What happens is that many of us don't get interested in what they had to say until long after they are gone. So many questions I wished I would have asked my grandmother who passed at 95 yo in the mid 80's.
You sholl right cause my grandparents were born in 1923 and 1932. I wish I would have asked more questions. They come from a struggling time and are some of the strongest people. This is amazing to be able to hear. God bless our people.
You are royalty Naga serpent kings nd kweens. They made you hate who you are. Melanin magic pharaoh If someone ever calls you the n word, just smile you are about of something greater
And also the white people slaughtered and enslaved for centuries by Africans mainly white European Christian woman was there favourite why whites joined in all started by black people
Love her happy stories and could listen to her for hours. It's sad about how her granddaddy lost his mom being sold off when he was a young boy. I can't imagine watching my baby from afar knowing he was mine.. it'd kill me.
These kids today will never understand. Can't lay in the bed til the sun rise. Make your bed up. Walking two miles. When the kids leave the door Lord be with them. This lady story is a BLESSING.
The kids will never learn because of idiot parents don't teach them. Stop blaming the kids. The LORD hasn't been with us since slavery! Wake the fuck up!
@@EliteSports217 the LORD has been with the black community forever and more and every community every home every person and being that calls on him he will be with ALWAYS. It may not look the way the world wants it to look but you'll know when God is with you and the peace will be so worth it.
She DOES NOT look her age whatsoever. She's so witty and together. Young man you are quite fortunate to have your great great grandmother. I never met my great or great great my great died young. I'm glad your taking advantage of having her still.
Despite all her pain and hardships, she never spoke hateful or dwelled on negativity!! All you see is LOVE in her eyes!! What a strong and wonderful woman!! 👑🌷👑
dee Sully we're not useless at all, atleast we love ourselves ya weren't shit back then😐 we take more pride in ourselves then y'all ever will, not to mention the number of black kids FINISHING school and the number of black women graduating college, you ignorant as fuck💯
Very proud of you young man taking the time to sit at the feet of the wise and hear their triumphs through difficult times. More youth need to do this.
@@RockstarLove I don't think that people do diminish the black experience and it of course should NOT be diminished. That doesn't mean that the other wasn't bad... both can be terrible and we can support survivors of all trauma.
@enlil enqi West African Bantu's were never depicted in the bible. Only the fake hebrew israelite cult spouts that discredited nonsense. Plus this lady is most likely Christian.
You make no sense! The Lord should have prevented this then leaving a fucking message and the people of your bullshit most high must have been a sacrifice. Wake the fuck up!
I cried when she said that young people should be grateful because we don't know what work is. I feel so blessed to have watched this. What a lively spirit! Thanks for sharing.
I'm so grateful for my mom still being alive also even though she's completely bedridden, completely blind, can't do anything at all for herself but, thanks be to God she still has her sound mind and I love to hear her tell abt her childhood also. My moms dad was also a white man and her mom was full blooded Cherokee indian. Out of that my mom who is a beautiful black woman.
I Loved when she said my kids never knew a man to stay the night with me. That's how women should carry themselves in front of their children with respect and dignity. She is so Beautiful!!!
Talaya that’s what I do now. I’m divorced and my kids will never see me bring someone into our home until we’re married and they have a thorough background check. 😂
Talaya that’s what I do now. I’m divorced and my kids will never see me bring someone into our home until we’re married and they have a thorough background check. 😂
"you may not need a husband to raise kids, but sho need God" mouth, mind, body and soul full of wisdom. You can't buy that. I love it. My granny was 108
Talk about the so called husband/man who left her w/ 7 children...Not that ppl been on that dnt need a man sh*t...Put the blame where it needs to be...She didn't even talk negatively of him to her children...
Danny Solo ...yo, hold your horse...slavery were kidnapped, RAPED BY WHITE MEN TAUGHT NOT TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILD N STOLE THE CHILD TO ANOTHER MASTER. SO DON'T TELL ME DON'T NEED A LOVING FATHER. THOSE SLAVE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN STRIVE FOR LOVES AND CARES WITHOUT MONEY THAN BLACK PPLS IN THIS 21ST CENTURY IS BACKWARD N REFUSED TO RESPONIBLE FATHERHOD N NOT PAY CHILD SUPPORT. YOU TALK LIKE N BRAINWASHED LIKE A WHITE MAN. STFU STOP COMPARING!!
Thing is at this moment she’s not just your grandma, she’s every black person listening to this grandma. As a young man I knew not the importance of this, as I became more learned and experienced I now know it is priceless. This trumps any and all dna searches. Wow when she spoke on her parents and grandparents I was locked! Amazing!!! This is all of us! Thank you jeez Louise I need the perfect words! Happy, I am happy to finally see this.
They ate the food they grew, they got up early and got to work, their exercise was walking to and from school. and they found ways to have fun without an electronic devise. And we keep asking "what did you do to live this long?". Most importantly, she didn't keep hate and resentment in her heart. What a lesson.
My great grandmother turn 98 today and i was gonna do a documentary on my grandma and yours came up. My grandma is a Indian from North Carolina with a lot of history to tell .. God Bless your Grandmother for telling her story
My mom picked cotton with her mom in the 40's. It was something you did. She was a child. Think about it, a long time ago but not really. But her story sounds like my mom's recollection. God bless her.
Shiii, imma living testimony. They don't know bout cooking on top that wood heater and heating up water to take baths. Killing hogs to feed all the families. That lady have plenty knowledge. Bless her heart 💯💞
When she started talking about her grandfather not being able to see his mom I literally cried. Can’t believe white men used our women to bare their children just to snatch them away from us. I wonder how many siblings he had and never knew about all because his father sold his mother! 💔
Look at God!!! She's was preserved to tell her legacy!!! She has a clear and mind and beautiful heart and spirit!!! YESSSSZZZZ!!! This is what was all about!! I really miss my elders even more. BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED!!! Thank you ma'am for sharing your truth!!!
Listening to this Lady, you can imagine where other Black Women have had this stigma of being too independent, strong and demanding placed upon them simply because they were forced into certain situations in the olden days and today, they were thrust into the roles of being the head of the household because of an absent father, not wanting to be in this role, she had to take on this role if not, imagine what would have happened to her children, I say thank God for strong women !! Evidently she did a good job, her children were educated. She also trusted in the Lord.
God bless you dear one! John 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
That’s true though slavery was long over by the time she was born. My grandmother was older than her and even by the time she grew up ...slavery had long been over. Slavery would have been my grandmother’s grandmother’s time. My grandmother’s parents may have been born by the time it was ending.
@@lisacox3750 The sentence said, "And some think slavery never existed!!" emphasis on existed. Not that she was a slave. We know slavery was over by the time she was born but she has first hand accounts of relatives who were enslaved.
They didn't mix the cultures up.. When she spoke of schools and white kids... Ppl who didn't think they was slavery is just ignorant.. But the way she talks... About white boys and all that.... Socially they didn't !mix cultures. Slavery . The first African sold was 1444...however harsh slavery was about 300 years.. Slavery is a state of mind now.. Now.! In this era however it was a reality physically ,mentally and very much reality... Also..look at Irish..Irish people have endured many many forms. Not all "white" is the same. Like for example Jewish people.. If you research Irish slavery..they stacked those people in little cages .. In this country. In America. In the 1800s slavery was very Very! Real. For African Americans. Do not. Kid yourself if you think it wasnt
*physical* slavery has been dead in AMERICA for a long time, yes.. but slavery is still going strong all around the world. African slave trade is still in Africa, and very prominent in the Middle East. Child slavery in general is still rampant in eastern countries as well. As long as there is power, there is slavery. It is why people used to be so proud to be American- because of how we are a “free” country.
I just love how she lights up about her childhood. A much simpler life you can tell the kids didn’t realize how poor they truly was at the time. God bless her heart ❤️
I think she might have misspoken at one point. I doubt she earned fifty cents or a dollar per pound of cotton. More likely, it was that much for a hundred pounds.
I came up in the 70s and early 80s and I didn't realize I was poor until I went to foster care and the state gave money to my foster mom ..the kids at school was like "What happened? you got new clothes" -Newark NJ1985
Granny looks anointed Spiritual special loving heart compassion Kindness and making it through slavery. Lord thank you for bringing her through. Love her dearly
Praise God. What a beautiful lady inside and out. I truly enjoyed listening to her and watching her smile. The soul runs deep and hers is so deep I can taste the water.
Cooper Becker let me tell you something you piece of no good trash!!! keep your filthy comments to yourself!!! it's people like you that uses sites like this to hide behind them to do your filthy comments! God I wish I could come face to face with you!!
reminds me of how strong and resilient we are as a people. when she talked about school and walking 2 miles while the whites had a bus to pick them up...spoke volumes. so much to learn from this interview. all i can do is smile listening to this.she reminds me of my grandmother. thank you for sharing this!
words of wisdom to blackmen from the elder. Our lust of the things of the world, will allow our families to be driven away from our families. No work for women, welfare= no man in the house, the de-masulination of the black man. salute to the elder. much love
"Y'all dont even know what work is"... I just love how much she can recall at her age. If i can recall my life this much when Im that old I'll be very grateful. Thanks for sharing your lovely granny with us.
She moved me to an aching heart listening. She had a very hard life. I can’t imagine how her father (your great-great grandfather) felt seeing his mother sold by his daddy. My God what an unjust world .
She is beautiful inside and out, this is an amazing intimate look inside to our history brother. She looks so happy sharing to her experiences.. thank you for sharing.
God Bless Her, Thats a real Black Woman. God was there to help her do what she needed to do. She is right about being a single mom, you have to be the example for your children. ❤
My mother who passed away in 1975 was born in 1910 . Born of Europe ( Ruthian) parents went through a lot of things your Grandmother went through when she was young.
Girl that how them old ppl is as soon as the sun come up . You get up and put clothes on ,eat and clean up . My grandmother will say you sleep you life away if you stay in the bed all day
I picked cotton for my dad who was a sharecropper in South Carolina during the 60's and early 70's. I guess as a baby boomer, I seen the last of segregation and the Jim crow era.
Same here. Raised on the tail end of segregation. I volunteered to pick cotton ONE time, just to see/get the experience. All day, made .25. Me and my aunt, who was around my age, had to combine our bags of cotton to get a weigh...lord have mercy !!
There remnants of Jim Crow are still left the in banks discriminate, schools, churches, health care. Just look around racism is still strong in America.
My grandmother passed away in a house fire. She use to love for me to comb through her black silky wavy hair. If I could just have that one more minute with her! Nice video. 👔
That is so sad. I have tears thinking about my grandma/mama now too. I remember getting scared at night and asking if I could sleep in her bad. She always said to go to the bathroom first lol. And laying in the bed on weekends watching westerns
MR & MRS .shayla Hardell my big mama was lived to be 103 born in 1886..I love to heard her stories of time pass,she used call white ppl ..Patty rollers lol
When you choose to follow the Lord and keep Him first, the journey is never an easy one but it’s worth it! You can see the joy in her eyes. Loved this. Thank you for sharing 🥰
jo caird The strength of a BLACK WOMAN in Amerikkka is a whole different thing. Gtfoh. It doesn’t diminish the strength of any other woman. Why does it bother you to hear “the strength of a black woman, when someone is CLEARLY referring to a BLACK WOMAN????
Tragic not to be Allowed to be with his Mom n the dad keeping him Away n asking What Race He preferred to Go with His Moms Race or Stay with His Race..
@@picalojen3549 My grandmother, who would have been the same period as this lady, told me very similar stories. However, please, hear me out. This is my understanding, not my truth. I believe that the "Lazy" comes from the number of blacks on welfare. However, I found it very interesting and sad, when this past spring, when everyone was layed off and receiving government money ( unemployment and and extra $600. ) I didn't know a white person who wanted to go back to work. All I heard was, I make more staying home. Why should I go back?. Now, the shoe was on "their" foot, and it seemed, the whites liked it a lot. However, if any of them ever said ill words to a black person for being on welfare, they were NOT looking to apologise for their harshness, now that basically, they were in the same situation. Nor were these whites seeing the similarities. Sad. Calling names. Pointing one finger at a person, while you are pointing four more at YOURSELF.
I just lost my great grandmother last week. She was my rock and me and my brothers children made it 5 living generations. This is very beautiful and helps
She is sharp and absolutely CAPTIVATING! Please more history videos with her. Wow, her memory is amazing. Heck, I can barely remember what I did last week! LOL
My 15 year old son's paternal great grandmother passed a few years ago. He loved going to visit her and we did every chance we got. He is blessed to have both sets of grandparents left and we keep in touch often. Enjoy them while they're here!
And ask them as many questions as you can without driving them nuts!😅 I had a good relationship with my maternal grandparents, but now, the only thing I wish I would have done, is ask them more questions. About themselves, life in general, the changes... At least they KNEW I loved them, and that is what matters most, I suppose.
I hear good ole' smoked neck bones and collard greens,dirty rice, sweet potatoes, and ox tails with 30 weight gravy in that sweet humble voice! Lol My God what an amazing woman. Thank you for sharing a small piece of her life story. Blessings 🤗😘
She's adorable!!!!!!!! Reminds me of my Great Grandmother who lived 103 years. We called her Big Mama and she was the daughter of slaves and was married to an Irish Settler. Her marriage was illegal and she they lived in Arkansas. Her stories was remarkable.
Sometimes I just wonder why we are so DILLUSIONAL.. Your proud she was with a Irish man.. because he had white privilege.. doing better than brothers who was under the eye of the devil. Seriously.
@@XxxclusiveReviews Depending on what small town you were from, you didn't have a lot of choices of race you married. Remember there were no cars, trains or planes and one of the biggest secrets in a American history is that there were a lot of interracial marriages, in small towns, (even though they were illegal), because they were unequal numbers of Blacks, Whites, and Indians living in those areas, so you married young men or women who were available in your area. They weren't shipping white women and black men into those small towns, you married whoever was in the area.
That's dumb. Why did god create man. To be with wo-man. So god contradicts his own creation. Men are now obsolete. Damn. Animals seem to have more sense than so-called human beings. The higher species. Lmsolllllllll
Young man you have no idea, how much I enjoyed this. My grandmother passed in 2013 at the age of 90. Growing up I spent a lot of time with her, and now I often look back and recall some of the memories and some of the things she told me, that's why this beautiful lady really touched, because I could identify with much of what she said. Your great grandmother is just precious and you are so blessed to have had this time with her.
I believe she went to heaven to for I think she was the most high from when she was little to older for all that she went thru , she had strength and love you just know she had to be a child of GOD'S. I just love that smile and laugh. She made my night and tomorrow!
For those of us who no longer have a grandparent, thank you for sharing your beautiful jewel with us! Her smile and spirit gives hope to others even in times like this. We are carried by the giants of the past. Thank you ma'am for paving the path that we walk in today. Blessings to you!
@@ssjssgecko5411 : It is no lie. It takes the strength of thoroughbred horse to survive the inhumanity visited upon these people. The wind mills of God turns slowly, but it comes to rest on Justice. There is reckoning and it won't be pretty.
Bless her. I think everyone should interview their grandparents or great grandparents. I wish I hadn't been moved far from my grandparents. I'd love to go back and be with them now. I could listen to this lovely lady for hours ❤️
she is amazing, precious. my grandmother was born in1909. she grew up in the county and her mother died when she was 9. she told about the same things as your mamaw, sweet potatoes, working before school. they always had cabbage and large crocks of kraut. Country life was the best. seems like she had a happy life. tell her Im sending her blessings.She said theyd be so happy to gt an orange and candy for Christmas.
Wow she is so beautiful. Look great for her age. You can see the excitement in her eyes. Great mind. You are so blessed to have her. Thanks for sharing her with us.
"If you got Christ in your life, you can do anything!" Wow! How BLESSED you are to be able to do this interview with you remarkable Great Grandmother. How BLESSED we are that you shared it via RU-vid.!
She is such a great story teller and a super-strong woman. I love how she gives God the glory for helping her to raise her children. I could listen to this woman all day long. Please make more videos of her speaking. Amazing history lesson. She's a powerful teacher. I learned so much from her and will use her lessons to enhance the lives of myself and others. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful elder.
I feel that when she wants to explain things to him, it's hard for her to do it and not because she doesn't know how, I think is because him or any viewer aren't ready for this conversation. She is a blessing!! 😇
Im glad to hear any info .....my family was taught not to talk about the bad things, so this is much appreciated, even if its scaled back.....talking about our history is hurtful I'm glad she was as open as she is.
When you sit amongst the elders, you’ll receive a masterclass on the principles of life, history and your culture. They hold the keys to who we are and they are irreplaceable. This Queen mother reminds me of the few great grandmothers I once had, they too loved to share their stories of perseverance and triumph. There are pearls of wisdom hidden deep within every passage they reflect, collect them so you may amass a great wealth of knowledge.👑💐🌺🌸💐
