70 Years and Beyond

Wambui Bahati

70 Years and Beyond

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Lately, I don't recognize my world. Of course, I expected things to change over the years. However, it feels like we are going in the wrong direction Support the show
Today, I am with Dr. Keba Richmond Green. Professor Green is doing a series of podcasts introducing her classes entitled “Eating for Your Mental Health.”Professor Green is a licensed marriage and family psychoanalyst, relationship coach, consul
***Not Explicit, but I do say a few curse words***When I grew up, we were not allowed to curse. The word 'curse' was considered a curse word and we could only use the words 'bad words' to describe profanity.We could say, "Oh, they were saying b
In 1968 in Greensboro, North Carolina, I was a senior at James B. Dudley High School. I loved weekend parties! On the weekends, someone at my school - at least one person, would be giving a party on a Friday night or Saturday night. Sometimes t
It is Greensboro, North Carolina. The year is 1968. I am a senior at James B. Dudley High School. We're all just trying to find something to focus on. At least I am. Because we were left feeling 'some kind of way' when they killed Martin Luther
I remember when you could smoke in a restaurant. I remember you could smoke just about anywhere. In fact, your cars - cars were built with ashtrays above the door handle in the back and front seats. Also, there was a cigarette lighter built int
I'm living in New York City. It is 1984/ 85. I'm now the mother of two wonderful, beautiful little girls. But I'm struggling. I am struggling financially. I am struggling mentally. I am struggling emotionally.I am struggling spiritually. I am s
Wambui was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Louis Washington of Greensboro, North Carolina in January of 1950. Her mother thought she could predict whether she was going to have a boy or a girl. She predicted that Wambui was going to be a boy. Wambui
"My Aunt Thelma was 85 years old when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. The doctors told her without immediate surgery, she would have from a few months  - or maybe just a few weeks to live. I am told that my aunt said to the doctors, 'I ain
Wambui Bahati tells a story of how, when growing up in Greensboro North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960's, her mother kept an eye on which children could and could not enter their home. Wambui believes that her mother was so good at investigatin
At least one of Wambui Bahati's husbands was a white man. In sharing her personal history, she shares this story of when she took her white boyfriend to her home in Greensboro North Carolina to meet her mother. It was the very early 1980s, howe
My family and I, in the 1950s and 1960s, in Greensboro, North Carolina didn't travel a lot. When we did travel, it was usually within the state of North Carolina. Occasionally we would take the train to the state of South Carolina because that
Wambui talks about her hair - from the straitening or straighten hot comb to afro and many things in between. She shares the story of when two students showed up at her high school one day in the late 60's with un-straitened or natural hair and
I'm not feeling the racial tension in our society that I keep hearing about today in the  news and social media. I grew up in North Carolina with Jim Crow Laws. However, I never felt anyone or any race was superior to me and my race. There are
My mother's mother, Beady Davis Howell, was the granddaughter of slaves and the daughter of sharecroppers. They lived in the area that is now known as Goldsboro, North Carolina. My grandmother, a beautiful woman, who had she been born a few dec
I'm going to start with a story that starts at 1976. I'm 26 years old living in New York city. I'm an actress, of course, as an actress, you're always looking for your next job. So I get a call that they're looking for a Prissy for a musical ve
Church was very important in our lives. It was the place where we would go to meet new people, be with our friends outside of school, and socialize. Because of Jim Crow laws, there weren't a lot of places where we could go to do these things. S
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