EPISODE · Jun 26, 2019 · 42 MIN
Exiting the Military and Entering the 1960's
from The Memoir My Dad Wouldn't Write · host Treasure Shields Redmond
My father left the Marines with the intention of becoming a news man. It was the dawn of the 1960's and print journalism was in its hey day. He became the first Black editor of his university's newspaper. There was also a "Newness" in Negro political thought. My father attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and witnessed the birth of the U.S.'s most explosive decade. Contact Treasure at [email protected] for: 1. Hiring Treasure to help busy parents of college bound teens secure top tier educations with out massive debt via www.gettheacceptanceletter.online 2. Hiring Treasure and Jia Lian Yang to host podcasting or storytelling workshops for all ages via www.whoraisedyoupodcast.com 3. Hiring Treasure and Dail Itshanapa Chamber to lead retreats for artists or present on fundraising and arts practice, especially for women and artists of color via www.tumbler.blackskilletfunders.com 4. Hiring Treasure to read poetry or conduct creative writing workshops.
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My father left the Marines with the intention of becoming a news man. It was the dawn of the 1960's and print journalism was in its hey day. He became the first Black editor of his university's newspaper. There was also a "Newness" in Negro political thought. My father attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and witnessed the birth of the U.S.'s most explosive decade. Contact Treasure at [email protected] for: 1. Hiring Treasure to help busy parents of college bound teens secure top tier educations with out massive debt via www.gettheacceptanceletter.online 2. Hiring Treasure and Jia Lian Yang to host podcasting or storytelling workshops for all ages via www.whoraisedyoupodcast.com 3. Hiring Treasure and Dail Itshanapa Chamber to lead retreats for artists or present on fundraising and arts practice, especially for women and artists of color via www.tumbler.blackskilletfunders.com 4. Hiring Treasure to read poetry or conduct creative writing workshops.
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