HeyJaredI Remember It Well
Personal essays and memories that honor family, history, and the quiet moments that shape who we are — by writer and storyteller Elaine T. Jones.
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Growing Up In South Philly:Discovering Jackie Robinson…As we continued our tour of “A League Apart” at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, my heart continued to ache when I thought about Lonnie Bunch and the decision he made to leave his position as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.A true historian, Mr. Bunch’s mission has always been about preserving and telling the history of America.Not history designed to make one race feel better about what their forefathers did.Not history
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Growing Up In South Philly…As I walked through “A League Apart,” the baseball exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia, I found myself thinking about my father.When friends from North Carolina stopped by our South Philly home, everyone called him Chappie.My mother called him Chappie. My Uncle Robert and Aunt Boyd called him Chappie. His friends from North Carolina called him Chappie.I knew his name was James. That was what his Philadelphia friends called him. Some of his white co-w
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Growing Up In South Philly…A League Apart: Baseball Is More Than Just A Game…After viewing the costume display, my family and I continued to an accompanying exhibit, “A League Apart,” produced by Carolyn Quick, a University of the Arts alumna, and Brian Michael, owner of Shibe Vintage Sports at 137 S. 13th Street in Philadelphia.The exhibit uses rare photographs, historical narratives, and authentic memorabilia to tell the story of Philadelphia’s connection to Negro League baseball and the peopl
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Growing Up In South Philly:Each One, Teach One: The Responsibility to Bring Others AlongI haven’t adhered to my regular posting schedule this week. Some of you may have thought it was because of the holidays, but that was not the reason.I needed to do some deep thinking, research, and fact-checking—to identify, examine, and verify my thoughts about what is happening in America today.My concerns center around what I see as an effort by the current administration to erase, minimize, or change the
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Growing Up In South Philly:Looking Back, Looking ForwardToday, my youngest grandchild turned thirty-two.I am so proud of the man he has become.I have told all of my grandchildren that I plan to live a long life because I want to be around to see what they do. I want to see whether all the love, guidance, teaching, correction, encouragement, and investment their parents and I made in their growth and development was worth it.I have now been on this earth for eighty-seven and a half years. In thos
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