Breathe, Baby, Breathe: The Fresh Air of African Values
Community Healing Network
10 episodes
2 hours ago
Knowing our history is knowing ourselves; it is how we become more of ourselves. In this episode we explore Black love and Black humanity through a set of love letters exchanged between a young Black man and Black woman captured in Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters by Jill Marie Snyder. Snyder is the daughter of the young couple, Mary and Luther, and through the story of her parent's romance and courtship, she captures the truth of Black people, relationships, and th...
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Knowing our history is knowing ourselves; it is how we become more of ourselves. In this episode we explore Black love and Black humanity through a set of love letters exchanged between a young Black man and Black woman captured in Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters by Jill Marie Snyder. Snyder is the daughter of the young couple, Mary and Luther, and through the story of her parent's romance and courtship, she captures the truth of Black people, relationships, and th...
Breathe, Baby, Breathe: The Fresh Air of African Values
58 minutes
4 years ago
Moving Beyond Bad History
"We can catch our own babies....We owe it to our ancestors to get all-the-way free." –Melanie Funchess In love, Jackie Dozier, Melanie Funchess, aka "Mama Mel," and Sherita D. Bullock, aka "The Baby Lady," are leading the effort in Rochester, NY, to rebuild the Black "Village." Known as "Shermakie," a combination of their three names, Jackie, Melanie, and Sherita are self-described gatekeepers of the Black village. Jackie, Melanie, and Sherita are modern-day QueenMothers ...
Breathe, Baby, Breathe: The Fresh Air of African Values
Knowing our history is knowing ourselves; it is how we become more of ourselves. In this episode we explore Black love and Black humanity through a set of love letters exchanged between a young Black man and Black woman captured in Dear Mary, Dear Luther: A Courtship in Letters by Jill Marie Snyder. Snyder is the daughter of the young couple, Mary and Luther, and through the story of her parent's romance and courtship, she captures the truth of Black people, relationships, and th...
