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Dr. Gregory d. Smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native American History. Else the author of several books including an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity about which greg spoke here a few years ago. And his newest book and the subject of todays lecture native southerners indigenous history from origins of removal. Please give a warm welcome to our guest speaker, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin b...

>> anthony: some time ago something crawled, or slithered, or grew like a fungus. something that started small, got bigger, lurched like a swamp thing out of the mud and moist earth and humid nights of the delta. then, it took over the world. so next time some smart ass foreigner, horrified by our latest ham-fisted foreign policy blunder wonders out loud, "what good is america?" well, you can always pipe up that the blues, rock n roll, r&b, and soul all came out of this place -- one st...

This place one state mississippi. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la geno right now were in the middle of downtown jackson. Farish street. Anthony it is a street with a lot of history. What did it used to be like back in the day . Geno the street was packed with folks. Folks all over, they had their own rest...

S he has told the story of nine-year-old Lorraine Jackson marching through the fetid streets of …

Right. if you dont like my rules, dont come. >> anthony: what are the rules here? no rap music. >> william "po monkey" seaberry: no. nobody likes that "bumpa bumpa bump". i dont like that. it gives me a headache in the brain. i love all blues. all of its good to me as long as its blues. >> anthony: good r&b? >> william "po monkey" seaberry: thats right, thats right. >> anthony: but no rap. >> william "po monkey" seaberry: no, no. >> anthony: never, even if i have -- kanye west wants to rent out ...

Jook joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private, african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges. first, in rural areas, then in towns and cities. where workers could dance, drink, party, and gamble, as a respite from the hard labor of delta sharecropping, tenant farming, house service, and segregation. they were often condemned by church leaders as houses of the devil. william "po monkey" seaberry runs this place, as he has since 1...

From the November 2016 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY KAREN PETERSON by Karen Peterson Flat as a flapjack, with some of the richest bottomland in the world, the Mississippi Delta is so fertile it birthed and then gave everlasting voice to the blues. Resting along the border with Louisiana to the east, stretched between Vicksburg, Mississippi,…

Gotta know, is its pronounced "jook joint." and this one, this is a real good one. scholars have suggested the word "jook" came from the gullah, descendants of enslaved africans, and it meant wicked or disorderly, to dance, or a place of shelter. ♪ jook joints started as plantation community rooms during slavery times. they went on to become the small, private, african-american run bars, clubs, and lounges. first, in rural areas, then in towns and cities. where workers could dance, drink, part...

Runs this place, as he has since 1963. and he makes the rules. how long has this been a business? >> william "po monkey" seaberry: ive been in this place 58 years. im 74. >> anthony: how did you get into this business? >> william "po monkey" seaberry: i just got into it. something i liked to do. and everybody come here enjoy theyself. no problem. >> anthony: please explain this policy. you know, no hats backwards and no pants hanging down. what is that? >> william "po monkey" seaberry: youre rig...

>> william "po monkey" seaberry: ill find somebody to get naked with you. >> anthony: uh-oh. >> john currence: theres a promise. >> william "po monkey" seaberry: okay, dj, you can kick it back off. ♪ >> dj: a bad girl. dont forget about it, come right here. >> anthony: thursday night is family night at po monkeys, mostly locals, a mixed bag. the music is classic r&b and pre-disco soul. the attitude -- loose. just familiarize yourself with those rules and there wont be a problem. in the cities ...