Elders in the Black Community

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Elders in the Black Community

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.264

Scope and Content

Elders in the Black Community There is an article written by Alonzo Weston about St. Joe's black elders offering lessons, memories of life. The old benefited from the youthful exuberance and curiosity seen through the eyes of the young. The elders shared their wisdom and life experiences with the youth. Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Renee Poussaint and Camille Cosby award-winning producer, educator and wife of entertainer Bill Cosby saw this large, generational division--especially in black families. It prompted firsthand experiences and wisdom of 49 well-known black Americans across the country. The result of their work is a book entitled "A Wealth of Wisdom Legendary African American Elders Speak". St. Joseph News-Press February 15, 2004, has a picture of Swan Holt, a former logistics officer for the Department of Defense. Mr. Holt 76 is secretary for Young at Heart, a magazine that shares tales of yesteryear by area senior citizens and is published monthly by the News-Press. He states that if we don't vote to make a change we're always subjected to someone else's decision. Veto Watson served in the Navy during World War II. He is 91. He advises that you should take care of your business and take care of you own self. Wayman Waldron 99 worked in the NAACP and in the AME church. He states that we should have concerns about our youths. We should be considerate of youth and opportunity. and adhere to Christian attitudes Virginia Glass 86 is a retired St. Joseph teacher. She thinks that marriage is an institution founded by God. Phillip F. King 83 retired from the U.S. Treasury Department. He is a former jazz musician. He thinks you should treat people right. Be nice and pleasant. Everett Madison and Vivian Madison 96 and 88. Everett tells a story about how he learned to drive. Vivian tells how her parents raised her to be in church and she says she never got away with anything. She is grateful for the faith they taught her. There are newspaper pictures of the black elders on page A-10.

Collection

Black Archives

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Search Terms

Black Elders, Black History, Black Churches

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 8, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bill Cosby

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Camille Cosby

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Glass, Virginia

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Swan Holt

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Philip F. King, Jr.

Person or Organization

Madison, Everett

Person or Organization

Vivian Madison

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Renee Poussaint

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Wayman Waldron

Person or Organization

Watson, Veto