The Civil Rights Movements

Hello Folks Check out this pod cast about the Civil Rights movement. As this is a rich chapter in American history we will be adding more and more material specifically in the area of the civil rights movement.

The Health of Black Civil War soldiers

This is a podcast of a history lecture given by Margaret Humphreys, M.D., Ph.D.,. This particular topic was on health of African American soldiers during the civil war. At the time thier were drones of chatterous non-sense about African American soldiers claiming that the reason more of them died from disease during the civil war was because they were inherently weaker.This was part of a larger and overall social agenda of uplifting the white race while smearing blacks and holding them down. The reason why more black men got sick during the civil war is

1) Worse living accomendations.
2) Many of the African Americns comming out of slavery were physically broken down from years of overuse, abuse and neglect.
3) Black men as a policy were giving the dirty, hard and most labor intensive work details.
4) Black soldiers also recieved the worse clothing and shoe allotments as well as lower salary salaryAlso the podcast tells more of the story. I hope you enjoy this and find it interesting.

This is another podcast sponsored by the University of Virginia. It is about a slave, free black and larger white community in Viginia from 1790-1865. Please let me know what you think about this topic.to listen to podcast just copy and paste the following link into browser http://www.virginia.edu/uvapodcast/search.php?submit=true&category=5&pageno=3&pageno=1

Lynching

For a while now I have been Facsnated with the tale of lynching in this country.The tale of lynching includes all races both men and women. But it is more than obvious that black people where the overwhelming victims of this shameful american pasttime.  Although this is a unfortunate and tragic time in American history it is also rich and interesting. This tragedy features thousands lynchings and millions of outrageous incidents designed to opress the black american population. Things such as W. E.B Dubois finding a black mans severed Knucles at a downtown atlanta department store, or James Weldon Johnson almost bieng lynched by the Florida National gaurd for escorting an african american lady who looked white in public, or the spectacle lynchings of Jesse Washington and  Marry Turner.

I plan on following up my podcast and presentations with podcast with interviews of historians and social scientist who have studied this outrageous American subject.  The excuse/justification for lynching was usually rape of white women by black men  but a careful study of the recorod reveals the real reason for this discaple behavior was simply southern societies refusal to accept black people as human biengs or treat them as human biengs and american citizens entitled to the rights enjoyed by them.

It is only posible to treat humans the way white southern society(america to be truthful) treated black people after you have convinced them and yourself that they are inferior.

I plan to follow up this post extensively with other post about lynching in more specific details. My aim is to demonstrate that the Federal goverments and State Goverment allowed and even assisted a system they knew violated American Laws that ensure freedom and protection to all of its citizens. It is my objective to use material that is well verified, documented and accepted by all credible historians and socials scientist which will prove that the federal and state goverment’s all over America knew  exactly what was going on and some goverments (which black people pay taxes to)  even participated in the
1) Murders of thousands of black people
2) Attrocities committed against black people
3) Constitutionally illegal policies  that cause the black population great pain and harm
4) Taxation without representation

This video cast by Goode Davis is example the type of material I will be posting, recording and linking to. I hope you find this podcast interesting. Mark Bey

The Narrative of Nat Love

Ok Friends I apologize for not blogging more but I have been very busy working on a website I am trying to put together that well focus on social issues. Anyway part of what I have been busy working on is a audio black history website , it is my goal to make black history available to the world to download on thier computers or Ipods to listen while going about thier daily routine. Once we have gotten establish I will look for volunteers and a board of advisers to decide the ultimate vision and objective of this website. Just Copy and Paste following link http://www.markbey.com/natlove.mp3 into your browser and enjoy one of the black history Narratives now bieng prepared for the audio history site/blog.This is the first chapter of the Autobiography of Nat love AKA Deadwood Dick. Mr. Love amongst other things was a real life cowboy African American stye. Please listen to it and let me know what you think.

To listen just copy and paste links below into browser

Chapter 1 Nat Love: http://www.markbey.com/natlove.mp3

Chapter 2 Nat Love: http://www.markbey.com/nat2.mp3

The Diary of William P Woodlin (A black civil war soldier)

I am a history buff, one of my favorite subjects is military history(especially african american military history). I have been searchin the net for histories, accounts, biographies, autobiographies and diaries of African Americans in the 1800s. I came accross the diary of William P. Woodlin of the 8 USCT Colored troops. The diary is recorded during 1862 and 1863. I have recorded and uploaded it to the internet I do hope you enjoy. Copy and Paste the links below to listen to the Diary of William P Woodlin

part 1 www.markbey.com/woodln1.mp3

part 2 www.markbey.com/woodlin2.mp3

part 3 www.markbey.com/woodlin3.mp3

part 4 www.markbey.com/woodlin4.mp3

Florence Mills

Hello Folks one of the things I love doing is reading over the internet specifically following links from page to page. Anyway I came across a wonderful link for a black entertainer named florence mills http://www.florencemills.com/.

 I have been very curious about this very talented and beautiful black entertainer from back in the day. Florence Mills was born in Washington DC in a section called goat alley which actually is about a 15 minute bike ride from this spot where I sit blogging at this moment.   I believe her signature song was Bye Bye Black Bird, unfortuanately she died very young and didnt get the chance to imprint her essence on the entertaimement and black history scene long enough to be a household name amongst black people , although she should be. I will be recording essays from websites blogs and articles to bring this black american all star to life. I will also be adding my own commentary about times, events and places named on this page. I hope you enjoy. Just copy and past the folling links into a browser.  Until then enjoy this reading from the above website.

Florence Mp3 Pt1  http://www.markbey.com/mills1%2001.mp3

Florence Mp3 Pt2  http://www.markbey.com/mills22%2001.mp3 

 Florence Mp3 Pt 3     www.markbey.com/mills3.mp3 

Here is an  audio interview with Florences Husband Ulyses “Slow Kid” Thompson  http://www.florencemills.com/us_thompson_on%20_florence_mills_early_career.mp3 

This is a recording  called “Anything Just happens to me”  by her sister Olivia Mills Wiltshire http://www.florencemills.com/anything_that_happens_just_pleases_me.mp3 

This here is an interview by Eubie Blake who live to the ripe old age of over 100.  Eubie Blake remembered her into old age. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/magic/saloon/blake.html\

Here  is an interview with Hyacinth Curtis who knew her and saw her perform in England http://www.florencemills.com/hyacinth_curtis_on_florence_mills.mp3

 Maude Rusell  (The Slim Princess)Maude Russell (The Slim Princess)

Although thier are no actual recordings of Florence Mills this is a recording of a song she made famous on the stage sung by Eva Taylor http://www.redhotjazz.com/songs/williams/imalittle.ram

Songs written and recorded in tribute to Florence Mills

http://www.florencemills.com/elegiac_blues_solo.ra

http://www.florencemills.com/may_we_meet_again_florence_mills.ra ( Recorded by Eva Taylor and Clarence Williams) http://www.florencemills.com/all_the_world_is_lonely.ra (Andy Razaf, lyricist for “Ain’t Misbehavin”, “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Black and Blue” )

http://www.florencemills.com/bye_%20bye_florence_mills.ra (Bert Howell vocal, with organ accompaniment by Fats Waller, the nearest thing we have to Fats’ lost personal tribute - he gets joint composer credits on this one)

http://www.florencemills.com/she’s_gone_to_join_the_songbirds_in_heaven.ra (Eva Taylor again, one of Florence’s staunchest friends and admirers, composed by Porter Grainger who wrote “Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do”)

Her is a song Duke Ellington wrote in her memory called Black Beauty http://redhotjazz.com/songs/ellington/blackbeauty.ram

Black Political History

This is a video cast from a black history and political sight called Black American Journal. Copy and paste link to view podcast http://dlv1.matrix.msu.edu:8080/ramgen/dptv/coleman_young.rm.  This is a Podcast about the lengendary black mayor of detriot coleman young.

“Lil”HardinArmstrongremembersLouis Armstrong

Lil Hardin was born in Memphis, Tenesse in 1903. She was born into at a time and place of great contradictions although Memphis had be and would later be the seen of many justices and outrages against  its black community She grew up learning how to play music on an organ that the family owned as well as playing in the church. Eventually she made her way to Chicago were she eventually performed with and then married Louis Armstrong.You can check out her some of her music at .  Also check out an interview of  “Lil Harden Armstrong ( copy and paste link into browser http://redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lil/SatchmoandMe.ram)  about her ex-husband Louis Armstrong. 

 Check out this interview by Louis Armstrongs second wife  http://redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lil/SatchmoandMe.ram

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