Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Dreams Come True

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Not too many years ago in this country, 
this moment would have been inconceivable to imagine,
Incomprehensible for some to tolerate,
And prevented with various barriers of separation.

 
I couldn't resist quickly snapping a few shots from my vantage point.
The late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have arguably cried
to see his prophesy actualized merely just a few decades after his
"I Have A Dream" speech, or at least, that's what I did
when I actually went back to reread the whole script of it.

The sting and freshness of slavery, oppression and discrimination in this country
may be diluted to an almost nil amount. (Depending on your social/economic status..)
But I don't want my children to EVER take for granted the freedoms that they enjoy in this century
without looking back and realizing the cost of it all.

 
These children were quietly enjoying each other's company in the sandbox 
for at least 10 minutes before even noticing me standing there observing.
A video recording might have better captured the two girls taking turns "cooking" 
and the two boys "digging for treasure".














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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Momo and Anthony

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They must have been fresh out of the pool..
Anthony looks about 18 months - 2 years old here.

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My Mom - 70's

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Betty Jean Harden
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Jackson in His 20's

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My dad. He was 23 to be exact..


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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Tennis Match

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Between my aunt Darlene and my aunt Sandra (on my mother's side.)
I'm not sure where my mom was when she shot these, but fortunately for me,
she was a skilled artist and photographer back in the day,
so I have many more photos like this in my secret stash to scan from when I get the time..



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Uncle James

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I sure do miss him.. my mom's older brother!

Uncle James holding his daughter (my cousin) Jackia before I was even born yet..
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

My Dad.. sometime before I was born maybe

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I don't even know where this is.. do you??

 


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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Johnson Family

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Grandma Betty (bottom, 2nd from left) with her sisters - Darlene, Priscilla, Euwanda, Sandra, Roseanne,  and Theresa, her brother James, and mother Cleo. Grandma Betty was the 2nd oldest of 9 children.


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