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Malhwie the image scrambler My reasoning was to help the adult art group. https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/493-malhwie/

1. Malika: Warrior Queen Pilot (2019) Director: Roye Okupe Studio: YouNeek Studios Malika: Warrior Queen transports viewers to 15th-century West Africa, where Queen Malika must defend her vast empire from internal betrayal and external threats, including the formidable Ming Dynasty. This film masterfully blends historical elements with fantasy, featuring dragons, mystical relics, and epic battles. Malika’s journey, shaped by leadership, loyalty, and resilience, offers a fresh take on the fantasy genre, set against the rich cultural backdrop of Africa. Its stunning animation and complex characters make it a standout in African animation. https://youtu.be/2N80qcVvzUU 2. Emeka’s Money (2020) Produced by: TNC Africa Emeka’s Money tells the story of Emeka, a well-meaning man whose journey from complicity to integrity highlights the devastating effects of corruption. As Emeka becomes aware of the cost of unethical leadership, he takes a stand for justice and change. The film’s animation brings to life the socio-political issues facing many African nations, offering a powerful message on integrity and the pursuit of a better society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhPNw-bH0Hw 3. Sade (2019) Director: Yemi Morafa Produced by: Sade Productions In Sade, a young girl and her family adopt TEJ, an extraordinary dog with mysterious abilities. As news of TEJ spreads, powerful forces seek to capture him, leading to an adventure filled with suspense and heartwarming moments. This film explores themes of loyalty, courage, and the bond between humans and animals, wrapped in a charming and imaginative animated package. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1f7mey6NLM 4. Iwájú (2024) Produced by: Kugali Media & Disney Set in a futuristic Lagos, Iwájú is a groundbreaking sci-fi series that delves into issues of class disparity, social justice, and technological innovation. With comic-style animation, it presents a vision of a vibrant African metropolis where tradition meets the future. The series is a testament to the global appeal of African stories and the growing influence of African creatives in animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB5efZKWIrU 5. LadyBuckit & The Motley Mopsters (2020) Director: Adebisi Adetayo Produced by: Hot Ticket Productions LadyBuckit & The Motley Mopsters follows a self-absorbed young girl who is transported to a magical world where she encounters quirky, lovable characters that change her life. The film’s whimsical narrative and vibrant animation make it a delightful adventure for young audiences, while its underlying themes of self-discovery and transformation resonate universally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNCxGlQzrTI REFERRAL https://africanfolder.com/nollywood-animation-movies/

The Black Russian is the incredible true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After his father was brutally murdered, Frederick left the South and worked as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, and�in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time�went to Russia. Because he found no color line there, Frederick settled in Moscow, becoming a rich and famous owner of variety theaters and restaurants. When the Bolshevik Revolution ruined him, he barely escaped to Constantinople, where he made another fortune by opening celebrated nightclubs as the "Sultan of Jazz." However, the long arm of American racism, the xenophobia of the new Turkish Republic, and Frederick’s own extravagance landed him in debtor’s prison. He died in Constantinople in 1928. https://a.co/d/7sHWnv0 referral from Book Review Request: THE BLACK RUSSIAN & THE SERPENT'S STING by Vladimir Alexandrov - Black Literature - African American Literature Book Club article 1 https://www.rbth.com/literature/2013/04/17/the_black_russian_a_gripping_journey_from_mississippi_to_moscow_25129.html article 2 https://blog.oup.com/2015/02/frederick-bruce-thomas-african-american-imperial-russia/ wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Bruce_Thomas Frederick Bruce Thomas, c. 1896, Paris

I share these photos because they remind me of how modern media's ways are not knew merely faster, more bionic. In 1983, Rolling Stone featured a playful “Beach Day” photo shoot with the Star Wars cast to promote Return of the Jedi. Shot at Stinson Beach, California, Carrie Fisher posed in her iconic Leia bikini alongside Darth Vader, Ewoks, and others. Photographed by Aaron Rapoport, the shoot brought a lighthearted, beachy twist to the galaxy far, far away. It captured Carrie Fisher’s charisma and gave fans a rare, fun look at the cast outside the movie’s epic tone.

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Thoughts to "Adaptation" from Jess of the Shirt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Bpgmt1NuQ my comment excellent video, I concur, judgement of faithful comparison is used negative. Yes, religion is the problem, the thing read again isn't sacre sanct. To your point, the echo chamber structure of the modern world wide web, and how people collaborate in the echo chambers, makes the solitary read more enjoyable to those who desire an echo chamber more than the collective art construct of films where varied voices one does not want get a say. Where would King Arthur rule if not for adaptation? IN AMENDMENT I always try to see what a fellow artist is trying to do. Even in movies I dislike the most, like cw fields birth of a nation, which is an adaption, i see what fields wanted to achieve. And although I don't like the book either, I comprehend the author's arguments or points as an artist should to any other artist work. If anything my negative issue isn't adaptations but forced reboots. Never continuing a story, always rebooting is tiresome for me. I think stories can be changed or repaired in their storytelling quality through continuing the story.... I have given myself time to think and when I think on Songs of the South from disney, which is an adaption of uncle remus tales from chandler which itself is an adaption from spoken folk tales from black people. I don't care for the variation of the stories, or the uncle remus character but the movie wasn't created to be enjoyed black people. The film was designed to get white kids to enjoy and comfort white parents. It wasn't meant for nonwhites who at that time didn't have the fiscal potency of today. ala Disney making Black panther in modern times. ANOTHER COMMENT @marocat4749 I think for some making howl not an "ugly duckling " hurt. many enjoy that in the books aside of the hatter women's more strong willed natures as a group. It is only teased in the film. But I enjoyed the books+ the film. I like what they did with the witch of the waste in the film.Miyazaki to his defense doesn't like the all bad or all good characters... and lastly, while the castle is a smoke stack in the book, i enjoy the flying frog in the film

I comprehend positive thinking but the past is real. Black people have to start saying a simple truth. Blacks after centuries of being terrorized by whites in the lands that will become the united state of America while nonviolently protesting, earned the allowance of whites to make money. Said protesting was within a war, between phenotypical groups commonly called today Blacks and non Blacks[Whites/mulattoes/mestizos/arabs note arabs can be african, african is a geographic distinction] started in the 800s from Islam through 1400s where Christianity started to take over and ending as the 2022 Alice" film [ based on completely true events: https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/427-alice-2022-starring-keke-palmer-common/ ] proves, in the 1980s. So, a twelve thousand year old culture of Black Enslavement to the Non Black becomes miniscule , not dead, in the 1980s, so that in the 21st century [2001 to 2100] , the modern day has opportunity for Black people but it wasn't born out of better strategies or some grand positive mindset, it grew out of centuries of Black people rarely violently while mostly nonviolently fighting surviving or not succumbing to NonBlack terror no matter the place of worship or geographic location , before the usa was born and after the usa was born. This is about Blacks side NonBlacks globally settling into a unheard of paradigm of peace. Yes, let Black people embrace today, but today isn't because of unknown genius strategy or positive thinking from the modern day Black. It is because of centuries, twelve , of Black ancestors overcoming surviving fighting NonBlack terror all over the world. Black people do ourselves a disservice to say it any other way. FROM STEVEN BARNES There is a connective tissue between art and business and sport in the black community: people teaching others how the game really works, information that simply wasn't transmitted across cultural and racial lines with the same ease it was transmitted within them. That shit is real. NOW, for the first time, there are well-trod roads from the bottom to the top for those who have focused on developing a marketable skill. This is why you are seeing entertainers becoming billionaires. They are leveraging the public dance into dollars, and using that money to build the community. This has really just happened in the last generation. It is amazing. Not everyone will believe that door is open. Many are carrying too much damage to walk though it. But those who can follow the trail of bread crumbs are constructing a highway. What comes next is scaring the hell out of a lot of people. URL https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FBguobbnc/

Rewrite:) She says " I am smoking the sweetest mullein from the subfarthing" https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/790534296765071360/stone-protectors-troll-sea-captain/comments/790539006596235264 post https://www.tumblr.com/communities/black-artist-on-tjambler/post/790534296765071360/stone-protectors-troll-sea-captain?source=share I chose mullein cause it can grow in caves easier than the others , which is where troll species lives. List Herbs you can smoke https://tripsitter.com/herbs-you-can-smoke/ Herbs that you can smoke that are sweet not narcotic are Cinnamon: Adds a rich flavor to the smoke, but can be harsh; mix with other herbs for a milder effect. Chamomile: Known for its soothing properties, it can be blended with other herbs for a pleasant smoke. Marshmallow Root: Offers a sweet flavor and is often used in herbal blends. Mullein: A soothing herb that can be mixed with other herbs for a unique smoke experience. Herbs that you can smoke which are savory not narcotic Calendula: A bright yellow flower that can be smoked for its uplifting scent. Rose Petal: Known for its sweet, floral aroma, it can be a pleasant alternative. White Sage: Offers a light smoke with a neutral flavor and is often used for relaxation. Dania: A herb that can be smoked for its calming effects.

behind the scenes tombstone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX8rxvXVVfw One way or another, Americans have to deal with the West and its glorious, sordid, sadistic past…we fought lawnessness to create an even more lawless law, one that excused and perpetuated genocide. Even today, this gun-obsessed nation that we love remains mired in a dilemma centered on pistols and rifles with romantic ties to our murderous past. We love Westerns. We learn everything from Westerns and yet learn nothing from them. We continue killing ourselves in an unconscionable way…That's why when I had the chance to play Doc Holliday, I grabbed it. Val Kilmer, I'm Your Huckleberry (2020)

Busting Indie Publishing Myths with Dale Roberts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oPXIhuzROg 00:04 simple myths- writing a great book is going to make you successful. you have to market books or no one will know it exists. 00:09 having money isn't mandatory to make money, he uses an example of an author who is collaborating with more people , focus on what you can do. and remember investment isn't surefire. 00:10 Dale ask, how can you put your book out there? 00:11 Tara says, know how to market your book 00:11 Dale, figure out your elevator pitch, put something you can say in one to two sentences. 00:13 Dale, you can find your elevator pitch in reviews. 00:14 Tara ask Dale about publishing widely, and he responds. Dale, I wouldn't say publishing wide is the best for all authors, he wants to reach more readers, and pay day can be nice and a certain company wants that but he wants to reach out. if a company is showering money on you and makes it worth your while it should be cood. If you can get four iterations of your book: paperbook/ebook/audiobook Wie publishing is about accessibility. He doesn't know any paper based does give exclusivity. Ebooks/ Print books- paper or hardcover/audiobooks 00:18 Hardcover is still being bought 00:20 don't let personal bias influence. 00:23 his biggest why is to live life on his own terms to spend time with his wife and cats. he ask other artist, why are you doing this? He is doing this so he doesn't need to be shackled to a 9 to 5 job 00:25 Tara adds a lot of people talk about writing books, very few people do it. 00:27 Tara ask what are social media myths ? Dale answer, you don't need social media, you don't. You need great marketable books and an email list. if you are going into social media to sell books, it may be a long hard road. if you are getting to connect to more people online, what your books are about, that is where it is going to win. you want a thousand fans in one spot. He says exceptions. You have booktok, in TikTok. He has sees some videos and they are terrible but they are selling. But alot of their success came up with consistency over a long period of time. He is over 120,000 on youtube, he has been working on nine and a half years. Second communicate, don't just say, buy my book. 00:31 Dale was asked about faceless social media, authorsscale.com . believe in what your speaking, put yourself in a mirror. 00:35 Tara says pick up the social media route you enjoy 00:37 What are your take on interviews? Dale answers, a majority of interviews from people reply believe in your work and never give up. He feels it is free coaching. 00:38 do you have any advice for someone not on a podcast? yes, podcast always are looking for guest. and if you don't know, search. And go and listen to the podcasts, you will filter out some, and do you want to associate with this podcast brand. and lets be honest, all podcasts aren't worth being on. use podcast guest .com use the free version, they give a podcast newsletter, ctrl-f search and type author, if nothing delete the email. Find out where readers are congregating. 00:42 Tara believes it is always easier to be the interviewer than the interviewee. and if you are shy on camera, being an interviewer is the best thing to gain confidence. 00:43 Tara remembers her first podcast, on zoom, and she left abruptly. 00:45 Tara asked, what you wish you knew at the beginning, she remembers ebooks importance? Dale says I wish someone had said you will not won it all ever., He remembers the founder of Kobo who then got a degree, and Dale remembers Mark saying, i just want to learn more. 00:47 Dale is asked what will you do first if you don't do anything else. 00:49 Dale said to different content. See what leads to a click. 00:51 Dale suggest subject lines shouldn't be generic. attention get. pay attention how you interact with that email. He may look at Tara's July Update. 00:52 segmentation is important but if you want more engagement, segmentation is more important. sender reputation matters, your email gets in spam box by yahoo or other email servers by response of people 00:55 Dale said, study what other's are doing. https://www.authorscale.com/ was cool. 00:57 Dale will be at author nation in Las Vegas in the first weekend of November. his next book launches in august. URL https://www.kobo.com/kobo-writing-life/blog/kwl-live-q-a-busting-indie-publishing-myths-with-dale-roberts

My entire life I always heard a complaint from many black people whose forebears were enslaved to non blacks which sums up to , all or ninety nine percent of Black people need to do this one thing. And I thought and still think that absolute communalism, that catholicism, misses what our enslaved forebears went through or what gifts they gave us. The heritage is one where we are not bound to any land, the beautiful lands before the boats or the new lands after. The cultures from such a heritage are not about preaching or proselytizing but allowing all of us to go our own way with love from each other, no matter where any way leads. We Black DOSers often miss said heritage or said relationship to each others cultures. And I comprehend the main reason. PEer pressure. When you live in the usa where most people talk about a forebear who made a journey of their free will to betterment. Being descended of the indigenous who had everything taken or the black descended from enslaved who wanted no part of it, makes you honest outcast. So one can lie to themselves, start retelling their own ancestors stories to fit their peers. All of a sudden, a Black person whose forebears, in majority over ninety percent, died over the ocean and whose forebears didn't die over the ocean and survived, less than nine percent, spent from the fifteen hundreds to the nineteen hundred and seventies , in majority over ninety percent, surviving non black terrorism/assault/murder with no protection places the presence of a voting pro statian fought in world war two black grandma as more relevant than the majority of their ancestors. Clearly imbalanced or inequal. But mandatory when you want to relate to your peers who have a whole generation of ancestors devoted to a better life in the usa. But I oppose peer pressure. I argue it is better to be the only person in the college classroom whose forebears in majority hated the country the classroom is in. I say it is better to embrace the absence of allegiance warranted by ones forebears. Will people including other black people who have fallen for peer pressure call you crazy/deluded/foolish? yes. But that is ok. The truth isn't meant to be common or good or accepted. It is meant to be the truth. MY COMMENT The Exodusters tried that, but had resistance from two groups. first whites from north /south/east/west who burned/killed/terrorized their towns out of existence second blacks who were more willing to suffer the challenges of integrating with whites in the south or north to make mixed towns than the challenge of segregating from whites[their plantations/their cities/their states in the south or north] to the territories of the west that would become states. And it wasn't a divide and conquer scheme from that split blacks, our enslaved forebears were never united in the first place, it was the problem black people had before the usa or brasil or haiti or mexico was founded. Black people whose forebears were enslaved by whites to the american continent original relationship to the americas doesn't provide a positive foundation to the americas. and that is a heritage black people of the americas have alone. But it is a heritage that yields to different cultures. whereas whites (of europe or asia or elsewhere)have a unity based on the fact that over 90% of whites forebears came as willing people. So their is a collective idea of making a new home for yourself that binds into one culture. but black peoples enslaved forebears didn't want to come and most didn't, the reality is, black people enslaved forebears who made it to the american shoes are an extreme minority of their populace who was forced to leave africa. To restate, 90% of our enslaved forebears home is the atlantic ocean, from those who died on the boats which is majority plus those who jumped off the boat which is another minority. So if you me or anyone whose forebears were enslaved want to truly know where a majority of our forebears final residence was, it isn't the usa or haiti or brazil , it is the atlantic ocean. Become a citizen of the atlantic ocean. Now of course, most humans can not become citizens of the sea, our bodies are meant to be on land BUT, what this means is all paths we descended of enslaved choose beyond the atlantic ocean are merely acceptable options. Black DOS want to be president? fine. go to live in africa? fine. go to live in a black country in the caribbean ? fine. make a black city in the usa? fine. all are acceptible, for the only true home of black dosers forebears is the atlantic ocean. so.... you stated what blacks should have concentrated on doing? Do you see? our forebears situation made us the only peoples in the american continent unattached, unbounded to these lands. This hurts our unity but also allows for our individualism. This is what I try to convey in this very forum, that so many of you guys don't see. You each want a culture, something grown, that is a complete communalism that isn't justified based on our heritage, what we carry. Black DOSers are a people who have a unique heritage in the usa or the greater americas or including asia. Our forebears mostly died before they could land on new shores, so none of these new shores: brasil/usa/india are truly our homes. And sadly, the motherland, africa isn't our home because time never keeps a place the same. No where in africa is what our forebears were forced from. I end with something I tend to do in this forum, ask black people why don't they find like minded black people and go their path. @umbrarchist why don't you live in a black town in the usa? you don't know anyone else black willing? I can't believe that. You can't find anyone else black willing? I can't believe that. I accept Black people whose forebears were enslaved are free to truly do what they want based on our forebears unfortune, and though it has taken years, I accept it as a positive. I tell my friends offline who talk about being american so much, why don't you run for office? why don't you become a member? I will repeat what I have said here many times. When I hear a black person offline say, we need to kill the whites. I say to them, find the other black people who also want to kill the non blacks and I hope you kill them all. When I hear a black person offline say, we need to embrace our citizenship to the usa . I say to them, find the other blacks who want to embrace the citizenship of the usa, and I hope you guys become presidents/ governors /mayors/ and unite all the humans in the usa in a functional plus honest peace. When I hear a black person offline say, we need to have our own towns in the usa. I say to them, find all the other blacks who want to make their own towns in the usa, and I hope you guys make new towns/cities/and eventually becomes states with a level of self sufficiency or prosperity better than any can imagine. When a black person says they want something support them, if through nothing else but encouragement. You are not obliged to follow them or join them cause you may want other, and that is a heritage of Blacks. But stop preaching, stop debating, stop arguing, stop proselytizing. If a black person is suggesting something push them to do it, find other blacks that are willing to do the same, and if you are willing to do the same join in, but if you are not willing encourage. That is what we lacked circa 1865 and now. We Black whose forebears were enslaved keep trying to be other blacks or the non blacks. They are not us. A majority of our forebears who were enslaved are in one place, the oceans. We have no ties from the past to any of these places, so we are free to make them ourselves. Let's embrace that challenges, but let us also enjoy the advantages of it. Our forebears will not mind us being happy , no matter what we do. THE URL https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11752-whites-only-planned-communities/#findComment-75320

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“A bewitching, thrilling and vibrant novel that had me enthralled with every twist and turn.”—Jennifer Saint, New York Times bestselling author Buy Now Masquerade is an “immersive, one-of-a-kind story” (People Magazine) set in a reimagined 15th-century West Africa that explores the true cost of one woman’s fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she’ll go to secure her future. Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomi’s Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue which turn an entire region on its head. This paperback edition includes an unpublished, previously cut scene with author commentary and a reading group discussion guide. BUY THE BOOK OR LEARN MORE https://aalbc.com/books/9781250904317

ALICE MY THOUGHTS to Alice 2022 First to history, Mae Louise Walls Miller is the name of the Black woman whose life, in my opinion, was a prime source to the research from Antoinette Harrell, who spanned many Black individuals in slavery or criminal bondage. I must say that first as the authors or content creators to many, most I viewed or read, articles/videos about the alice 2022 film didn't seem able to mention the Black woman in question, whose real life story inspired the video fable or the black woman who researched her. The story of Miller, in the articles below in more detail, displays one of the large problems when we assess usa history. Most problems in the USA are publicly known, but financial profit or fear blockade any action. The White community profited from black enslavement before or after the 13th amendment, and thus white individuals or groups were against opposed in any form, including merely speaking, to stand against abuses to blacks from the white community. Second to the law Like mandates, proclamations are not laws in the usa legal system. Proclamations are public announcements by the government. Mandates are public orders by the government. Proclamations or mandates by default are contestable in a court of law as they are not laws. The 13th amendment is a law, and it ended slavery throughout the entirety of the usa but the penal system. I quote: "Section 1 Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." Sequentially, the emanicpation proclamation has to stop being referred to as the moment slavery ended. From a legal standpoint, slavery has never ended, so black people saying it has is not being honest to the situation of the black community in the usa. Third to the video fable, I keep hearing Donny Hathaway's to be young gifted and black in my head, when I see Common. Am I wrong? Many of the articles seem focused on suggesting this as a faux history, when I see more of a Black film fiction circa 2000. For me the story of this film of a black women who thinks she is in the 1800s but is in truth, 1960s is clearly modern Black horror in the space of Get Out or US. The poster and the words of the director clearly show this is a movie worthy of the roles Pam Grier played in the 1970s. A good revenge romp for fans of that genre or those with a penchant for black heroes in film. ALice 2022 written and directed by Krystin Ver Linden Keke Palmer as Alice Jonny Lee Miller as Paul Bennet Common as Frank Gaius Charles as Joseph Alicia Witt as Rachel ARTICLES TITLE: Black People in the US Were Enslaved Well into the 1960s AUTHOR(S):Antoinette Harrell , at told to Justin Fornal TIME OF PUBLISH: February 28, 2018, 12:00am CONTENT: More than 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, there were black people in the Deep South who had no idea they were free. These people were forced to work, violently tortured, and raped. Historian and genealogist Antoinette Harrell has uncovered cases of African Americans still living as slaves 100 years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The 57-year-old Louisiana native has dedicated more than 20 years to peonage research. Through her work, she's unearthed painful stories in Southern states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida. Over a series of interviews, she told Justin Fornal about how she became an expert of modern slavery in the United States. My mother always talked to me about our family history and the family members who had passed on. She only knew so many stories, so oftentimes she would tell the same ones over and over again. Each time she repeated a story, I felt like she was trying to give me a message. It was like she was trying to tell me that if I wanted to know more about who we were, I would have to dig deeper. We knew our family had once been slaves in Louisiana. In 1994, I started to look into historical records and public records. I found my ancestors in the 1853 inventory belonging to Benjamin and Celia Bankston Richardson. Written down alongside other personal belongings that included spoons, forks, hogs, cows, and a sofa were my great great grandparents, Thomas and Carrie Richardson. Carrie and her child Thomas had been appraised at $1,100. Seeing my ancestor’s perceived value written on a piece of paper changed me. It also set forth the direction of my life. It was terribly painful, but I needed to know more. What did they do after Emancipation in 1863? Where did they go? I tracked down Freedmen contracts of the Harrell side of my family that proved that they were sharecroppers. Word started spreading around New Orleans about how I was using genealogy to connect the dots of a lost history. Soon enough people started requesting that I come and speak about how I was uncovering my family’s story so they could do the same for themselves. It became a chance to find out who we were and where we came from as descendants of enslaved people. This was a chance to learn a history we were never taught in school. The only fact that seemed certain was that slavery ended with the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. But even that turned out to be less than true. One day a woman familiar with my work approached me and said, “Antoinette, I know a group of people who didn’t receive their freedom until the 1950s.” She had me over to her house where I met about 20 people, all who had worked on the Waterford Plantation in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. They told me they had worked the fields for most of their lives. One way or another, they had become indebted to the plantation’s owner and were not allowed to leave the property. This situation had them living their lives as 20th-century slaves. At the end of the harvest, when they tried to settle up with the owner, they were always told they didn't make it into the black and to try again next year. Every passing year, the workers fell deeper and deeper in debt. Some of those folks were tied to that land into the 1960s. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Most shocking of all was their fear. I saw time and time again, people were afraid to share their stories. They were afraid to give this information to me, even behind closed doors decades later. They believed that they might somehow get sent back to a plantation that wasn’t even operating anymore. As I would realize, people are afraid to share their stories, because in the South so many of the same white families who owned these plantations are still running local government and big businesses. They still hold the power. So the poor and disenfranchised really don’t have anywhere to share these injustices without fearing major repercussions. To most folks, it just isn’t worth the risk. So, sadly, most situations of this sort go unreported. Six months after that meeting, I was giving a lecture on genealogy and reparations in Amite, Louisiana, when I met Mae Louise Walls Miller. Mae walked in after the lecture was over, demanding to speak with me. She walked up, looked me in the eye, and stated, “I didn’t get my freedom until 1963.” Mae's father, Cain Wall, lost his land by signing a contract he couldn’t read that had sealed his entire family’s fate. As a young girl, Mae didn’t know that her family’s situation was different from anyone else’s. The family didn’t have TV, so Mae just assumed everyone lived the same way her brothers and sisters did. They were not permitted to leave the land and were subject to regular beatings from the land owners. When Mae got a bit older, she would be told to come up to work in the main house with her mother. Here she would be raped by whatever men were present. Most times she and her mother were raped simultaneously alongside each other. Her father, Cain, couldn’t take the suffering anymore and tried to flee the property by himself in the middle of the night. His plan was to register for the army and get stationed far away. But he was picked up by some folks claiming they would help him. Instead, they took him right back to the farm, where he was brutally beaten in front of his family. When Mae was about 14, she decided she would no longer go up to the house. Her family pleaded with her as the punishment would come down on all of them. Mae refused and sassed the farm owner’s wife when she told her to work. Worrying that Mae would be killed by the owners, Cain beat his own daughter bloody in hopes of saving her. That evening still covered in blood, Mae ran away through the woods. She was hiding in the bushes by the road when a family rode by with their mule cart. The lady on the cart saw the bush moving. She got off to find Mae crying, bloodied and terrified. That white family took her in and rescued the rest of the Wall’s later that night. These stories are more common than you think. There were also Polish, Hungarian, and Italian immigrants, as well other nationalities, who got caught up in these situations in the American South. But the vast majority of 20th-century slaves were of African descent. When I met Mae, her father Cain was still alive. He was 107 years old, but his mind was still incredibly sharp. A few times we sat together with Mae and the other siblings. It was a brutal catharsis for them to speak about what happened on that farm. I’ll never forget the look in their eyes when one would speak about a horror they endured. It was clear they had never shared their individual stories with one another. It was something that was in the past so there was never a reason to bring it up. One day Cain was watching the television, and there was a Caucasian man with stark white hair on the program. The way he looked must have reminded Cain of someone from the farm. Cain believed that because he had told me what happened on the farm that the man on the TV was going to come to his house and drag him back. Opening the suppressed memories upset him so much he ended up in the hospital. The family kept me away for a while after that. But Mae and I became good friends and would lecture together. There were unusual ticks she had from her upbringing. Sometimes, when we would be at an event where there was free food, she couldn’t stop eating. She told me this was from years of not knowing when she would eat again. There were other times she would need to take her shoes off. She had grown up not wearing shoes and said sometimes her feet felt uncomfortable when she wore them. The nuances of Mae’s PTSD from growing up as a slave gave me a look into what life must have been like for many of our ancestors who were held under such inhumane conditions. Mae died in 2014. She was a fearless beautiful spirit and has left a gigantic void. I am glad her brother Arthur is continuing to tell the Wall’s family story. People who hear these stories will often say, “You should have gone to the police.” “You should have run sooner.” But the land down here goes on forever. These plantations are a country unto themselves. The property goes from can't see to to can't see. Even if you could run, where would you go? Who would you go to? Do I believe Mae’s family was the last to be freed? No. Slavery will continue to redefine itself for African Americans for years to come. The school to prison pipeline and private penitentiaries are just a few of the new ways to guarantee that black people provide free labor for the system at large. However, I also believe there are still African families who are tied to Southern farms in the most antebellum sense of speaking. If we don’t investigate and bring to light how slavery quietly continued, it could happen again. There were several times when I returned to the property where Mae and her family were held. There isn’t much there anymore in terms of the farm. One day I walked with Mae deep into the woods to see the old green creek she always spoke about. That filthy patch of water where the cows pissed and shit was the same water that Mae and her family drank and bathed in. As we stood together looking into the water Mae’s words were forever seared into my soul. “I told you my story because I have no fear in my heart. What can any living person do to me? There is nothing that can be done to me that hasn’t already been done.” U.R.L.: https://www.vice.com/en/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s TITLE: The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended AUTHOR: ISMAIL AKWEI CONTENT: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which changed the status of over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the South from slave to free, did not emancipate some hundreds who were slaves through to the 1960s. This was revealed by historian and genealogist Antoinette Harrell who unearthed shocking stories of slaves in Southern states like Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida over hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation. She told Justin Fornal that her 1994 journey of historical truth revealed the stories of many 20th century slaves who came forth in New Orleans when they heard that she was using genealogy to connect the dots of a lost history. She said a woman introduced her to about 20 people who had worked on the Waterford Plantation in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, as slaves until the 1960s. “One way or another, they had become indebted to the plantation’s owner and were not allowed to leave the property … At the end of the harvest, when they tried to settle up with the owner, they were always told they didn’t make it into the black and to try again next year. Every passing year, the workers fell deeper and deeper in debt,” she said. Many of them were afraid to share their stories as they believed they will be sent back to the plantation which isn’t even in operation. “People are afraid to share their stories, because in the South so many of the same white families who owned these plantations are still running local government and big businesses. They still hold the power. “So the poor and disenfranchised really don’t have anywhere to share these injustices without fearing major repercussions. To most folks, it just isn’t worth the risk. So, sadly, most situations of this sort go unreported,” she told Justin Fornal and was published in art and culture magazine website Vice. One of the 20th-century slaves was Mae Louise Walls Miller and she didn’t get her freedom until 1963. Her father, Cain Wall, lost his land by signing a contract he couldn’t read that enslaved his entire family. They were not permitted to leave the land and the owners subjected them to beatings and rape. Mae and her mother were most times raped simultaneously alongside each other by white men when they go to the main house to work. According to Harrell’s narration, Mae and her family did not know what was happening outside the land as they had no TV. Her father tried to flee the property, but was caught by other landowners who returned him to the farm where he was brutally beaten in front of his family. When Harrell met Mae, her father was alive and he was 107 years old with a sharp memory. He beat Mae when she was 14 for attempting to flee the farm, an action whose consequence was beating of the entire family. Mae, covered in blood, still run into the woods in the evening and hid in the bushes where a white family took her in and rescued the rest of her family later that night. Harrell said the family suffered from PTSD as a result of their experiences. Mae died in 2014. “I told you my story because I have no fear in my heart. What can any living person do to me? There is nothing that can be done to me that hasn’t already been done,” Mae told Harrell when they visited the property she and her family were held. Antoinette Harrell believes “there are still African families who are tied to Southern farms in the most antebellum sense of speaking. If we don’t investigate and bring to light how slavery quietly continued, it could happen again.” < https://video.vice.com/en_us/video/vice-the-slavery-detective-of-the-south/5a947b9cf1cdb3764f3eee86?jwsource=cl > URL: https://face2faceafrica.com/article/the-enslaved-black-people-of-the-1960s-who-did-not-know-slavery-had-ended TITLE: Made in Frame: Inside Krystin Ver Linden’s Fiery Sundance Debut, “Alice” AUTHOR: Lisa McNamara CONTENT: Utilize the link for the content, but the videos are placed immediately below < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHqrOSTIovU > < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OibZx09HYAA> U.R.L. : https://blog.frame.io/2022/02/14/sundance-alice-krystin-ver-linden/ TITLE: Keke Palmer to Star in True-Story Thriller ‘Alice’ AUTHOR: Chris Gardner CONTENT: Utilize the url below to read but I placed an image of Keke palmer U.R.L. : https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/keke-palmer-star-true-story-thriller-alice-1298009/ TITLE: ALICE (2022) Movie Trailer: Keke Palmer Escapes from Jonny Lee Miller’s Plantation in Krystin Ver Linden’s Film AUTHOR: ROllo Tomasi CONTENT: Utilize the url below to read the article, I placed the trailer and movie poster beneath. < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5CHq89MPnE > U.R.L. : https://film-book.com/alice-2022-movie-trailer-keke-palmer-escapes-from-jonny-lee-millers-plantation-in-krystin-ver-lindens-film/ Referral URL https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1830&type=status I amended the story, what do you think? https://www.deviantart.com/stash/03dgosc922t forum https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/8655-what-are-your-thoughts-to-the-film-alice-2022/

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