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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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Onit
Onit by Dazee Dizzle
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Text Language (Renewable Energy)
By Joy Lynn Clark 9/15/2014 Text Language by Dazee Dizzle This Saturday past, I attended a performance by Seun Kuti and Egypt 8 at the Pritzker Auditorium outdoors in Chicago. It is part of the World Music festival sponsored by the City of Chicago. Usually, I am somewhere a distance away in the grass however, this day I was lucky enough to get seating in the third row. It was a big band. There must have been 12 people onstage. The rhythms were hypnotic and I got a great view of everything. The background singers were in traditional dress and they were also great dancers. Watching the dancers reminded me…
