a 1952 popular song written when The Prisonaires were, well, in prison in Nashville, TN. Lead singer Johnny Bragg had his sentence commuted in 1956, but in 1960 he was arrested for "parole violation" for being found in the back of an automobile with a white women. It was his wife. He was returned to jail for six and a half years.
And you wonder why they protest. #BlackLivesMatter
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...a new version for me, thanks.
ReplyDeleteTheir story is interesting, I think.
DeleteWalkin’ in the sunshine today.
ReplyDeleteRainy here today. I'm stayin' in.
DeleteI love this music, I hate what happened to him. #BlackLivesMatter
ReplyDeleteNice! We have drizzly grayness with an expected high of 55.
DeleteThat #BlackLivesMatter is at all a controversial statement says a lot.
DeleteIt's painfully easy to find illustrations of systemic racism throughout American history, isn't it? Will our new government find ways to mitigate our shame?
ReplyDeletebe safe... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
This administration at least acknowledges the problem.
DeleteThat's horrible! With his wife!
ReplyDeleteBut I remember my family driving down south during that time and the white only water fountains and bathrooms for "colored". No, I think BLM is waaaay overdue!
You can hear the heart in that song. :)
#BlackLivesMatter
DeleteSix cases of rape at age 17?! Boy-oh-boy.
ReplyDeleteSad with the wife, though. Sad we need "Black lives matter", it should be guaranteed...
I looked for the story surrounding those rape cases and couldn't find it.
DeleteHow awful, the Segregation laws were so unfair.
ReplyDeleteThe Jim Crow period was a bizarre time
DeleteI never knew that. Arrested for being with your wife. We can be so shameless in this country. Thanks for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't progressed all that far since then, it sometimes seems to me :(
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