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Category Archives: The 70s
Hard To Find
Factory Worker. Photo courtesy: https://commons.wikimedia.org Stagalee had been working at the gun factory in Midland, Virginia for almost a year by the time Celestia Brentwood Farnsworth was hired there in 1979. Stag ran the CNC machine, milling and boring pistol … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, The 70s
Tagged African American, africanamerican, Based on actual events, Ethnicity, growingupcolored, Nostalgia, Reminiscing
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Norfolk State College: The Untold Story
The Norfolk State College Student Union building, where I spent every waking moment in the ping pong room 1971-1972 “Big – Bad – Moses – Rose!” “Da-da-da” “Big – Bad – Moses – Rose!” “Da-da-da” “Big – Bad – Moses … Continue reading
Posted in School Life, The 70s
Tagged #NSU #norfolkstate #growingupcolored #HBCU, africanamerican, Based on actual events, Black, HBCU
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Norfolk State College: The Ping Pong Man
“We gon’ kick yo ass, Mister Ping Pong Man. You done done it now, yo ass is grass!”. – “Yeah, let’s get him”. Stagalee was about to leave the Grandy Park Recreation Center not sure exactly what he should do. … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, School Life, Some Fiction / Most Fact, The 70s
Tagged Based on actual events, HBCU, norfolk, norfolkstate, Nostalgia, Reminiscing
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A Picnic to Remember
My family and I on one of our many visits to Skyline Drive, that’s me on the right While growing up, our family made picnicking on Skyline Drive, in the Shenandoah National Park, a regular pastime since before I can … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, The 70s
Tagged Culture, Ethnicity, Family, History, Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Virginia
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Just Like Hugo’s
Stan Brown with two classmates at Navy Air Traffic Control Training Center at Naval Air Station Glynco in Brunswick, GA How in the world could I have let myself be talked into a situation like this again? There I … Continue reading
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Tagged Based on actual events, Black History, Culture, Ethnicity, History, segregation
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Norfolk State College: (A Fish Out of Water )
(The following events are true, the names were changed to protect the innocent (and the not so innocent)) “Benny, you get the bologna, I’ll get the cheese. Leroy, you get the mayonnaise and Stagalee wear my maxi-coat, you got’ta get … Continue reading
Posted in School Life, The 70s
Tagged Ethnicity, HBCU, norfolk, norfolkstate, Nostalgia, Reminiscing
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