Backstage at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California, on May 23, 2015, J. was thrilled that her 19-year-old daughter’s music career was going to make a major leap forward from recording demos and performing at talent shows to the chance of stardom — thanks to the help of an R&B superstar.
“When we got to go backstage with R. Kelly, we stayed there over two hours,” said J. “One-on-one with just me and my daughter and him. We went back to talk about the music. He listened to her CD. He was going to help her with her CD, and I was really impressed with him at first, because I have always been an R. Kelly fan.”
J. said that Robert “R.” Kelly, who turned 50 in January, met her daughter backstage at a concert in Atlanta earlier that month. Soon enough, he’d invited her to fly out to the Indio concert on his dime. J. said she’d heard about past sexual misconduct accusations against Kelly, but wasn’t overly worried. She is a fiercely devoted stage mom — she and her husband of 22 years, Tim, a car dealer, had moved from Memphis to Atlanta to help their eldest child’s career — and was confident she could protect her daughter.
“In the back of our minds, we were thinking [my daughter] could be around him if I was with her,” J. said. “It didn’t really hit home. Even with the Aaliyah situation, now that I think about it, ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number’ … but you don’t think about that. You grew up with the song, and you like the song.”
Two years later, J. and Tim are in a desperate fight to bring their daughter home.
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When…will he be ended?
Monday, July 17, 2017
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Thursday, June 11, 2015
“Hindsight is Always 20/20″ (2008) by R. Luke Du BoisDu Bois ran... 11
“Hindsight is Always 20/20″ (2008) by R. Luke Du Bois
Du Bois ran the public addresses of every U. S. president from Washington to Bush 43 through an algorithm that mapped their most commonly used words. He then arranged these into a Snellen eye chart format to highlight clarity of vision.
From the museum site’s article:
DuBois’ letterpress prints reveal a sharp picture of what was on the mind of each leader—from George Washington to George W. Bush—as he spoke to the American people. They also chronicle the issues and ideas that have challenged and inspired our country.
For Harrison, the words most used refer to matters of industrial progress. Improving working conditions and building up better industry dominate his political speeches.
The fishing rights controversy against Canada features prominently in these words as well. Canada claimed fishing a sealing rights in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. Harrison’s navy dramatically seized Canadian ships. Negotiations with the United Kingdom required international arbitration, and resulted in the Canadians paying reparations to the US in 1898.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Portrait of Union General Marsena R. Patrick posing with his... 13
Portrait of Union General Marsena R. Patrick posing with his staff officers on the porch of a house in Culpeper, Virginia, November 1863. Patrick served as provost marshal of the Army of the Potomac. By Timothy O’Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Calvin Coolidge (R)
Calvin Coolidge (R) August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929 WikipediaMonday, November 6, 2017
Portrait of a woman and child only identified as R. Mead, c.... 13
Portrait of a woman and child only identified as R. Mead, c. 1860′s. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Queen Liliʻuokalani, Last Hawaiian Monarch, to Harrison and Cleveland 11
From Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen (1898) by Queen Liliʻuokalani. In he memoir, Liliʻuokalani blamed Harrison for his recognition of the government that deposed her. She did not go so far as to claim that Harrison had sent the troops that secured the end of her government, but she did task him with an ignorance of the facts in the Hawaiian case. She praised Cleveland for both rejecting the illegitimate treaty for annexation, and for ordering an investigation. Nevertheless, the McKinley administration used Harrison’s apparent recognition of the provisional government as precedent for a second annexation treaty.
On the 19th of January [1893], I wrote a letter to President Harrison, making an appeal that justice should be done.
HIS EXCELLENCY BENJAMIN HARRISON,President of the United States:
My great and good Friend, – It is with deep regret that I address you on this occasion. Some of my subjects, aided by aliens, have renounced their loyalty, and revolted against the constitutional government of my kingdom. They have attempted to depose me, and establish a Provisional Government in direct conflict with the organic law of this kingdom. Upon receiving incontestable proofs that His Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States had caused troops to be landed for that purpose, I submitted to force, believing that he would not have acted in that manner unless by authority of the government which he represents.
This action on my part was prompted by three reasons, the futility of a conflict with the United States, the desire to avoid violence and bloodshed and the destruction of life and property, and the certainty which I feel that you and your government will right whatever wrongs may have been inflicted upon us in the premises. In due time a statement of the true facts relating to this matter will be laid before you, and I live in the hope that you will judge uprightly and justly between myself and my enemies.
This appeal is not made for myself personally, but for my people, who have hitherto always enjoyed the friendship and protection of the United States.
My opponents have taken the only vessel which could be obtained here for the purpose; and hearing of their intention to send a delegation of their number to present their side of the conflict before you, I requested the favor of sending by the same vessel an envoy to you to lay before you my statement as the facts appear to myself and my loyal subjects.
This request has been refused; and I now ask you, in justice to myself and to my people, that no steps be taken by the Government of the United States until my cause can be heard by you. I shall be able to despatch an envoy about the second day of February, as that will be the first available opportunity hence; and he will reach you with every possible haste, that there may be no delay in the settlement of this matter.
I pray you, therefore, my good friend, that you will not allow any conclusions to be reached by you until my envoy arrives.
I beg to assure you of the continuation of my highest consideration.
(Signed) LILIUOKALANI R.
It appears that President Harrison could not have taken notice of my appeal; for the 16th of February I find he sent a message to the Senate transmitting the treaty, with a view of its ratification, without having first investigated or inquired into all the conditions or points of our situation, or that of the United States itself. I will not attempt to write the President’s message, as you are already aware of its text.
I also wrote a letter to Mr. Cleveland.
GROVER CLEVELAND,President-elect of the United States.
My great and good Friend, – In the vicissitudes which happened in the Hawaiian Islands, and which affect my people, myself, and my house so seriously, I feel comforted the more that, besides the friendly relation of the United States, I have the boon of your personal friendship and good will.
The changes which occurred here need not be stated in this letter. You will have, at the time at which it reaches you, the official information; but I have instructed the Hon. Paul Neumann, whom I have appointed my representative at Washington, to submit to you a prècis of the facts and circumstances relating to the revolution in Honolulu, and to supplement it by such statements as you may please to elicit.
I beg that you will consider this matter, in which there is so much involved for my people, and that you will give us your friendly assistance in granting redress for a wrong which we claim has been done to us, under color of the assistance of the naval forces, of the United States, in a friendly port. Believe me that I do not veil under this request to you anything the fulfilment of which could in the slightest degree be contrary to your position; and I leave our grievance in your hands, confident that, in so far as you deem it proper, we shall have your sympathy and your aid.
I am, your good friend,
LILIUOKALANI R.
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Rome Semi-Weekly Citizen, “He Missed A Shot,” August 27, 1895, p. 5. 11
Old Forge, Aug. 26th.—There hangs in Dodd’s Camp a handsome young buck weighing 150 pounds, which was shot in First Lake at 10 o’clock Saturday night by Mr. Tibbett, Gen. Harrison’s private secretary. The deer was floating in the lake where Dr. Nicolls shot a yearling last Wednesday night… The Rev. John R. Paxton of New York conducted services in the Adirondack League club parlor yesterday morning. Gen. Harrison and all of his family were present and took part in the services. Gen. Harrison was the most attentive listeners at the services.
Local history provides a window into the pleasant, forested recreation of General Harrison.
Saturday, November 26, 2016
chekhov: Ronald Reagan’s first wife Jane Wyman in 1985... 14
Ronald Reagan’s first wife Jane Wyman in 1985 (L)
Ronald Reagan’s second wife Nancy in 1985 (R )
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Portrait of members of the Princeton (then the College of New... 13
Portrait of members of the Princeton (then the College of New Jersey) baseball team, 1873. By William R. Howell.
Friday, May 19, 2017
sftn: shellcollector: sftn: sftn: half the time even the academy has no idea what... 14
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half the time even the academy has no idea what “intersectionality” means and deliberately misread, misrepresent, and decontextualise Crenshaw for their purposes (e.g., trying to “prove” the inadequacy of intersectionality by showing that it fails to be a Grand Unified Theory Of Everything, which it was never meant to be, and subsequently reinventing the wheel)
the academy regularly colludes to scapegoat, discredit, and steal from black women and that is unambiguously what has happened to Crenshaw and intersectionality
and to be completely frank, since so many feminists on Twitter and Tumblr are only exposed to theory through an elaborate game of broken telephone it’s no wonder intersectionality has come to mean literally anything anyone wants it to mean out here
Hey I found a nice easily-available PDF of the original paper by Kimberle Crenshawe. It’s not the last word on the subject, nor was it intended to be, and she wrote it as a law professor, for the Stanford Law Review, so the stress is heavily on legal/institutional frameworks and the applicability of discrimination law in particular, although she does discuss a lot of broader cultural issues. But dear god it would be super great if it were more widely-read and acknowledged. I’ve definitely been guilty of not citing it enough in my tumblr rants and I intend to correct that going forward.
Absolutely agreed w/r/t Crenshaw’s initial formulation/application of intersectionality – thank U for the addition and for the link to resources
I’d like to add Brittany Cooper’s Oxford Handbook article (http://ift.tt/2q5lRXI) detailing not only the history of intersectionality as an analytical framework (preceding Crenshaw) but the kinds of effacement, misrepresentation, and decontextualization I refer to here
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Benjamin Harrison, Notary PublicHarrison became an NP as a way... 11
Benjamin Harrison, Notary Public
Harrison became an NP as a way of guaranteeing some income shortly before being admitted to the Bar in Cincinnati and relocating to Indianapolis in 1854. Often in those early years his legal practice did not generate enough for the 20 year-old Ben, his wife Caroline, and their infant son Russell (b.1854) to live on.
The first document dates October 16th, 1853 and reads:
“State of Indiana Marion County. Before me a Notary Public in and for said county personally comes Robert Browning who being duly sworn says that the above is a true statement of the account of Craighead & Browning with Nicholas McCarty dec’d, that the same is justly due & remains wholly unpaid. Subscribed & sworn to this 16 day of October AD 1853. Witness my hand & notarial seal.” Signed: “R. Browning”.
This document was made while Ben’s father John Scott Harrison was serving in Congress as a Whig.
The second document dates June 28th, 1856. This was the year that Harrison campaigned for John C. Fremont, beginning a lifetime of Republican partisanship. John Scott was finishing his second and final term, and Ben’s young family had been joined by a baby girl, Mary. It reads:
“State of Indiana Marion County. Before me a Notary Public in and for said County personally comes Edward Greenleaf plaintiff in the foregoing action who being duly sworn upon his oath says that the matters and things in the foregoing complaint set out are true as he truly believes and further saith not. Inscribed & sworn to before me this 28th day of June AD 1856.” [On verso are seven lines in Harrison’s hand explaining Greenleaf’s claim against Alvin C. Greenleaf who] "is indebted to him in the sum of nine hundred and fifty three 15/100 dollars….“
The final document deals with a legal case, Gustavus H. Voss v. Ambrose F. Shortridge. Ambrose F. Shortridge, defendant in the case, answered questions which Harrison entered into the record on this paper, dated November 18th, 1858. Harrison and William Wallace formed their law practice this year. The document reads:
“Subscribed & sworn to before me a Notary Public for Marion County and State of Indiana this 18th November 1858.” … “To 3d Question. I had no knowledge, information or suspicion even, of the existence of plaintiffs mortgage, nor of his having or claiming any interest or lien upon said Stock when I bought the same of Mathis. I paid Mathis about eight hundred dollars and I think a little more, for the 20 Shares of Stock transferred to me. I bought the Stock on the 24th November 1853 and the consideration passed on the same day-The exact amount the Stock cost me was $798.55.”
At the age of 27, Harrison would be elected Supreme Court Reporter, a position that would sustain his family through the 1860s and set him on a path to success in the legal profession.
Friday, May 26, 2017
View of attendees at the opening night of the Masonic May... 13
View of attendees at the opening night of the Masonic May Festival in Washington, D.C., May, 23, 1906. By the George R. Lawrence Company.
Source: Library of Congress.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
April 5th 1887: Helen Keller’s ‘miracle’ On this day in 1887,...
Keller and Sullivan in 1887
April 5th 1887: Helen Keller’s ‘miracle’
On this day in 1887, the deaf-blind Helen Keller - then aged 7 - recognised the word ‘water’. Keller was left deaf and blind from an illness when she was 19 months old, and her parents sought a tutor to help their daughter cope with her disability. The Kellers appealed to notable figures including Alexander Graham Bell, but ultimately settled with the young Anne Sullivan in 1887. Sullivan taught Helen to communicate by spelling words into her hand, but at first Helen could not understand that every object had a name. Her breakthrough came on April 5th 1887, when she realised that Sullivan spelling 'w-a-t-e-r’ into her hand and the sensation of running water on her other hand symbolised 'water’. From then on, Helen was a fast learner, leaning 30 new words that day and going on to learn to write and speak so that, by aged 16, she could attend school. Keller became the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree and went on to campaign for leftist causes, female suffrage and pacifism. Helen Keller campaigned around the world and was highly respected for overcoming adversity, and since her death in 1968 has continued to be a symbol of hope and courage.
“Suddenly I felt a misty consciousness as of something forgotten–a thrill of returning thought; and somehow the mystery of language was revealed to me…That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away”
- Helen Keller on her 1887 breakthrough
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Union generals John Henry Hobart Ward and Gershom Mott and... 13
Union generals John Henry Hobart Ward and Gershom Mott and colonels William R. Brewster, John S. Austin, and John Egbert Farnum posing in front of a tent in camp in Culpeper, Virginia, October 1863. By Timothy O’Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
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[Washington, D.C. Rocking Chair- Ford TheaterFriday, September 5, 2014
Jefferson Davis Fune
Jefferson Davis Funeral, New Orleans in 1889 by Unknown Artist #passare #livewell #leavewell #vip #death #rip #r.i.p. #passage #passages #funeral #end-celebration #end-of-life-celebration #nerverforget #lovealways #grief #goodgrief #ease #trust #burrial #cremation #wake #memorial Thursday, November 19, 2015
davidmonroe: During my years at the Benjamin Harrison... 11
During my years at the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, I took hundreds of photos, mostly of its artifacts and architectural details. For #throwbackthursday, a collage of some of these. L to R: A doorknob, Harrison’s White House china, a ‘home gymnasium’ Harrison used in the White House, sundial face from the gardens. (at Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site)
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