Thank you for purchasing “Woman Preach” by the late Rev. Dr.Louis Blake Hathorn. Happy Reading!
https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Preach-Louis-Blake-Hathorn-ebook/dp/B071GSQXJS/ softcover $7.99
Author Meredith Etc ... OFFICIAL SITE, online bookstore/publisher, Jackson, MS
“The New Populist Party” by William Trest Jr. made it to the Univ. of Memphis Libraries
http://sierra.memphis.edu/search~S4/o1032616453
|
|
Author Trest, William, Jr.,
Title: The new populist party / by William Trest Jr.
Publication Info.Jackson, MS :
Meredith Etc., [2018]Copyright
Date©2018 Edition
First edition.
| 1 copy being processed for McWherter Library – 3rd or 4th Floor Stacks. |
| 1 copy being processed for Lambuth Campus Library. |
7th Annual Cotton Kingdom/Sweat Equity Investment Symposium:
7th Annual Cotton Kingdom/Sweat Equity Investment Symposium:
“National Dialogue: Grandmama’nem and the Wisdom They Shared”
Indianola, MS—Remembering the stories they told, the songs they sang, the words they spoke, and the foods grandmama’nem cooked are the inspiration for 7th Annual Cotton Kingdom/Sweat Equity Investment Symposium “National Dialogue: Grandmama’nem and the Wisdom They Shared.” This year’s 2-day symposium is in dedication to Dr. Constance G. Bland, VP Academic Affairs at MVSU. Dr. Cynthia Honore Collins, Program Director/Associate Professor, Dept. of Social Work; and Mrs. Helen Sims, Ex Director, Rev. George Lee Museum will co-host the event!
The organizing team of sponsors that includes: Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU), Mississippi Humanities Council (MHC), da’ House of Khafre, Planters Bank, Khafre, Inc and numerous private donors are proud to present America’s premier interdisciplinary conference on the “Cotton Kingdom,” sharecropping, tenant farming and the significance of cotton to the American and European economies; as well as, the empowerment tools grandmama’nem shared with everyone to survive the horrors of oppression throughout American history. “The voices of those who labored in the cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta have laid silent for too long. The Sweat Equity/Cotton Symposium and its offerings provide a forum for their stories, contributions, and legacies to be shared and learned,” stated the late Dr Constance Bland, VP Academic Affairs at MVSU.
The Symposium begins with a special brownbag “Art-Talk” Thursday, November 1st at noon, in the Carver Randle Auditorium on the MVSU campus, featuring Dr. Delridge Hunter from Medgar Evers College, New York, NY. Dr. Hunter will present part I of The Ella Baker Story, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. Along with Dr. Hunter audiences will enjoy the original skit entitled Oh Freedom, written and performed by MVSU Mass Communications students, under the direction of professor Barbara Baymon.
On Friday, November 2nd a full day of scholarly lectures/presentations/films and an African arts marketplace. The festive event will be held from 9:00am – 3:00pm, in the Carver Randle Auditorium on the MVSU campus. Dr. Delridge Hunter will present part two of his presentation The Ella Baker Story, Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. In addition, audiences will be enlightened, as well as entertained by scholars from Nigeria and from around the United States. The historic unveiling of the “Grand-mama’nem Quilt” by Betty Crawford will be a highlight of this year’s event.
“Honoring the legacy of “grandmamma-nem” in a university setting gives artistic license and academic credential to the sweat equity contributions made by cotton pickers throughout the American South. Our intentions are to reflect the historic preservation efforts underway at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) and the cultural works of Khafre, Inc. The cotton pickin’ culture in the American South is what most people love best about the American culture. Even more interesting is the fact that America’s phenomenal wealth and culture is for the most part sourced in cotton. This is something we need to examine much more carefully.” Stated public historian and symposium organizer Dr. C.Sade Turnipseed.
Both activities are free and will be held on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University, in the Social Sciences Auditorium, located at 14000 Hwy 82 W, Itta Bena, Mississippi. The two-day event will culminate on Friday at 7:00pm with an Ancestral Celebration and Cotton Pickers Ball in da’ House of Khafre, located at 300 Main Street in Indianola, MS. All activities during the two-day event is dedicated to Dr. Constance G. Bland.
Thank you for purchasing ODYSSEY 2nd edition. Enjoy.
Thank you for purchasing ODYSSEY 2nd edition by Meredith Coleman McGee. Enjoy.
New review of “Odyssey” 2nd edition
Meredith Coleman McGee’s writings challenge our democracy. One of the new poems in this edition “What of Life if Liberty is a Joke? hits multiple tiers of social justice issues. She condemns debtor’s prisons, unjustifiable police murders, community violence, and the conditions of poverty.
The line “Why is a patent so high?” reminds us that everyone doesn’t have equal access to opportunities.
She speaks with common wit. A line from one of her speeches declared, “Don’t let anybody fool you, it’s cool to be smart. Smart people get the good jobs…”
Another speech challenged the policies in her local library system. The article section reveals some of the happening in her hometown of Jackson, MS. Plus, there are several informative articles on her uncle, James Meredith, a college integration pioneer, in Chapter 4 “Something Written.”
McGee has something to say. She throws hard balls. This book is a good read.
Frances Mays
Thank you for your purchase!
Happy Reading readers.
Enjoy ODYSSEY 2nd edition by Poet Meredith Coleman McGee.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/odyssey-2nd-edition-alma-m-fisher/1129711055?ean=9781987002461
What of life if liberty is a joke? By Meredith Coleman McGee
Odyssey 2nd edition
CHAPTER ONE – Something chronicled
POEM:
What of life if liberty is a joke?
What of life if liberty is a joke?
What of life if liberty choke your throat?
What of life if money talks and poverty cries?
What of life if the city institutes a Black tax, endorses White privilege, and perpetuates poverty?
What of life if economic development can’t touch lives now?
What of life if city fines, wages into obscurity?
What of life if hope is long gone?
What of life if a little girl is left at home alone?
What of life if a little boy is taught to hate his father?
What of life if a little boy’s father calls his mother ugly names?
What of life if a mother tells her children their father is a bloodsucker?
What of life if a child can’t determine if his hateful parent is a hero or a foe?
What of life if emptiness steals peace?
What of life if rotten punches the nose when the sun rises?
What of life if no one cares except the hungry dog?
What of life if weeds are taller than the flowers?
What of life if brute strength allows one to enslave another?
What of life if a crime scene is a regular childhood memory?
What of life is doping stole the cherry?
What of life is drunkenness is a daily state of mind?
What of life if one always picks a fight he/she can’t win?
What of life if watching your back floods your mental space?
What of life if you and your neighbors spend all your money in another hood?
What of life if there is no one who believes you could?
What of ‘this nation’ if we could praise the leader who freed Pine Lawn?
What of the future if our government embraced innovation?
Why is a patent so high?
Why is there so much despair?
Why is an unarmed misdemeanor suspect required to lie face down on the ground?
Did city leaders prove they cared?
Why are the fines for the uninsured so punitive?
Why does a vehicle depreciate so fast?
What of the future if the preacher kept the teens in his/her mist?
What of the future if the teacher could impart common wit?
What of the future if the housewife could make a profit off her apple pie?
What of the future if apprenticeship was valued?
What of the future if respect was instilled from birth?
What if the ‘happy song’ flooded the air wave?
What of the future if parents didn’t curse before their children got on the bus?
What of the future if love sat at the kitchen table?
What of the future if love was the law?
What of the future if Harriet wasn’t history?
What of the future if Frederick could motivate?
What of the future if love replaced pain?
What of the future if the Spirit could teach the congressman to love?
What of the future if the man at the podium cared about others?
What of the future if love was stamped on the dollar bill?
What of ‘the nation’ if love could give liberty balance?
What of the future if classism was no more?
What of the future if moral consciousness could teach judges fairness?
What of the future if donors made sure every child had a book?
What of the future if the prosecutor could endorse fairness?
What of the future if ‘the system’ could teach the public defender to defend?
What of the future if the ‘American Dream’ was real?
What of the future if the government dared to care?
The End!
By Meredith Coleman McGee
Prelude O D Y S S E Y by Willa Coleman Ridgeway O of Odyssey
Prelude O D Y S S E Y by Willa Coleman Ridgeway
O of Odyssey
Oddly enough we are offended often by those closest to us.
It’s obvious that we become obstinate to these opinions.
The road occasionally seems longer than our hearts can bear.
So we become ordered and obstinate against all odds.
Operating on an objective philosophy; it opens our mind to more options.
Yet, we limit ourselves to our own oaths.
“Married to Sin” by Darlene D. Collier with Meredith C. McGee remains a great read on extreme family dysfunction and personal achievement.
Odyssey 2nd edition is now available in paperback
Odyssey 2nd edition is now available in paperback.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/odyssey-2nd-edition-alma-m-fisher/1129711055?ean=9781987002461
Meredith Etc 