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How To Get Married in North Carolina

As an ordained minister, I’m often asked what is the process to get legally married in the state of North Carolina. Which is a smart move, because each state has unique requirements for marriage licenses, waiting periods, and documentation. Knowing these in advance can save you time and stress, ensuring your special day goes smoothly. 💍✨ To get legally married in the state of North Carolina,…

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Alastor - Historical Trivia And Headcanons

Alastor was a mixed-race Creole man living in New Orleans, and was in his 30's/40's when he died in 1933. We don't know much else about him, but historical context can provide us with possible additional details:

The population of New Orleans in 1930 was 458,762, more than it is now. 27.2% of the people were black, 3.1% were foreign-born, and roughly half of America's bipoc population was unemployed thanks to the Great Depression. New Orleans' original Francophonication was still strong, and it was common to run into locals who only spoke French dialects (Cajun French, Louisiana Creole). The city has had a huge Chinatown, a small Little Italy, and multiple other districts known for their immigrant African/colonized French cultures.

The Jim Crow laws were heavily enforced, as was the 'One Drop' rule. If Alastor was a mixed race black man, he would not have been able to attend a white school, use the same public transport, and would have shopped at black-local stores and restaurants under threat of violence. If he was mixed with any other race, some Jim Crow laws didn't apply, but state or city laws might specify differently.

Just because Alastor wears a suit, it doesn't mean he was rich in life. Radio personalities often didn't earn a fortune. Unless he owned his own broadcast, he was paid by a private company for long shifts of hosting music, news, and radio plays. In 1930, 40% of households owned at least one radio, which means that a popular radio host would have been easily recognized.

If he was in his late 30's in 1933, he might have fought in WW1, so long as he was over the age of 21. Some cities gave veterans small benefits, or encouraged the community to give them jobs. This often did not include veterans of color.

New Orleans was famous for being one of the least Christian cities in America, thanks to its unique immigrant and slave population. Haitian-based faiths and practices (such as voudo), indigenous cultures, Asian Buddhism, and atheism were common. But Christianity was still the official, law-enforced religion. Schooling involved reading the Bible, laws were sworn to Jesus, etc.

Alastor's outfit in Hazbin Hotel isn't very accurate to real-life American men's fashions of the time. Back then, deviating from the norm with the smallest detail would have stuck out like a sore thumb - like his white-lined lapels. Men always wore a hat. They were allowed to go without a waistcoat, but not a jacket. Belts were becoming more popular than suspenders. The silhouette was bulkier than the slimmer, Italian cuts of our modern times, especially the pants. Hair was kept short, and oiled down in a side part. Americans preferred the clean shaven look. Ties were essential unless you were a blue-collar laborer. Colors were almost universally muted neutral tones for everyday wear. The most colorful textiles for men were sporting outfits, like a tennis jacket.

If Alastor was a middle-class single man, he likely would have lived in an inner-city apartment, in an ethnic neighborhood. He probably didn't own a car, and took public transit like the streetcars. If he owned a house, it would likely have been an inheritance, and even the more opulent houses of the time would have looked small and plain to our eyes.

Because of the Great Depression, unmarried men were becoming the norm, rather than the exception. Men of the community who were sought after but remained single were suspect to gossip, but less ire than you might think; in the '30s, American queer culture was going through a very sharp revival, escaping the rigid Victorian era and before the puritan 40's/50's. But as a mixed-race man, it may have been illegal for a white woman to marry him, as the Jim Crow laws forbade the marriage of white people and Black/Asian people.

A middle class city household would have had electricity, gas heating, indoor plumbing, but may not have had running taps or a gas stove. Even with decent means, Alastor might have been using a potbelly woodburning stove, a dry sink/washbasin, wooden bathtub, and did his own laundry instead of sending it to the neighborhood laundresses. He may or may not have bothered with an icebox. Fresh groceries needed to be cooked and eaten soon, as things like pasteurized milk or store refrigeration wasn't a thing.

If he had enough money, then he almost certainly hired maids or other servants. Whether the maid came over just once a week, or did the shopping and laundry every other day, hired help was much more common back then, especially if he had no wife.

The most popular musicians in 1933 were Bing Crosby, George Olsen, and Leo Reisman. As you might have noticed, it was trendy for the lead singer to be backed by an orchestra, not a 'band' of just four other people like today. The most popular radio shows were Dick Tracy, Sherlock Holmes, and Doc Savage. They were recordings the radio station would buy and then broadcast, or sometimes the actors were live on the air. The radio host was usually not the journalist - the production team was responsible for writing his script.

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Hey there. I had a question for you. I was wondering what kind of resources someone might look into if they were interested in learning more about Mormonism, particularly if the person is LGBTQ+ and also has a witchy spiritual side too? Not sure if the latter is relevant, but I thought I'd mention it anyways just in case.

oh boy oh boy this is quite a question. I do feel like both the LGBTQ and the witchy stuff are relevant because it kinda changes how I would approach it.

This is long so I put it under the cut

So, the official way to get to know more about the LDS church is to contact the missionaries. These are young adults who are dedicating 18-24 months of their lives to teaching people about the core aspects of Mormon doctrine, with the goal of baptism (usually within a month). They give out free copies of the Book of Mormon, as well as pamphlets that explain basic tenets of our religion.

That's not necessarily the path forward I would recommend to an LGBTQ person, or someone interested in the potential witchy/folk magic side of Mormonism. Most missionaries are young, and although some of them are queer themselves (I was a missionary and out as bi) most of them will be deeply steeped in the homophobia that is unfortunately all too common and perpetrated by our leaders. If a queer person wanted to get baptized into the LDS church, they would have to repent of any past queer activity and promise to live a 'chaste' life moving forward (no sex outside of a heterosexual marriage.) A lot of missionaries also will never have learned of the folk magic that Joseph Smith and other early saints practiced, because those things have all but been erased/denounced from church culture. Most missionaries aren't even comfortable acknowledging that Heavenly Mother exists.

That's not to say you shouldn't try if you feel called to the LDS church. We can use all the queer members we can get if we're gonna fight for change. But I just want to acknowledge that it is an uphill battle.

I would recommend reading the Book of Mormon, which you can access free online, plus there's an app you could download.

Saints Unscripted is a youtube channel run by members of the LDS church, where they talk about doctrine, culture, and all things mormon. Some of the videos get into some of the more controversial aspects of our history/doctrine, while other are just fun conversations about Mormon culture. I think it's a great place to go if you just wanna get to know some mormons.

Beyond the Block is a podcast run by a gay convert to the LDS church (like I said, it does happen!) and an African-american member of the church. They're on a hiatus right now but they have over 100 episodes so you'd have plenty to listen to. The LDS church has a curriculum called "Come Follow Me" where each week we are assigned certain chapters to read out of our scriptures (Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants). Brother Jones and Brother Knox talk about the reading from each week specifically from a perspective of marginalized identities. Although they are speaking for an audience who is already familiar with Mormonism, I think it's a good example of what we believe, and the Mormonism that I personally strive for.

Queer Mormon Theology is another personal favorite of mine. Although also intended for a familiar audience, I think it provides enough background information (and sources you can look at to learn more) about what Mormons believe, AND it explains how these core beliefs include queer identities, and why the current queerphobic policies should be abandoned.

Witchy stuff is more difficult to find resources for. I started with Early Mormonism and the Magic World View by D. Michael Quinn, but that's a hefty book and I don't know if I would necessarily recommend it if you are new to Mormonsim.

Most resources I have found online that explore Mormon folk magic are made by nonmembers, or exmembers, in an attempt to discredit or make fun of our founders. I've also discovered a few off-shoot groups that attempt to blend Mormon beliefs with Kabbalah (which seems like cultural appropriation to me) or psychedelics (drugs scare me idk man).

That being said, two resources I could point you to is this wikipedia article that is just like, an overview of some of the folk magic the early saints practiced. And this website which collects information about some of the less often talked about aspects of our history/culture/practices.

Most members of the LDS church don't know much about this stuff, or they just don't care. It doesn't really impact the typical LDS life, but as someone who is trying to expand my spiritual practice to include more magic/witchy stuff, it's interesting to me.

OH I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT. There's this music artist named Marcie Dawn who is a Mormon Witch. She has an instagram and here she is on spotify . She doesn't talk a whole lot about her personal beliefs, it's mostly ~vibes~ but I love her and I love her music so I had to give her a plug.

And that's what I've got for you! I hope this is helpful, sorry it's so long. Please feel free to send more asks/messages about this!

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“The Great Depression reached into every corner of the country, but it did not affect all people equally. For many middle-class women of all races, the depression required certain changes in spending patterns: buying cheaper cuts of meat, feeding the homeless men who stopped at the back door, and doing without new clothes. Some of these women continued to do community volunteer work, raising money for the unemployed. They saw the food lines, but they did not have to join them.

Among women workers, race played an important role. The fierce competition for jobs fueled racial resentments. Mexican-American and African-American women were the first to lose their jobs and the last to get relief from welfare agencies. Often, they were already living on the margin of survival. Before 1933, when the Prohibition amendment making the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages illegal was repealed, many of these women turned to bootlegging, making their own beer or liquor and selling it.

…Even relatively prosperous farm women--owners, not tenants--in general produced as much as 70 percent of what their families consumed in clothing, toys, and food. They not only gardened but raised poultry. During the depression, women increased the size of their gardens and the number of their hens. They made more butter from their dairy cows and sold it. They cut up the sacks that held large amounts of flour and sewed them into underwear. In the previous decade, they had proudly begun to participate in a culture of store-bought goods. Now they began to can food again. Government agents dragged huge canning kettles across the mountains of northern New Mexico and eastern Tennessee so that women in remote farming villages could preserve their food.

Even with all this work, rural children suffered from malnutrition, and rural women faced childbirth without a doctor or midwife because they could afford neither the medical fees nor the gasoline for transportation. The women resented their declining standards of living, particularly those from better-off farm families who owned their own farms and had, during the 1920s, aspired to participate in the new domestic technology of indoor bath-rooms, modern stoves and heating, and super cleanliness.

…In 1936, a federal appeals court overruled an earlier law that had classified birth control information as obscene and thus illegal to dispense. That decision still left state laws intact, however. The number of birth control clinics nationwide rose from 55 in 1930 to 300 by 1938, but in some states and in many rural areas women still had no access to birth control. In 1937, North Carolina became the first state to provide contraceptives with tax dollar, and six others soon followed. Ironically, North Carolina’s reasoning was not that birth control was a human right but that birth control would reduce the black population.

Despite statistics showing that black women had fewer babies than white women with similar incomes and living situations, many white southern officials in states with large black populations feared a black population explosion. In 1939, the Birth Control Federation of American responded to eager southern state governments by developing “The Negro Project,” a program to disseminate birth control information, which they carefully staffed with local black community leaders. Whatever the logic, one quarter of all women in the United States in their 20s during the depression never bore children. This was the highest rate of childlessness for any decade. Many people simply decided not to get married, and marriage rates fell.

…In the mass media women seemed to be receiving mixed messages. On the one hand, in 1930, the Ladies’ Home Journal featured a former career woman confessing, “I know now without any hesitation… that [my husband’s job] must come first.” In 1931, the popular magazine Outlook and Independent quoted the dean of Barnard College, a women’s college in New York City, telling her students that “perhaps the greatest service that you can render to the community… is to have the courage to refuse to work for gain.” And on its front page in 1935, the New York Times reported that women “suffering from masculine psychological states” and an “aversion to marriage” were being “cured” by the removal of their adrenal gland. In this atmosphere, not only were women workers under fire, but women who centered their lives on women rather than on men came under attack. Lesbianism was no longer chic. Lesbian bars almost disappeared. Homosexuality was now seen by many people as just one more threat to the family.

On the other hand, movie houses showed zany screwball comedies with more complicated lessons. Often deliciously ditsy, incompetent women were rescued by sensible, capable men. Yet, the men in these movies were frequently portrayed as bumbling or slower-witted than the women. Sometimes the men were people who needed joy and whimsy restored to their lives, not an unexpected theme for a nation in the throes of an economic depression. In other movies, however, women were by no means incompetent. The women portrayed by Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, and Joan Crawford in the 1930s were often intelligent but needed men alternately to tame and to soften them.”

- Sarah Jane Deutsch, “Making Do with Disaster.” in From Ballots to Breadlines: American Women, 1920-1940

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International Day for the Abolition Of Slavery

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery happens annually on December 2. On this day in 1949, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. This day is dedicated to ending modern forms of slavery, such as sexual exploitation, human trafficking, the most heinous kinds of child labor, forced marriage, and the forced recruitment of children for use in armed conflict.

It is about raising awareness and reinforcing global efforts in combatting the scourge of modern slavery. Governments, organizations, and individuals are entreated to take this day specifically as an opportunity to denounce the atrocities of slavery in its modern form that still exist in the world. Fun fact: The aim of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is different from that of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, the latter of which is a day to reflect on the atrocities committed during the Transatlantic Slave Trade Era.

History of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery focuses on eradicating modern forms of slavery like trafficking, sexual exploitation, child labor, forced marriage, and forced recruitment of children into armed conflict. The Day is observed on December 2, which marks the same date that the U.N. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others was adopted by its member states on December 2, 1949, and it is expected to be observed by governments, organizations, and people all around the world as a day specifically set aside to rebuke all forms of modern-day slavery that still exist in the world today.

The International Labor Organization puts the number of victims of modern slavery at 40 million worldwide. And although modern slavery is not defined by any binding law, the word encompasses practices such as forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, human trafficking, and every other situation of exploitation under which a victim is trapped because of threats of violence, coercion, deception, or abuse of power.

From prehistoric times to the present, slavery has spanned various nations, civilizations, and religions. Similarly, victims of slavery hailed from a wide range of races and religious backgrounds. Enslaved people’s social, economic, and legal standing have varied greatly across times and places. Africans were kidnapped in the 17th and 18th centuries, sold into slavery in the American colonies, and exploited to work as slaves in the production of products such as tobacco and cotton. Though precise estimates are impossible to provide, some historians believe that 6 to 7 million enslaved individuals were carried to the New World during the 18th century alone, robbing Africa of some of its strongest and healthiest men and women.

Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation on September 22, 1862, and on January 1, 1863, he made it official that slaves within any U.S. state, or designated part of a state shall be then and forever be free. The Emancipation Proclamation freed almost 3 million enslaved individuals in the rebel states, depriving the Confederacy of the majority of its labor forces and swaying foreign public opinion heavily in favor of the Union. Though the Emancipation Proclamation did not formally end slavery in America—that would come with the passage of the 13th Amendment after the Civil War ended in 1865—some 186,000 Black troops joined the Union Army, and approximately 38,000 died.

Even though slavery is no longer legal anywhere in the world, human trafficking is still nevertheless a global issue. As of 2013, approximately 25-40 million people were enslaved, with the majority of these people living in Asia. People were sold into slavery during Sudan’s Second Civil War, which lasted from 1983 to 2005. Evidence of child trafficking and slavery on cocoa plantations in West Africa appeared in the late 1990s.

Although, since 1995, the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery has shone the spotlight on atrocities of modern slavery and tried to inspire commitment to better humanity, December 2 wasn’t recognized as the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery until exactly a decade after a U.N. Working Group on Slavery submitted a report that tendered the date for consideration as the World Day for the Abolition of Slavery in 1985.

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery timeline

1619

Starting Point Of Slavery In America

A lot of people consider 1619 to be a starting point of slavery in America.

17th Century

Poor Europeans Were Replaced With African Slaves

In North America European settlers turns to African slaves instead of indentured servants who were often poor Europeans.

1770

Crispus Attucks is killed

An escaped slave man is one of the first people to be killed by British soldiers during the Boston Massacre.

1800

Slave Rebellion

Gabriel Prosser rebels against his masters in Richmond, Virginia, in the U.S.

1808

Congress Proscribes Slavery

Congress outlaws the importation of enslaved persons, although the push for this ban began earlier in the northern colonies, during the American Revolution.

1866

Last Dance in Cuba

The last known slave ship carries captives to Cuba in 1866.

1995

First Celebration

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is first observed in 1995 following the report by a United Nations Working Group on slavery a decade earlier.

2016

U.N.’s Landmark Forced Labor Protocol

The International Labour Organization adopts a “new legally binding Protocol” meant to help in the global efforts to eliminate forced labor, which is implemented in November 2016.

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery FAQs

Which country first abolished slavery?

Britain abolished slavery throughout its empire in 1833; France and the U.S. followed in 1848 and 1865, respectively.

Who is responsible for the abolition of slavery?

William Wilberforce (1759–1833), a British politician and philanthropist, led the movement to abolish the slave trade. 

Which was the last country to abolish slavery?

Although according to records, the last known slave ship carried captives to Cuba in 1866, Mauritania is known as the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1981, nearly 120 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States.

How To Observe The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Become a conscious consumer: One way to observe the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery and to bring a meaningful change is to commit to only buying goods labeled as 'fair trade,' indicating that those goods are produced ethically. Check the companies you purchase from and their supply chains to ensure there was no slave labor used in producing the goods. You can also call on businesses to end forced labor and slavery in their supply chains.

Commit to ethical labor sourcing: There’s no better way to support the day for people who own businesses than to commit to producing your goods and delivering your services ethically. You may also persuade fellow entrepreneurs and even mark your goods as being produced through ethical labor to get even more patronage.

Stop oppressing others: Look inward, you may be oppressing someone or some people in a way. If you find that you are guilty of this then it is not too late to change your ways. After reading about the history of slaves you must understand how those being oppressed feel and you would not want to be the oppressor.

5 Things You Should Know About Slave Trade And The Abolition Of Slavery

40 million people face modern-day slavery: According to the International Labour Organisation, more than 40 million people worldwide are victims of modern slavery, such as forced labor, debt bondage, forced marriage, and human trafficking.

Forced labor victims create a $150 billion profit: The International Labour Organization estimates that there are currently 21 million forced labor victims worldwide creating a total of $150 billion in illegal profits in the private economy each year.

One in four of the enslaved are children: An estimated one in four people witnessing forms of modern slavery are children.

12 million enslaved Africans transportedAccording to records, the Transatlantic Slave Trade saw an estimated 12 million enslaved Africans transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century.

Many were shipped to South America: The majority of enslaved Africans during the Transatlantic Slave Trade were transported to the Caribbean or Brazil.

Why International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Is Important

It’s an opportunity to make a change: The goal of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is to get enough people to be aware of the scourge of modern slavery and commit to ending it. The day provides an opportunity to make a change. By talking about it to people and persuading them to commit to ending it, the day serves as an avenue to make a lasting impact in our world.

It highlights humanity’s shortcomings: There’s no better motivation to collectively work towards a better and just future than having a look at the thing we are currently bad at. Because International Day for the Abolition of Slavery highlights our errors in the area of slavery and the traditional beliefs and institutions that have actively supported it, it serves as a motivation for us to demand something better. The slave trade era was not fun, people suffered a lot and were treated as less than humans while working for their masters. As we celebrate International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, we are celebrating the fact that slavery has been put to an end.

It helps recommit us to humanity’s service: Yes — International Day for the Abolition of Slavery helps to recommit us to the service of those who have been forced into some kind of modern slavery. It serves as a day to further connect with our humanity. When we remember that Abolition Day celebrates the end of slavery, we would be grateful that we were not born in the slave trade era. Knowing the struggles that slaves went through in that era would make us appreciate our freedom more.

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Music Mondays

Today I drew James Brown aka 'The hardest-working man in the Show Business','Godfather of soul','Soul brother No.1' and 'Mr. Dynamite'.He was born on May 3rd in 1933. In Barnwell, South Carolina in a small wooden shack. His name was supposed to be Joseph James Brown but his first name and middle name got switched by accident. His dad was a mix of African American and Native American descent meanwhile his mom was a mix of African American and Asian descent. His family lived in poverty in Elko, South Carolina which was an impoverished town in 1933. And when he was 4 or 5, his family moved to Augusta, Georgia, they first settled in one of the aunt's brothel then they later shared a house with another aunt, his mom left the family because of contentious and abusive marriage and moved to New York (I don't know if his dad or mom had custody of him).He then began singing in talent shows as a young child, first appearing at Augusta's Lenox Theater in 1944. Winning the show after singing the ballad 'So Long'. While in Augusta, he performed buck dances for change to entertain troops from Camp Gordon at the start of World War II as their convoys traveled over a canal bridge near his aunt's home.Now this is where he first heard the legendary blues musician Howlin' Wolf play guitar.Then learned to play the piano, guitar, and harmonica during this period (so he was a multi-instrumentalist). He became inspired to become an entertainer after hearing 'Caldonia' by Louis Jordan and Tympany Five. In his teen years James had a career as a boxer for a short time.At the age of 16 he was convicted of robbery and sent to a juvenile detention center in Toccoa.In juvenile detention center, he formed a gospel quartet with four fellow cellmates, including Johnny Terry.He met singer Bobby Byrd when the two played against each other in a baseball game outside the detention center. Byrd also discovered that James could sing after hearing of 'A guy called music box', which was James's nickname at the prison. Bobby has since claimed he and his family helped to secure an early release, which led to James promising the court he would sing for the Lord. Brown was released on a work sponsorship with Toccoa business owner S.C. Lawson. Lawson was impressed with James's work ethic and secured his release with a promise to keep him employed for two years.He was paroled on June 14 in 1952.James went on to work with both of Lawson's sons, and would come back to visit the family from time to time throughout his career. Shortly after being paroled he joined the gospel group the Ever-Ready Gospel Singers, featuring Bobby's sister Sara. From 1954. Till 1961. He joined the band that changed its name into 'The Famous Flames' after their composition 'Please, please, please' became their hit. And the band would break up and be renamed as 'James Brown and his famous flames' and he released the ballad 'Try me' which was a hit in 1959. And the band then got revived. The band released their top 10 hit called '(Do the) Mashed Potatoes' on Dade Records, James released an album called 'Think!' under 'the famous flames' and even more such as 'Bewildered','I'll go crazy' and 'think' which hinted his shouting style. From 1962. To 1966. He became famous as Mr. Dynamite for the hits 'Lost Someone', 'Baby you're right','Joe Tex', 'Prisoner of love','Papa's got a brand new bag' (to which he won Grammy awards),'I got you' and his No.1 hit 'It's a Man's Man's Man's world'.From 1967. To 1970. He became known as Soul Brother No.1 for his hits 'Cold Sweat', 'Give it up or turnit a loose', 'Licking stick','Funky Drummer','Mother Popcorn','

I got the Feelin'','Gettin' Down to it','Soul on top' and 'I can't stand myself'.He did was active in social issues such as racism, He communed with the presidents and elected officials of all political stripes,made groundbreaking black pride anthems and may have saved Boston from being burned by rioters. He had Type 2 Diabetes that was not diagnosed for long and survived prostate cancer. Unfortunately on Christmas in 2006. He did from congestive heart failure. He won so many honors and awards throughout his life and after death,in 1993. The bridge is named after him 'James Brown Soul center of the universe bridge',he was inducted in Georgia music hall of Fame, Rock and roll hall of Fame,UK music hall of Fame, Atlantic city hall of fame,R&B music hall of Fame.He was awarded with lifetime achievement award after 34th annual Grammy award after that he got another lifetime achievement award for rhythm and blues pioneer award.He even got the star on the Hollywood walk of Fame.He got BMI urban icon at the BMI urban awards, he received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievements.Mayor Charles DeVaney of Augusta held a ceremony to dedicate a section of 9th Street between Broad and Twiggs Streets, renamed 'James Brown Boulevard'.For his 72nd birthday, Augusta unveiled the bronze statue of him that was life-sized.The officials renamed the city's civic center the 'James Brown Arena'.president of Paine College, a historically black college in Augusta, Georgia, bestowed posthumously upon his an honorary doctorate in recognition and honor of his many contributions to the school in the times of need from the Paine College May 2007 commencement.During the 49th Annual Grammy Awards presentation on February 11 in 2007.James Brown's famous cape was draped over a microphone by Danny Ray at the end of a montage in honor of notable people in the music industry who died during the previous year. Earlier that evening, Christina Aguilera delivered an impassioned performance of Brown's hit 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' followed by a standing ovation, while Chris Brown performed a dance routine in honor of James Brown.In his honor there was an art competition to create a James Brown tribute box on the corner of James Brown Blvd. (9th Ave.) and Broad St. The winner was Ms. Robbie Pitts Bellamy.

We feel good!

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Bishop Michael Bruce Curry (born March 13, 1953) is a bishop who is the 27th and current presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church. He is the first African American to serve as presiding bishop in The Episcopal Church. He was bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina.

He graduated with high honors from Hobart College. He earned an M.Div from the Yale Divinity School, in association with Berkeley Divinity School. He studied at The College of Preachers, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wake Forest University, the Ecumenical Institute at St. Mary’s Seminary, and the Institute of Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies.

He has received honorary degrees from the School of Theology-Sewanee, Theological Seminary, Berkeley Divinity School, the Episcopal Divinity School the Seminary of the Southwest, and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. He was appointed a serving brother of the Order of St John by Elizabeth II. He received the James Parks Morton Interfaith Award.

He was elected the eleventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. When he was consecrated at Duke Chapel, he became the first African-American diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Church in the American South.

He served on the board of directors of the Alliance for Christian Media and chaired the board of Episcopal Relief and Development. He had a national preaching and teaching ministry and was a frequent speaker at services of worship and conferences around the country.

He was active in issues of social justice, speaking out on immigration policy and marriage equality. He instituted a network of canons, deacons, and youth ministry professionals to support preexisting ministries in local congregations. He led the Diocese of North Carolina to focus on the Millennium Development Goal to buy malaria nets that saved over 100,000 lives.

He served as the officiant for the state funeral of Senator John McCain. He officiated at the funeral of George H.W. Bush. He delivered a sermon-like address at “The Spirit of Apollo” program organized by the National Air and Space Museum. He spoke at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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5

Bria hired a team of a manager, live agent, publicist, music publisher, lawyer, and distributor. They would help build her career. Since she was eighteen, she had the right to give her opinions. She wanted to be an alternative rock. Not a pop star. They were a dime a dozen. She wanted to stand out against other artists. Did she want brand deals? Yes. She would make a great model because she was five feet, nine inches tall and very thin.

Though she was very healthy. Her thin body came from genetics and her diet. She wanted to try acting, as well as doing music and modelling. At her age, the sky was the limit. She could do whatever she put her mind to. Her measurements were taken, so they could be sent to modelling agencies. She was very excited about her future!

Mike was also excited about what she could do. He hoped one day he and his band would have the same success. Joe got used to her coming over. He enjoyed having her because she was fun to hang out with, even when he didn’t show it. Since she was Mike’s girl, he wasn’t going to try anything with her. She came over as usual with some excitement. Her mother was talking to her grandmother, who lived in Daytona Beach.

Back in the 1630s, her Italian immigrant grandfather married a woman from somewhere in Africa. She couldn’t remember what country she was from. They had a daughter together named, Mary Johnson. Mary was African Italian American. So, she was part African. What side of the family was that? Her mother’s. The family kept the woman and Mary a secret for hundreds of years.

The marriage was illegal and stigmatised. It wasn’t until 1940 that the secret was revealed. Her daughter got married and had children, who got married and had children…. Gradually, they lost their African DNA. That’s why she was white. She thought that was interesting. It was very interesting. Was Mary free or a slave? She was a slave who escaped to the north. Her grandfather took her in and hid her from slave catchers. They had their daughter and got married in secret.

He passed her off as a woman who helped him with household chores. She had the same duties as a slave, except she was paid.

“Yeah, I see what you mean. You’ll have to do research into who she was and her life. Your mother never knew that”, Mike asked.

“No, my grandmother is getting older. She has moments where she will remember something random from their family, like Uncle Henry owned a deli in New York City in the 1900s and he used to give lollipops to the neighbourhood children. Stuff like that. This was one of those moments.”

Yeah, that happened with older people. Especially as they lost more of their memories. Her grandmother was sixty-five years old and was still young. She had her mother when she was eighteen years old. It was right after the war during the baby boom. Her mother was twenty-five when she married her father. They had her five years later.

Joe did the math in his head. Her parents were very young. Only forty-seven years old. Yeah, they were. They were both still in medical school when they got pregnant. Their parents wanted them to place her for adoption because they were worried about their futures. But they fought against them and kept her. They juggled medical school with taking care of her. During the day, she stayed at a daycare provided by the school.

What school did they attend? The University of California. They did four years of undergraduate. Then, medical school, residency and fellowship programs before they officially became doctors. Plus internships. They both came from middle-class backgrounds.

Since it was right after the war, the country was picking itself back up. Her grandmother got a job at a factory as a receptionist. She had to work to provide for her baby, instead of being a stay-at-home mother. What about her grandfather? He left. She didn’t know where he was. It was suspected he had a mental illness. She wanted her daughter to go to college because she never got to. Her mother liked to joke about how her grandmother didn’t like her father right away.

Why not? She thought he was “boorish.” It took six months for him to win her over. Joe asked what boorish meant. It means someone rough and bad-mannered. He had never heard that before. It was a phrase older people use.

Our fathers are already giving their blessing

For our mothers to start planning our wedding

Your brother knew we would get together

Look at us now

Yes, we’re dating. Mike’s parents were THRILLED! That was a huge understatement! They loved Bria and they knew they would fall in love. No, he was not thinking about getting married. Not yet. He wanted to finish school and establish his career first. Maybe they would get married in the future. At the moment, they were having fun together. She let him know she was on birth control to prevent pregnancy. Good. He was not ready to be a father.

He had forgotten to wear protection, so she took the Morning After pill at the doctor’s office. Her parents were very relaxed about her being sexually active. If she was, they just asked that she be careful. Since they were at the hospital a lot, they couldn’t control what she did. At eighteen years old, they couldn’t tell her what to do anymore because she was an adult.

The door would always be open for her to come in if she ever got in trouble or needed help. She confessed he was her first. Was she waiting for him? Maybe a little. That was cute. He loved being with her in bed. They made time to sneak over to her place to be together. She wasn’t innocent and he loved that about her. He was in love with every part of her. She was his best friend and she cheered him on. He laughed when he heard the song she wrote for him.

That sounded like their parents. He kissed her forehead. When her episode aired, they watched it with Joe. They couldn’t recognise her at first because of her costume and wig. She did a great job, though Mike was biased. Because of her cameo, she was receiving other opportunities. Her agent was sorting through them all. Brands wanted her to be the face of whatever they were selling.

She had the look to be a successful model. They were going to go over them during a meeting. She had the date and time written on a piece of paper at home. Her mother asked her if she would get an assistant. Yes, that sounded like a good idea. She had a one-track mind sometimes, like her father. Hers was due to her ADHD. She could be hyper-focused on something she was interested in while shutting everything else out. It drove her parents crazy.

She could spend hours on the piano. They had to get her to stop. Just so she could go to sleep. An assistant would help keep her organised.

“I’m going to get a kitten.”

“I thought you said kitchen. Never mind”, Mike said with a laugh.

“Dude, I already have that. I’m going to the animal shelter tomorrow afternoon.”

“You’re going to come home with every animal there”, he joked.

“I don’t think the county of LA would let me do that. They might put me in jail for animal hoarding or something.”

“What about a puppy? I would get a puppy.”

“You can get a puppy. I’ll get the kitten.”

He laughed. Maybe in the future, he would get a puppy. It was dinner time and they were hungry. They decided to go out somewhere close by. He grabbed his jacket, keys and wallet before following her downstairs. Joe already left to get something to eat, so he locked the door behind them.

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al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1183

first posted in facebook april 22, 2023

william edouard scott -- "a study for 'interruption'" [a mural at the 1940 american negro exposition in chicago] (ca. 1940)

"the major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. the door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door" ... martin luther king jr.

"as a result of the discrimination towards african americans at the 1933 century of progress exposition, james washington, a real estate developer, conceived of the american negro exposition. on july 4, 1940, president franklin delano roosevelt, from his hyde park home, pressed a button to turn on the lights, officially opening the american negro exposition. [...] artist william edouard scott created a series of 24 murals for the event, which took him three months to complete" ... wikipedia

"i ask you, america, is this not signing witness in your soul? who are you to deny me the right to cast my vote in the streets of america in the senate halls of america? who are you to deny the right to speak? i who am myself also america. i who cleared your forests and laid your thoroughfares. who are you to be presumptuous to tell me where to ride, and where to stand, and where to sit? who are you to lynch the flesh of your flesh? who are you to say who shall live and who shall die? who are you to tell me where to eat and where to sleep? who are you america but me' ... margaret walker

"there may be some difficulties, some interruptions, but as a nation and as a people, we are going to build a truly multiracial, democratic society that maybe can emerge as a model for the rest of the world" ... john lewis

"please ... do not pardon these interruptions" ... al janik

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Newlywed Toolkit: Building a Strong Marriage & Blended Family

As a nondenominational officiant, I offer pre-martial coaching in person and virtually. I wanted to share a few thoughts on blending families via marriage. This Newlywed Toolkit combines practical advice, resources, and creative ideas to help newlyweds, especially in a blended family of color, nurture their relationship and build a strong foundation for their future together. Drawing from my…

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Victoria Jackson Gray Adams, a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was one of the most important living black Mississippians who participated in the Civil Rights Movement. She began by teaching voter registration classes in the 1960s. At that time, although thirty percent of Hattiesburg's citizens were African American, only fifty of them had been allowed to register to vote. Today, the state of Mississippi has more African American elected officials than any other state, partly because of the efforts of Victoria Gray Adams.

Victoria Almeter Jackson was born on November 5, 1926, in the Palmer's Crossing community, a historically black settlement which is now a part of the City of Hattiesburg. Her parents were Mack and Annie Mae Ott Jackson. She was a graduate of Depriest Consolidated School in Palmer's Crossing. Her first marriage was to Tony West Gray, and three children were born of the union - Georgie Roswitha Gray, Tony West Gray, Jr., and Cecil Conteen Gray. She later married Reuben Ernest Adams, Jr., and they became the parents of a son, Reuben Ernest Adams, III.

Gray was an active participant in Mississippi Freedom Summer in 1964. She was a National Board member of Dr. Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and was one of the founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP).

She also ran for the United States Senate on the MFDP ticket in 1964, the first woman to run for the Senate from Mississippi. Her career included teaching in the public schools in rural Mississippi; teaching in real estate and marketing in Petersburg, Virginia; and service as Campus Minister at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia.

In addition, she was one of the first three African American women invited to be seated as guests on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. The others, also Mississippians, were Fannie Lou Hamer and Annie Devine.

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Over 25,000 LGBTQ+ people attend call for Kamala Harris as enthusiasm mounts

Over 25,000 LGBTQ+ people attended the Human Rights Campaign’s “Out for Kamala Harris” virtual event last night. During the event, over 40 LGBTQ+ and allied actors, activists, government officials, and drag performers all shared their enthusiasm for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Together, the attendees and featured guests helped raise over $300,000 for the Harris campaign, and 1,500 attendees signed up to help get out the vote for Harris. The event, which was live-streamed via Zoom and YouTube, included queer actors George Takei, Raven Symoné, Sophia Bush, Wilson Cruz, Zachary Quinto, and Jonathan Del Arco; Democratic LGBTQ+ elected officials such as Sen. Laphonza Butler (CA), Rep. Mark Takano (CA), Rep. Becca Balint (VT), Rep. Angie Craig (MN), Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta; drag performers Tara Hoot and Veronica Electronika; CNN anchor Don Lemon; Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter; and various activists and queer members of the Harris campaign. Related How much do you know about Kamala Harris and her stance on LGBTQ+ rights? She could become president. Here’s a closer look at her history on LGBTQ+ stances. “We were dedicated supporters of Joe Biden,” Takei said, speaking alongside his husband Brad. “But when he made that magnanimous decision to pass the baton to his vice president… we were enthusiastically for her. Just in that act, Joe Biden made history that has never occurred before, and we’re going to continue making history with Kamala Harris. She is going to be a history maker: the first biracial African American, Asian American candidate for the president of the United States.” Your LGBTQ+ guide to Election 2024 Stay ahead of the 2024 Election with our newsletter that covers candidates, issues, and perspectives that matter. Subscribe to our Newsletter today “You can just see it in her big smile and that wonderful guffaw of hers, she brings optimism to the campaign, and that is a winning quality: strength, optimism, and joy. And she is the very personification of diversity. You can see it in her. Her diversity embraces the world, from Jamaica all the way down to South Asia, India, and beyond that what she has done proves her embrace of diversity,” he added, noting that she officiated same-sex marriages as far back as 2004. When asked why she’s supporting Harris, Black trans activist and author Hope Giselle said, “When I look at what this woman stands for, when I look at where she came from. I see myself, and when I can see myself, I can embody what hope really looks like.” Giselle referred to her own Blackness, queerness, and neurodivergence and said that Harris represents a presence and an advocate for diversity that she never saw while growing up. “When I think about the other side,” she added, referring to Republicans, “and I think about the exclusivity that they wish to have. I say this all time: ‘Everything exclusive goes on sale at some point.’ And I think that [former President Donald] Trump and the America that he wants have gone on sale so many times that they’re in the bargain bin at Walmart, unable to be fished out by even the most thirsty of grandmothers with a coupon…. We need to remind them of where they belong. We need to remind them of where they will stay.” Black voices were numerous during the virtual event, including that of Florida’s first gay Black state Sen. Shevrin Jones, who said that anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans and their policies in his home state represent the alternative that awaits if LGBTQ+ people and their allies don’t give their support to Harris. “We have the opportunity, y’all, we have the opportunity to reshape the future that our children will see. We have the opportunity to reimagine what America can be because we’ve done it before,” Jones said. “The Republicans are extremely scared, because they know what we have known all the while, and that is that she can win,” Jones added. “And we know she can win, and… http://dlvr.it/TB6MTy

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"Spiral":

Masterminds Dispatched:

NSA Admin: Lincoln Chaffey.

"Max".

The molestation of minors as bit for radio pranks, for NEC Comics; the Rhode Island PD's mechanism for refusing officers having matched a print villain, however "The Tick" is the writer's staff, a male pedophile in cause of found to have beaten his wife with physical knuckles of the rear of hand.

UMass-Amherst CI: Scott Peterson.

"Batman Begins".

The attempt at fraud of United States election through MI-6 NSA HUMINT in refusal of potluck, police; the Irish Provisionals, the United States civil services. The found nominal as having promoted an Amish marriage, for transition of ICBM stocks, outside of MI-6 Gentile stock into American Judaism, to betray Britain for Canadian independence in Parliament and an end to the Orange Order of Zulus and their Friendkin.

Air National: John McCain.

"Sons of Anarchy".

The funding to the Church of Satan as an officially registered denomination of domination, mandatory for all Romalians to join, under auspice of leadership of Brian Warner, alias Marilyn Manson, and an end to the refusal of the gay precipice of claim, from that provoked of agency of Romalian.

Homeland Security: Queen Elizabeth II.

"SPECTRE".

The Boston terror bombings, to hide involvement of her grandson, Crown Prince William, prior the office held by Charles III, to prevent amnesty being removed for all Latinos, Africans, or Romalians; the turning of national benevolence, of Saudi Arabia, into ire, at the framing of Chechnyan national allies of Saudi Arabians into a pro-Israeli position unwanted and against Saudi-Jewish identity.

DC Comics: Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Gotham".

The doom of Jews to factory jobs and warehouse labor, at the hands of MENSA, the Mormon faith of found prostitutes having wed and in dismissal of drug and prostitution; unnecessary, already an American police position, however in refusal of African-Americans, essential parts of Washington, Madison, Johnson, Grant, Garfield, and Cleveland, as well as supported by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as housing for Germans to merge with African lines, to forgive the Holocaust of the Irish.

Army Reserve: Donald J. Trump.

"Fool's Paradise".

The sabotage of American markets to favor the Japanese intelligence services, to pay own daughter, Ivanka, for her police service, at having defaulted on loan to his very own name, due to service in the World Wrestling Federation; Vince McMahon's merger, with the World Wildlife Federation, to produce Atavan; the terrified cat's death, to produce adrenochrome, for management of grocer's unions outside of proper rearing of local town tradition, instead siding with large chains to produce law professors of improper ilk outside own honesty of origin logic. Using film, instead.

NSA HUMINT: Kim Jong-un.

"Assassin's Creed: Syndicate".

A fitting challenge, from an old friend. Webb, would you take Angus, by pale deviled moonlight?

[perfectlyyoungtimetravel]

Black History Month: Day 02

So I finished drawing Mary Jane McLeod Bethune.

Mary Jane McLeod Bethune-She was born on July 10th in 1875.Maysville,South Carolina.To former slaves Patsy and Samuel McIntosh McLeod,she was the fifteenth out of 17 children.When she was a child,she would discover the value of education and unlike her parents and her almost all her siblings she was born free and she was formally educated at the Maysville School,a Presbyterian Mission School for African Americans.In 1886.Shortly after her graduation,she would continue her education on a scholarship at the Scotia Seminary for Girls in Concord,North Carolina. (Btw Scotia Seminary for Girls is now Barber-Scotia College) and upon graduation in 1894.She planned to become a Christian missionary in Africa,but after teaching and working among black people from South Carolina she realized that she needed to stay in the US so African Americans could get better education opportunities.In 1898.At the age of 23 Mary would get married Albertus Bethune but unfortunately their marriage wouldn't last long due to Albertus deserting the family in 1907.They had one son,Albert McLeod Bethune.Being a single mom and working as a teacher,Mary would teach in Georgia,South Carolina,Florida and Illinois between 1895. and 1903.Before eventually settling in Daytona,Florida.In 1904 she opened a high school, hospital and Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Girls (Fun fact:She opened the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute for Girls with only $1.50, meanwhile today you can only dream of buying something that is $1.50.inflation is real-).The popularity of Daytona Normal led to merging with the Methodist-run Cookman Institute for Men in Jacksonville in 1923.And eventually becoming the Bethune-Cookman College (Today it's Bethune-Cookman University).Mary would serve as the merged college’s first president from 1923. to 1942. and again from 1946. to 1947.At the time she was one of the few female college presidents in the nation.While establishing crucial educational institutions Mary began decades of leadership among women’s groups when she was elected President of the Florida Federation of Colored Women in 1917.In 1924.She was elected president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) which was founded by St. Pierre-Ruffin in 1896.As NACW president she tried to steer it beyond traditional self-help and moral uplift toward the politics of agitation for integration by attacking racial discrimination and segregation in the Federal government.Frustrated by the difficulty of eliminating Jim Crow in the US government and the internal politics of the NACW.In 1935.Mary left the Association and founded a non-profit organization of African American women that had more explicit civil rights agenda (And it still runs today!).Mary's friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was one of the reasons for the creation of the non-profit organization and that friendship would lead to Mary becoming a Director in the National Youth Administration.A post that she held from 1936. to 1943.And as a director,she led an organization that trained tens of thousands of Black youth for skilled positions that eventually became available in defence plants during WWII.Mary made sure Black colleges participated in the Civilian Pilot Training Program which graduated some of the nation’s first Black pilots.Through the NYA she became the most prominent African American in Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s administration and because of her friendship with Mrs. Roosevelt,she would influence government policy in the 1930s.She was also the chair of the informal Black Cabinet of senior African American officials in the Roosevelt administration and Mary was instrumental in integrating the Red Cross,increasing public awareness of lynching,voter discrimination in federal elections,and segregation on interstate trains and buses.In 1949. President Harry S. Truman appointed her to lead the US delegation to Liberia to observe the inauguration of President William vs Tubman.In 1951.Mary served on President Truman’s Committee of Twelve for National Defense.

She died of a heart attack on May 18th In 1955.At the age of 79.Before she died,she would see The US Supreme Court strike down de jure school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education but she died seven months before the beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ushered in the modern Civil Rights Movement

One of her famous quotes were: 'We have a powerful potential in our youth,and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.'

Credits for information: blackpast.org

Materials used:Soft pastel crayons,HB pencil,5B pencil and 8B pencil

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