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I only have eyes for . . . B2K
By Joy Lynn Clark January 8, 2022 Before my Bestie and I decided to look for a place, we went to a free performance that was advertised on the radio. There was a group performing there that I just had to see – B2K. I remember it like yesterday, B and I entered the room and my eyes quickly diverted to the stage where the opening act was performing and dancing. Someone grabs B and asks, “do you vote, are you 18?”. In my mind, “barely but yes”. “Let me introduce you to this old guy politician who is distracting you from the concert.“ I think next. I take the…
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The Cemetary On the Colored Side (Buried Alive)
By Joy Lynn Clark 3/12/2021 Published on: Oct 9, 2017 @ 05:03By Joy Lynn Clark (this story has been edited from the original) 10/12/2017 I have four ancestors buried at Burr Oak Cemetery on the famous Colored Side. Mother Mamie Roberts, Bishop William Matthew Roberts (CME ), Mamie Thompson and George Thompson I. My ancestor Bishop William Matthew Roberts started Chicago’s Original Roberts Temple. Bishop William Matthew Roberts has an honorary street on Chicago’s Southside (crossing 42nd Street west of Vincennes). The Historic church was much farther East (near Drexel) and was demolished in the mid-1990’s. I am no blood relation to the founders of the New Roberts Temple CME located…
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Water Landing (Weightless)
Weightless by Dazee Dizzle
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You Got Me Wrong
5/18/2016 By Joy Lynn Clark “You Got Me Wrong performed by Dazee Dizzle” I love hip-hop. The first time I heard it I said, “I need to do that”. I love all kinds. Conscious, b-boy, gangsta, and the unusual. When I was much younger I was inspired by the conscious stuff, danced with the b-boys, and impressed by the courage of gangsta rap. At first there were more women although still not many. Years go by and I am trying to make it in rap. Rap was getting so big it was more mainstream than it had ever been and the theme: Pimps, Hos, and tricks. I had to find…
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What If: The Federal Bureau of Payroll and Performance Review
President JFK, Mayor Richard Daley Sr., Pro Football Player Ralph Metcalfe, Officer Donald Clark Sr.
