I don’t know a modern event more horrific & culture shifting for Black people than Hurricane Katrina. We are still identifying remains and will sadly never have a fully accurate number on the amount of lives lost, families displaced, legacies washed away.
Anim scrapbook page 12. Notes I did ages ago about how there are endless ways to connect your key poses that can change the overall feeling of how those poses are told. These can be done through breakdown drawings, or straigh ahead. Reorganized for my scrapbook format!
Eugene Burkins (1877-1929), FBA native of New Orleans, patented the Burkins Automatic Machine Gun. Despite meeting military standards, he failed to sell it. He ended up running a restaurant in Chicago and died penniless in Detroit. His idea was stolen and used 10 years later.
Happy Gullah Geechee Heritage Month and Hoodoo Heritage Month. Today is a good day to get into one of the many legacies the ancestors gifted to the Gullah Geechee—stories about the Flying Africans—folktales of spiritual comfort and resistance.
The 1970 film "WUSA" features appearances by Preservation Hall greats Willie and Percy Humphrey, trombonist Jim Robinson and the late, great Narvin Kimball performing "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" at 726 St. Peter.
#PresHallinTheMovies
#HappyBirthday to late legendary trad jazz clarinetist Willie Humphrey, born on December 29, 1900 in New Orleans.
Willie performed at the first ever @jazzfest in 1970, shown here at 00:29 playing clarinet with Eureka Brass Band.
🎥 by Don Perry, courtesy of @nolajazzmuseum
Remembering trad jazz trombonist Earl Humphrey, who passed away on June 26, 1971 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the brother of notable jazz players Willie Humphrey and Percy Humphrey.