by Jerome Paige | Jun 1, 2021 | Conversations Across Generations, Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project, Voices of the 1960s, WOJM-SM
HASSAN BILAL To My Grandchildren: Lamar, Isa, Nasir, Ali and Blessing: There’s an old saying: “Youth is wasted on the young.” This adage rings truer to me each day. Unfortunately, the more I think about this maxim, the more youngsters I see who validate this...
by Jerome Paige | Feb 23, 2021 | Conversations Across Generations, Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project, Voices of the 1960s, WOJM-SM
DR. ANTHONY BROWDER To my daughter Atlantis and all the young people who view me as a role model: I was born in 1951. As I approach my 70th year, I trust my reflections of the 1960s will help you understand the legacy you are inheriting and why you must use, preserve,...
by Jerome Paige | Feb 9, 2021 | Conversations Across Generations, Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project, Voices of the 1960s, WOJM-SM
OKELLA PAIGE TRICE I’m one of my families’ genealogists. I have followed several branches of my families’ trees — Paiges, Saunders, Palmers, and Trices, among others. I also help others trace theirs. As is typical with many genealogists like me, we hold...
by Jerome Paige | Feb 2, 2021 | Conversations Across Generations, Featured, Guest Contributor, The 1960s Project, Voices of the 1960s
LOUIS HICKS Take a look at me, Jourdan! I’m enjoying a financially secure and personally rewarding retirement, 51 years after graduating from high school in 1969 in racially segregated Austin, Texas. I’m 69, and in this letter, I’m sharing what I’ve gleaned from...