 57 in Brussels.  1967 Death of baritone Greek Evans. 

1971 William Bolcom finishes Poltergeist Rag which he dedicated to Teresa Sterne, former concert pianist and producer for Nonesuch Records. Apparently written in a converted garage next to a graveyard in Newburgh, N.Y.

1972 FP of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha. The orchestration by T.J. Anderson, in Atlanta.

1973 Death of singing coach Sergei Radamsky. 

1981 Death of tenor Agostino Lazzari. 

1990 FP of Joan Tower's Flute Concerto. Carol Wincenc and the American Composers Orchestra, Hugh Wolff, conducting, at Carnegie Hall in NYC.

1996 Fire destroys Venice Opera House.

2000 FP of André Previn's Diversions. Previn conducting Vienna Philharmonic in Salzburg, Austria

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VHS #363

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, some PBS News Hour, Visions of England, I’ll Sing For You – Boubacar “KarKar” Traoré, Paradiso Life with Femi Kuti, Salif Kaita and Regis Gizavo, Iggy Pop – Passenger, Marc & Ann - A film by Les Blank, Alison Krauss and Union Station – Live, World Link TV music videos. *** Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Préparez vos Mouchoirs)1:30, missed 1st 5:00, left 10:00 pad at end if I re-recordTrio with subtitles, nudity blurredrec 8/7/03, DirecTV It starts with the restaurant scene. The two men look at her in the hotel. https://youtu.be/KoIIC8XyYv0 *** PBS News Hour, Ch 138/7/03Ray SuarezCalifornia recall - Schwarzenegger bombing in Iraqattacks in BaghdadJakarta bombingIran denies building a nuclear bombWest Nile virus *** Visions of Englandaerial footage of England1 hr, pledge breaks edited out http://pbsinternational.org/programs/visions-of-england/ White cliffs of Dover, Dover Castle, (Greensleeves music), Martello Tower, Town of Battle, Bodiam Castle, Eastbourne Pier, Palace Pier, Brighton, Royal Pavilion, Needles - Isle of Wight, Carisbrooke Castle, Osborne House, Southampton Port, Salisbury Cathedral, Winchester, Winchester Cathedral, Stonehenge, Stourhead Garden, Stourhead House, Longleat House, Uffington White Horse, Hadrian’s Wall, Moon Pond Studley Royal, Fountains Abbey, Bempton Cliffs, Flamborough Lighthouse, Humber Bridge, York, York Minster, Castle Howard, Blackpool Tower, approach to Liverpool, Queen Square, Severn River Bridge, Exmoor National Park, Dunster Castle, Cheddar, Cheddar Gorge, Cathedral at Wells, Bath, Bath Cathedral, Roman Spa, Newmarket Racecourse, Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, King’s College, Cotswold region, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Blenheim Palace, Oxford, Radcliffe Camera, Christ Church, Wimbledon, Thames River, Swiss Re building, New City Hall, Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch, British Museum, Admiralty Arch, Trafalgar Square, Baker Street, Prince Albert Memorial, Royal Albert Hall, Covent Gardens, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace, Kew Gardens, Regent’s Park Canal, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Globe Theatre, Westminster Abbey, Harrod’s, Royal Naval College, Royal Observatory, Thames flood barrier, Canterbury Cathedral. *** I’ll Sing For You – Boubacar “KarKar" TraoréMalian guitarist1:16Jonathan Demme presented it.World LinkTV https://www.kanopy.com/product/ill-sing-you Some clips from it: https://youtu.be/kjya3aU2tUEhttps://youtu.be/EinV8Z3dyqk Opening: https://youtu.be/X4uJP6atMP8 Train trip (Not from this part but on the train: https://youtu.be/rpCYpQbr-fI), sings of independence for Mali, traditional dancing, one of the first to popularize the electric guitar in Mali, Kayes, The Santa Maria grin club, soccer game with several injured players being carried off the dirt field, Mopti (This clip: https://youtu.be/clbO4AEZ8Ls) kora, Dogon country, shooting guns on castle, mock battles, Bandiagana cemetery, kora, Mariana, Mothers, oh mothers…, plays with soccer ball, fort?/temple/mosque, Muslim call to prayer, Islam helped him get over his wife’s death, with Ali Farka Toure at temple, gets praised by women (griots?), Montreuil, Paris, people thought KarKar was dead, Emmigrant song. plays with Kélétigui Diabaté https://youtu.be/RI0sGKcX5RU With Ali Farka Tourehttps://youtu.be/r4-uq8cTF7o various songs I couldn’t figure out the names of *** Paradiso Life (from Holland)2002great african music and dancemissed beginning, 34:00(see #365 for the complete version) this version can be recycled, some video noise Femi Kuti! And Postive ForceBeng Beng Beng (https://youtu.be/CKpTYLQ5K9w) Not this clip.Walk On The Right Side (https://youtu.be/clcKKKpQhDM) Not this clip. hostSalif Kaita!Ignadjidje (https://youtu.be/iDMVaBed7BE) Not this clip. Femi talks with hostMusic will bring Africa back on the map Stop AIDS (https://youtu.be/1mT9orVTIjE) Not this clip. Host - Africa/accordion? Regis Gizavo! (Madagascar)Ho Anareo (https://youtu.be/p04pWCFkEeE) This clip!! (includes host intro!) Host talks with FemiIs your music African? Do Your Best (https://youtu.be/EBDObmk2yTM) Not this clip. Circular breathing! *** Fuji Rock Festival - Iggy Pop – Passenger (https://youtu.be/ZIJTyryvr5E) Not this clip.5:02 *** Marc & Ann (Savoy)A film by Les Blank19911/2 hr, missed ~2 min at beginning, do I have this already? duplicate? open (https://youtu.be/mrUqjbedlAM) Marc talks about coon sauce piquant, heard about friend who makes accordions, figures out how to make them, playing with Michael Doucet and Ann, Ann heard Clifton Chenier, picture of Marc with Bob McQuillan!, Octa Clark, her book, Dennis McGee - La Porte d'en Arrière, plays the way he heard it as a kid, A Prairie Home Companion, talk about playing Rhode Island, Eunice Art Festival, John Delafose, Dewey Balfa, he feels like he’s a caveman, chickens, ducks, turkeys, eggs, Ann keeps busy. Hackberry Ramblers in there. *** Alison Krauss and Union Station – Live in Louisville, KY2003missed 1st 1/2 hr, ~25:00, rec 8/20, 6:35 pmw/ commercials (Trio, Hot Summer Nights)some video noise See the whole thing here: https://youtu.be/HKgTra0QldE Ghost In This House In the commercial break (World Link TV music videos)Sister Carol - Dread Natty Conga (https://youtu.be/YuPISZOM1Ws) This clip.Angelique Kidjo - Wombo Lombo (https://youtu.be/MyMDHccQhzo) This clip. (Alison Krauss and Union Station – Live (in Louisville, KY)I Am A Man of Constant SorrowMaybe (World Link TV music videos)Udit Narayan - Phir Bhi Dil Hindustani (https://youtu.be/LySQy4XmZLg) This clip.Sheila Chandra - Ever So Lonely (https://youtu.be/bbcKO92OGNI) This clip. (Alison Krauss and Union Station – Live (in Louisville, KY)When You Say Nothing At AllOh, Atlanta *** World LinkTV music videosMary Jane Lamond - Charles Street Reel (aka Mo Ghille Mór Foghain’each) (https://youtu.be/sBLk-_4GaRE) Not this clip.Sheila Chandra - Ever So Lonely (https://youtu.be/bbcKO92OGNI) This clip. *** Emmylou Harris w/ Spyboy – The Maker (In The Eyes Of My Maker) (https://youtu.be/jVkUFjh01lk) This clip.1998~8 min Trio *** World Link TV music videosMaeri - Euphoria (https://youtu.be/Jf2HVLWFFx8) This clip.Jhatka Remix - Rang Barse (https://youtu.be/lYJhkbPrOFc) This clip. (indian music video w/ devil!, gorilla & dancing girls, great beat)Sevara Nazahraan - Gaider (https://youtu.be/7M4SZDMOH08) This clip.Tim & Wececa - Waipeipegu (New Caledonia) (https://youtu.be/Mk83vcWo634) This clip.

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The Start of the Southern Black Cooperative Movement

Second in a Series on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives

I’m reading a little-known but important work by former U.S. Labor Secretary Ray Marhsall and former Ford and Rockefeller Foundations executive Lamond Godwin called “Cooperatives and Rural Poverty in the South”, published in 1971 by Johns Hopkins Press. It discusses the very things I wrote about this summer in “50 Years of Courage, Cooperation, Commitment & Community”—the 50th Anniversary Commemorative book on the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. Even then, back in 1971, it was clear that the South needed cooperative organizations to help break through the cultural barriers to Blacks in agriculture. Thankfully, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives came along. Here is its foundational story. . . .

Mural (partial) at the Federation’s Rural Training Center in Epes, Alabama, created by the noted artist and graphic designer Donald Alexander (aka, ALDOX), from Lafayette, Louisiana--a hotbed of cooperative development in the 1960s.

It is difficult to precisely pinpoint how the idea of creating Southern Black-owned cooperatives initiated. Agricultural cooperatives, of course, were nothing new in America. The Midwest abounded with them, as did the segregated South. They were a way for farmers to realize economies of scale in the purchase of seed and fertilizer, to coordinate the sale and marketing of their crops, to gain some power in a volatile agricultural marketplace. They were also a way to exert some control, since the co-op was owned by the farmers it served. None of these points were lost on the Blacks who were trying to find a way out of the restrictive stranglehold of the White power structure. Surely the influence of the union and other collectivist, progressive movements of the 1930s and ‘40s also had a lasting impact.

Whatever the genesis, it was in the late 1950s that the idea of forming locally based farmer cooperatives seemed to take hold. One instigator was the Reverend A. J. McKnight, a Catholic priest from Brooklyn who had joined the Holy Ghost (Spiritan) Order and was assigned as pastor to an impoverished Black parish in Lafayette, Louisiana. McKnight was charged up with a fire to improve the lot of his parishioners and immediately began holding voter registration and literacy classes in the hope of helping the indigenous Black populace to gain a level of political power. But when few folks showed up for the classes, McKnight was stunned. Surely, they must want their freedom!

Wisely, McKnight began holding listening sessions to determine the “felt needs” of the community, rather than imposing his own vision of what was required. “One need that surfaced many times was how difficult and how expensive it was to borrow money,” McKnight would later write. With this insight, he realized that the first brick in what he was hoping would be a vast Southern cooperative structure was to create credit unions so that individuals in low-income communities could have access to capital. Because of the inherent difficulties with growing a capital base with limited funds in low-income communities, however, McKnight eventually struck upon the idea of creating a regional investment cooperative that could attract funding from outside sources and become the mechanism for funding all manner of cooperative enterprises. This became the Southern Consumers Cooperative (SCC), established in 1964. McKnight used to enjoy boasting, as he did in his autobiography Whistling in the Wind, that SCC “received the first loan in the War on Poverty”—$25,000 to help start one of SCC’s subsidiaries, a bakery called Arcadian Delight, which offered fruitcakes and other Creole delicacies and helped put people to work. SCC formed a number of other subsidiaries, including an education arm (Southern Consumers Education Foundation) and a capital development and lending arm (People’s Enterprise).  

Reverend A.J. McKnight--a leader in the creation of the Southern Black Cooperative Movement. 

Besides his fervor for cooperatives, McKnight’s very presence in southwest Louisiana was revolutionary. He was the first Black priest the parish had ever had. “It was a big deal,” said Carol Prejean, who was ten-years-old at the time McKnight arrived in the 1953. She and her older brother Charles began hanging out at the church, trying to imbibe the fresh wind of change that McKnight was preaching. McKnight seemed to embolden local Blacks to think bigger than they ever had before, to create their own institutions, to work their way out of the grinding poverty and dependence on the White ruling class that had characterized their existence for generations. Charles Prejean was smitten with McKnight’s fervor and determined that he, too, would become a priest. After a few years at seminary, however, he realized that a celibate life didn’t suit him, so he returned to Lafayette to work with McKnight and help build the cooperative institutions McKnight had begun dreaming up. “I came to the understanding,” Prejean said, “that the sense of communal life that I was being taught in the seminary was transferable—working in a community for the betterment of the community.” Prejean first volunteered with McKnight as a community organizer while teaching at the local Catholic high school; then he was brought on full time, first at People’s Enterprise and later, when McKnight was forced to spend more of his time on pastoral work, as general manager of SCC.

 But McKnight and the Prejeans were not the only cooperative boosters in the South. Indigenous cooperative institutions seemed to spring up everywhere all at once, usually sparked by a local need that could not be filled by other means and often spurred by White intransigence. For instance: 

·       When farmers and sharecroppers working for voting rights in west Tennessee were denied the ability to buy gasoline for their tractors from local White-owned gas stations, they started driving to the Missouri bootheel, just over the state line, to buy gas and oil and trucked it back home. Thus, the Mid-South Consumers Oil Co-op was born.

 ·       When a group of impoverished Black women in rural Alabama showed their handmade quilts to a Northern Episcopalian priest, he arranged for their wares to be shown at craft fairs up North where he knew a ready market would be enthralled. Thus, the Freedom Quilting Bee was born.  

 ·       When a group of Black sweet potato farmers realized they could break up the White landowners’ purchasing and distribution monopoly in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, by working together, the Grand Marie Vegetable Producers Co-op was born.

 ·       When sharecroppers in Sumter County, Alabama, got involved in advocating for equal rights and were evicted from the land their families had farmed for generations, forty of these families banded together to find a way to purchase their own land. Thus, the Panola Land Buying Association (PLBA) came into being.

 ·       When Black farmers in ten Black Belt counties of Alabama began comparing notes, they realized they could likely get a better price for their cucumbers, okra, and peas if they were to combine their output and mass market their crops. Thus, the Southwest Alabama Farmers Cooperative Association (SWAFCA) was born.

 It was these start-up co-ops that formed the nucleus of what would become the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. We have Al Ulmer to thank for pulling them all together. Ulmer was director of community outreach for the Southern Regional Council and had spotted a trend in majority Black counties throughout the South. It was Ulmer who invited and underwrote the travel expenses for representatives of ten of these emerging co-ops to a meeting in the spring of 1966 at the Mount Beulah Center, a church-based conference center just west of Jackson, Mississippi, where civil rights groups often met. 

Al Ulmer, Director of Community Outreach for the Southern Regional Council, identified a trend among rural Blacks for developing self-empowering cooperatives and invited their leaders to a gathering in Edwards, MS, which would become the foundational meeting of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives.

Once gathered, co-op representatives swapped information, learned more about each other’s cooperative enterprises, and began to conceive of a plan to coordinate and scale up their activities. All of them—each in their own sectors—were up against incredible odds, given the harsh racial climate of the times. Black people were not supposed to be successful. They were only supposed to thrive if they served and were subservient to the Whites in power. They weren’t supposed to create their own pathways to power or economic security. But as is the case in all societies, the poor find their own ways to survive, often outside of the established norms. They “make a way out of no way.” In the rural South of the 1960s, cooperatives seemed like one of the best ways to a better future.

 The Mount Beulah meeting led to a second gathering—again arranged for by Ulmer—in February of the following year, this time in Atlanta on the campus of Atlanta University. Those in attendance—22 representatives from various cooperatives in nine states throughout the South—agreed to establish a loose confederation of cooperatives to help them coordinate their activities and find ways of making each individual cooperative stronger. They called this new organization the Federation of Southern Cooperatives.

 NEXT: Carol Prejean’s Documentary Poetry of the Federation and a John Lewis 50th Anniversary Tribute.

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The Learning Tree (1969) Directed by Gordon Parks, The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events, The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

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Carole Lamond in Gordon Parks's THE LEARNING TREE ('69) #LetsMovie

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Simone Campbell → Fola Evans-Akingbola → Human

→ Basic Information

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Bisexual

Birthday: November 30

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Religion: Agnostic

→ Her Personality (one to two paragraphs)

→ Her Personal Facts

Occupation: Teacher’s Assistant and Bartender at Anonymous while she works on her Masters

Scars: Burn marks from carrying hot plates of food on her arms.

Tattoos: None

Two Likes: The outdoors and Carole King

Two Dislikes: Abuse of the system and Rich kids

Two Fears: Failure and Spiders

Two Hobbies: Swimming and Camping

Three Positive Traits: Stalwart, Industrious, Intelligent

Three Negative Traits: Blunt, Obstinate, Unenthusiastic

→ Her Connections

Parent Names:

Rodney Campbell (Father): Rodney worked as a car salesman for 30 years until his company went under in the recession. They lost the business and he had to take up a warehouse job. He’s been a big driving source for her to get her education so she has something to fall back on. Rodney’s unending effort to provide for his family is where Simone gets a lot of her stubbornness and drive from. She isn’t letting anything knock her away from her dream.

Cassandra Campbell (Mother): Cassandra is an elementary school teacher and always pushed the importance of school for her children. She and Simone get along to an extent, but Cassandra thinks she’s pushed away her family and that Simone will regret missing big family moments to work when she’s older.

Sibling Names:

Alexandra Campbell (Sister): Alexandra got a full ride academic scholarship to Duke and is studying finance there. They often will get into arguments over money and how it should be used in society. Their arguments are now banned from dinner tables and anywhere other members of the family have to hear it. Despite this they do discuss school and what Alex’s plans are for after graduation.

Lamond Campbell (Brother): Lamond is a star football player and will hopefully go to school on that. He struggles with his grades at times, and Simone will walk him through problems while she is grading papers at night.

Children Names:

None

Romantic Connections:

Isaac Baker (Ex-Boyfriend): She met Isaac where she seems to meet everyone; Anonymous. He’s friends with both of her bosses, which should have been a red flag in itself. They got along well, he was funny and charming and good in bed, but she could not deal with the comments about her friends or his jealousy. He gives her a large clearance, but she doesn’t really feel that much ill will towards him.

Platonic Connections:

Eric Lasiter (Classmate): Simone actually feels the most comfortable with Eric in class. He doesn’t try to make much small talk and keeps everything focused on the discussion in class. She was surprised to see him studying with Ashley especially since it appears they know each other well.

Ashley Malone (Classmate): There is something about Ashley that she finds off putting. They often pick opposite sides when it comes to discussion which has led to heated conversations. She’s always been fine to her in class, but since they are both competitive and know they’re the top students in the class, Simone doesn’t see them being very close anytime.

Anya Grace (Classmate): Anya is her only normal classmate. She has no time for BS and is a hard worker. She can see that Anya cares about her degree and has to work just as hard as she does for it.

Austin Semler (Classmate): She’s not sure how she continues to be partnered with Austin. He’s still very much into the gossip and drama surrounding college life that she just is not into. It’s led to some awkward conversations and tense study sessions. She thinks a part of it is that he doesn’t appear to have a real job, while she’s working as many shifts as she can to pay for everything.

Tom Mills (Student): Tom has been coming to Simone for tutoring and extra help with his social work class. As a T.A. she’s been letting him stay after class to get his work done and avoid any 2 AM emails from the undergrad.

Duke Thornton (Boss): Duke was the person she initially interviewed with. He’s got a very good poker face, so she was surprised at the call back. Duke does most of the scheduling and is always flexible with hours when she needs to study or work later at the university.

Peter Knox (Boss): While Peter and Duke are both at Anonymous frequently, Peter is on the floor more often during the rush. He’s willing to serve and bartend, anything to make sure the restaurant runs smoothly.

Josie de la Rosa (Friend): They met at Anonymous and quickly discovered that they both enjoy being active. They’ve gone swimming and kickboxing together, and she’s hoping to have a free night to join Josie at a salsa dancing class.

Selene Andris (Coworker): Selene is her favorite bartender to work with that isn’t Duke or Peter. She has a good attitude and doesn’t get stressed at large orders. She also understands a lot of the struggles that Selene is going through as a returning student and they vent about it to one another.

Matthew William-Jones (Coworker): Matthew usually buses tables, but he’s been asking her to teach him how to carry multiple plates and take orders. During slow times she’ll have him help her carry out her food and practice.

Juliette Willott (Friend): Simone met Juliette at Anonymous during a shift. Initially she thought she may have been flirting with her, but as they talked it turned out she was just being friendly and they had a lot in common. Her hanging out with Juliette caused one of the biggest fights between her and Isaac and was a partial cause of their break up.

Marni Frazier (Friend): Simone met Marnie while doing field work for her masters. She was volunteering at the same clinic and they clicked. Interestingly enough, they didn’t realize they’d met at Anonymous before. Now they regularly hang out on and off shift.

Garrett Cleirigh (Coworker): Sometimes Simone shows up to her shift and Garrett’s behind the bar. He’s never actually on the schedule, and Peter and Duke just look resigned when they see him. He makes the drinks, however, so she hasn’t questioned it.

Hostile Connections:

Hanna Moore (Uncomfortable): She’s asked some weird questions about her bosses, and Simone steers clear from her. Simone’s worked enough jobs to know not to say anything that isn’t common knowledge to a customer.

Chris Shaw (Dislikes): It seems like Chris is constantly hitting on a new girl and constantly striking out. And then he wants to complain to her. She wishes the guy would get laid and leave her alone.

Pets:

None

→ History (paragraph(s) on background) → The Present

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Fola Evans-Akingbola (Simone Campbell) [1][2][3]