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.
@@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.
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.
@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!
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💯
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 💯💞
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.
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!! 👑🌷👑
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. 😂
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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..
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
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?
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
@@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.
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'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.
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????
"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!!
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.
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
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!
@@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.
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! 💔
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
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
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!!!
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.
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 .
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
"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.
@@michaelkiser8017 you think they get everything haha you must be smoking or your stupid.everthing will never be free with the way the world wants greed for money.nope gotta pay
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. ❤
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'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.
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!
She is so beautiful I know nothing about my family history. My parents died when I was nine yrs old. God keep her in your Grace and Mercy. You can see the love in her. God bless you and her.
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.
So cute when she realized that her husband was the interviewer’s great grandfather. That moment when you realize that you are older than you actually look or feel.
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.
What a dear one...This is what elders should be like...no synthetic drugs to addle their brains making them incoherent...she's a walking encyclopedia of the past, precious and endeared. Keep her protected and safe and loved up. God bless her and her family.
@@ROCKETDEJATULLOCH Is that the best that you can come up with? Women are the only ones who work every day in several households and don't run from their responsibility. 🙄
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 🥰
The strength of a black woman is unbelievable! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Official Alonzo facts! 💪🏽
@Official Alonzo strength and vulnerability are two different things.
All people can be strong if they can use their obstacles as a means to keep going and to never, ever give up. HALLELUJAH 🙌 🙌 🙌
This has nothing to do with strength. This was a no choice situation.
@@kidjustice7945 ...... and when you have no choice, the strength of God will get you through it.
This is her history. I could sit for hours and listen to her. Young ppl miss out when they don't talk to their elders. God bless them!!
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.
All older people are not the same. You miss out when you don't seek God. He can lead you to the right people.
Me too
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.
So true.
Young Man you are extraordinarily fortunate to know your GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER. God bless you, and her. She is truly one of our elders.
his.great not great great yes I agree with yu.
juel johnson Really? Why? So jntj slipped up on "great great grandmother", was it necessary to correct his comment? WOW
Perfect. Ankh Ujah Senb Neb. Peace and love of the all living elements of life.
Tiffanie R juntj was the one trying to correct the video.
Yes, she brought tears of joy to my eyes. The happiness she found in the simpleness of life. Now people will get immediately bored with anything.
Her grandfather watched his white father sell his black momma, Lord have mercy!!!
Rite i can't even imagine going threw sum like that
omg. that makes me cry! ! I cant even imagine. it was a halucast in my opinion. 300 year one!!!!!
@@Fefe559 I believe that as well but everyone wants to diminish the black experience
@@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.
It reminds me of things my Great Grandmother use to talk about. This Documentary brought back good memories of my Great Grandmother.
You could tell the excitement in her eyes when telling her life story 😍 I just love ❤️ her and don't even know her !!! 😍😍😍😍
NENA Rodway xxxxxx
how come she saying she got paid i believe her of course but thought they didnt get nothing
diane, she would have been growing up about 50 years after slavery ended. she was paid next to nothing, but she wasn't a slave.
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.
NENA Rodway yess she looks like she loves telling stories lol
A true Lady ! My grandma lived to be 108, and her golden rule was " people are to be loved and Things are to be used ! Never the reverse !!!!!
True, people are more important than things.
juan santiago l love that. God bless you & your grandma. very wise.
juan santiago Good motto to live by
Never heard that one...That's a real good one...
A very nice saying.
She raised 7 kids by herself. Standing ovation.
Unseen but Well Heard ouch lol... I must say no.. I'm black people my family friends average 0-3 children ) respectively
Angie's Doing It BESIDES OUR CREATOR MY MOTHER RAISED 9 KIDS BY HERSELF👈🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Yeah with the help of millions of hard working taxpayers money smdh
@@talleneagle1974 you must be mad or somehing smh get happy
@@talleneagle1974 if that last part makes u think that way, i disagree but its ur comment
She's 93 she look 70
#Blackdontcrack
And she's still alive
MelaninBarrGoodness lol not rlly
@@David-cz7rf stop it david. Don't be that guy, please. Just stfu
Right, black don’t crack.😏
I’m A girl 😂😂😂
She's beautiful, I love grandmas 💜🤗
Beautiful granny she's everybody's granny now
Anice Hood yes she is
Anice Hood
right i claimed her
Anice Hood i agree. now erbody can go visit & listen to these amazing stories....u kno how we do. love my black ppl granny looks gr8 btw.
Gosh yes maam i dont know her but she reminds me of my mama...i love her
Agreed! I fell in love with her like she’s my own!
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.
Don't forget she said, she had to milk two cows befo' she left for school." I'm loving her...she the granny I didn't have. ❤
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!
Amen to that!
My grandmo always complain about us being in the bed lol it will be only 10 in the morning and she’ll be saying the day almost over
@@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.
I love it when the older generation talk about their life and what they went through. They are the ORIGINAL history channel!
I LOVE THIS WOMAN... SHE IS THE EPITOME OF OUR ANCESTORS... SHE IS JUST BEAUTIFUL... INSIDE AND OUT... MAY THE MOST HIGH CONTINUE TO BLESS HER..
In Jesus Holy Name, Amen!
Amen 🙏 🙏 🙏.
HalleluYAH in the name of Yashuah Ha'masiach
@Jay McBride so will there children and the children of them today according to the bible.
She is obviously Beautiful !!!
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.
Black don’t crack!!
I thought he said great grandma not great great grandma..
@@poledancejustice5516 lol I'm so jealous of that too lol you all stay beautiful
She is Beautiful such a blessing to still have her here 🥰🥰🥰🙏🏽
My great grandmother lived to be 100. She was born in 1902. Amazing history!
The Lord will leave a witness. The people of the Most High have been through so much.
@nate nick 🎯Beloved.
@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!
Amen!
@enlil enqi shut upppp nobody deserves slavery and god did not give us this ailment
Did he say NINETY THREE?!?!?!? She literally looks no where near that
She said, "ooooo nah, nah, nah, we didn't go to school with no white kids." You could tell it was something serious.
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💯
@Kimyhatta Pankey
in the 40-50's Black kids had higher Test scores than White's thanks to George Washington Carver Book Mobile
@@tawnyrae4612 and you are a prime example of the vulgar disrespectful generation of today.
I know. Like bruh it wasnt gonna happen nohow
Paul Strength yet you didn’t notice any other ignorant comments..ok.
why would anyone dislike a video of someone talking about they life. I just don't understand
Racists
Truth hurts..
Can't handle the truth and ALL that comes with it..
They lack understanding
Haters...of themselves!
"Y'all don't even know what work is." And in the field before sunrise.
Ain't that some real shit💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💞💞💞
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 💯💞
Why REPARATIONS MATTER in her lifetime; not empty slogans.
WHAT? SHOOT I WAS BORN IN SELMA ALABAMA Y'ALL WHO DON'T KNOW!!! LOL WE HAD TOO LOL WE'D BEAT THE CHICKENS GETTING UP❣ LOL
She's in great health and memory amazing. .
Show you're Right! A Beautiful, Blessed, vivacious lady, secure in Christ! Loved This. ♥️
No lie !!!
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.
Nessa I am 74, so listen to: Judi Grace StoryCorps.
Nessa ...Amen to that!
I really wish I had the privilege of meeting/speaking to my great grandmother
Stupid dumb slave masters wife.
Look like someones triggered your words are meaning less and it didnt even get to me you defenerate try again.
Jasmin Santos Haha your dumb triggered whit man and just so you know i responded because you may think those pityful words got to me.
Jasmin Santos lol
King Joash hey dumbass it's pitiful not pityful lol can't even spell what you toss out!!! The good lord didn't bless you with brains, it sure shows
wow 90.....and she only looks 60....black dont crack lmao
Noble Wolf im dead
Noble Wolf she's pretty
Noble Wolf _ he said she's 93yrs old.
Noble Wolf yasssss she looks good,talks good...she is blessed
Noble Wolf she is beautiful but my mom is 60 and doesnt look like this yet. this woman looks like 90. And full of life and beauty!
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!! 👑🌷👑
Great observation/comment
This is a great lady.
Loved your words. Thank you...
Perfectly said
😂
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!!!
I'm 27 and never known any man in my mom's house
Talaya 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 This
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. 😂
Yeah....she went out to her barn to meet then all.
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.
You know granny was fun when she was younger. She has that mischievous grin!
Hnmm
Sure does! What a classy, fun lady ✨💯
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.
Back then, you'd Never hear, 'I'm bored'! ..Oh, if you want something to do, I CAN SUGGEST A Whole Lot of Things!
Beautiful 💛💛💛
I bet her cooking is fire !!! 🔥🔥 🔥 😍😍😍💯💯😁 🍴
Jupiter Stars lol real shit 💯💯😂
Jupiter Stars lol exactly
Hmu MA
@Yalondi Supherfon did she say that it was because she was black maybe you should stop think so negative bitch
I bet so too
93 and still has a great memory of her life. This is just beautiful.
Having good memories 93 idd a blessing in this day and time.
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 !!
God bless her she's so vibrant and her memory is better then 75 percent of generations decades younger.love her
Wow!!!! I’m just blessed to hear/read stories from you guys
He is such a beautiful woman. Is she still with us? I love her personality ❤️God bless her
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.
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.
Facts my brother
This prompted me to make ours! Granny is 100 this year! 1921 and time is of the essence !
Over 90 and still remember she didn’t sign no divorce papers smh 😎
😂😂
He married again...but I didn’t sign no divorce. Wife number 2 “thought” she was married. LMAO.
I geeked when she said that! I'm like me and Granny on the same level of petty. 😂😂
iii I 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol 😆
Ok Granny is on it what WIFE I didn't sign no Divorce
signed nothing she said!
"in the bed when the sun comes up, you lazy" 🤦🏿♀️ my life has been lived wrong.
Lol
Get up out that bed!!!🤣
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
Man
I always saw our elderly as natural historians. THEY DESERVE RESPECT.
The story about her grandfather seeing his mother being sold is so tragic and sad!
YesTRULY HEARTBREAKING AND HORRIFIC
As she was explaining that I kept thinking I can't imagine how horrific that was. We have it so good now
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..
@@mdluz410 absolutely horrid and horrific
That made me cry
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
Record it while you can 🙂
Yes please record I’m from nc we have native indigenous people. Please record and I would watch.
Yes please do record it. I would absolutely LOVE to hear what she has to say. Hurry and do it while you still can. God bless you and yours 🕊️💛🕯️🙏
Do that video
Hello, please record and kindly post. Thank you.
Her children rise up and call her #Blessed
Neo SoulZ ...Truly Blessed :-)
Blessed indeed
Whoever is reading this may God bless you with the desires of your heart in the name of JESUS Amen 🙌🙌🙌☝️🙏
Thank you! You too!
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?
Amen 🙏🏽 you too 🙏🏽
Thank you so much your kind words gave me a reason to not give up 🥺
🙏💖🙏
Our ancestors have always deserved better. She's a queen. Bless her.
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
See they cooked their own food we need to start growing our own.
I for the life of me don’t understand how white people try to portray black people as being lazy!!????!!! Like, never understand it.
@@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.
@@picalojen3549 they project themselves on us.
@@loriboufford6342 its statistically proven there are more white people on welfare than blacks
@@muezzathestray750 But there's also more whites in America than black people.
And some think slavery never existed!! Smh! She's blessed! strong woman with a sound mind!
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 In South Carolina Jim Crow is fine and STILL going STRONG!!!!!!!!
@@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.
Such a great documentary!!! I was glued to the screen hearing history!!! Thank you for sharing her with us because many of us miss our granny deeply!!
Wonderful..
Gem
She's so happy telling story's.
Yes we do!💔
Amen absolutely 🙌 🙌🙏🙏🙏.
Me too
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.
She just s pretty and has such a youthful spirit. And her memory is acceptionally vivid for her age.
The strength of a black woman! 🙌🏾
Cosign
That's true. She is 93 and can still steal your television sets single-handedly
darpat what a stupid thing to say! Why would you say something about a women like her? She sounded like a sweet lady.
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????
jo caird it means get the dick out.
Her rocking in her chair is so soothing...I could listen to her all day reminds me of my Grandma in MS.
J Carey Amen
"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
Cookie C
Dig it!
But you do need the father to raise children so don't get it twisted
Danny Solo i know right...been on that i dont need a black man shit since before time
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!!
“Y’all don’t know nothin bout work.” MS Lady. You know you telling the whole truth and nothin but the truth. Love these stories😘😘😘
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.
Hazel Marsh 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Jehovahs witnesses
my my great grandmother is 102 about to be 103 this year bless your grandma soul.
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
Oh. Ok that is awsome and god bless ya grandma ohh wow that's a blessin yes iam the same way with my grandma too 😀🙏
Vita jnc. Yeah true i love to hear my grandma too tell about all kind of things thay happened before i was born
your bless to still have her around, mine pass some time ago.wish my kids could have met her.
Aww im sorry to hear thanks and aww im soo sorry thats sad 😭
If she says she went to heaven, I believe her...bless her heart ❤ 😉
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!
That is pure bull what you saying nobody has ever seen God the creator of let alone Heaven itself not on this side of life
@@truthtellerbelievethat1813 Its all perspective. Relax. Woosah... your idea isn't always right or wrong. Let us have a moment of sharing...sheesh
@@truthtellerbelievethat1813 you don't get it do yOu, don't have to see Him to bE IN His PRESENCE!
You can have the vision and still be here , spiritual meaning?
At 22:46 When she said, "Niger I don't need you, I done raise these kids" I lost it.😂😂😂😂
Me to🤣🤣🤣
THREW My WHOLE DAMN PHONE!! 🤣🤣🤣 MY RIBS ARE FRIED!!
BLACK WOMEN HAVE THIS STRENGTH THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE....
We are gods people and we are blessed with the strength of god!!
@@indianelson4054 yes we r god is in us
@@indianelson4054 lies and more lies
@@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.
I agree 100 fold!
Not even 5 minutes in, and I am so emotional watching this. This is such a gem. Thank you for sharing your granny and her incredible story with us 💕
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! 💔
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. 👔
My grandma passed the same way wish I could have met her
I use to comb my grandmothers hair also! It was long and white! She was a very light skinned woman! Funny how memories stay with u forever!!!!
Sorry to hear that. That is tragic. Sending you love, peace and healing.
#MissChristineChronicles
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
@@reneejohnson9256 sorry about ur lost but the light skinned comment hit me wrong as I'm light skinned girl
I want to just hug her, sit by her and talk all day. I miss my grandma so bad. 🥰
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.
AMEN
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
Look how clear her face is no wrinkles , beautiful and sharp minded.That's some good southern eating.Love this god bless her.
marion edwards Black don't crack
marion edwards black dnt crack babe
Black don't crack
That's the homegrown food....
"Y'all don't even know what work is"...i swear this has me deeply missing my great grandma.
I wish I could kneel at her feet and tell her “ Thank you and God Bless you”👑🙏🏽💯
Granny looks anointed Spiritual special loving heart compassion
Kindness and making it through slavery. Lord thank you for bringing her through. Love her dearly
Period.
Hopefully not anointed with by that white Jesus and religion of yours.
@Shell Yeah man.
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!!!
The Sewing Bratt the irony in this comment... I hope your realize Christianity is a white mans religion
This elder speaks to my heart....I love her soul, her spirit.......I could sit at her feet all day and listen to her stories...
Mine as well beloved....
We need reparations!!! Listen to her story! Bless her❤️
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.
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 .
@Law Dawgg PREACH THE TRUTH❣
@Law Dawgg exactly
Oh my gosh. What a gorgeous human being. I fell in love with her immediately. G-d Bless her a million times. Great job on the vid. So beautiful.
"You don't need a husband to raise kids. Just GOD. As long as you have Jesus in your life, you can do anything." Amen
Yes Jesus🙏🙌
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
@@skyjack8541 if you read the bible. It contradicts itself quite a bit.
Amen.
....and who were the spiritually sick ppl who gave her 37 thumbs up and said Amen. They are lost.
So this is why mama’s fuss if you sleep past a certain time ❤️
"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.
I love being a black woman 🙏🏾. God bless her 😘
Lynn K ew
Do you still have your beautiful natural hair or the fiber/Asian hair ?
Yeah it must be nice getting everything free from the government and never having to go to work.
@@michaelkiser8017 you think they get everything haha you must be smoking or your stupid.everthing will never be free with the way the world wants greed for money.nope gotta pay
@@theswanster1 what do u mean ew????
😭😭 “y’all got it made” Lord, thank you for everything! I’m so grateful God I can’t even imagine.. this video is so moving!
You Are A Amazing Strong Woman God Bless You And Your Family.
+BinBoy NO! They have these huge machines now just go right down one lane onto another it does it all for them! Cotton is harvested in Oct.
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. ❤
AMEN
PREACH THE TRUTH ❣
Grandma had good credit way back then!!! She paid her bills. 🤗😍❤️ love her!
Yes ma'am! Leading by example.
She took joy in the simple things of life. Bless her.❤❤❤
I LOVE The ELDERS & their stories. Man I miss granny😥
She's beautiful! This video is beautiful! Her memory is sharp!
she is too precious. I could sit and listen to her stories all day long 💗💗
She's so cute God bless her blessed and highly favored
I just loss my great grandma and my kids loved her 4 generations I could cry watching this 😩👍🏾
Just lost my grandma...87 years young 💔 July 27 2020. I miss her sweet voice so much.
Me too 2020👎🏽
Praise his name
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
💭 @Isolated Beauty: *Hi..* 💭
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.
James Darling Jr she married an Irishman!????
James Darling Jr why was it illegal bc she was black he was white?
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 chill. It's just interesting that mix and how it was seen back then. I see by your response you're still in that mentality
@@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.
Her laugh warms my heart. God bless her. Thanks for sharing. This was priceless.
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!
I LOVE the company of the elderly and to hear their stories!
She said that her father's mother was a very dark Indian woman, wow! (Dane Calaway)
I've seen some of his stuff , this is proof Dane is spot on.
She is so beautiful I know nothing about my family history. My parents died when I was nine yrs old. God keep her in your Grace and Mercy. You can see the love in her. God bless you and her.
I keep telling people we populated earth
Look up many famous black people their race says American
@@9etherchanneling6 because many "blacks" in the US are actually indigenous to this country
strong family tree. Her skin is flawless. She still has her right mind. Its a blessing to hear her speak. Than you for sharing with the world.
OMG! God led me to this video. I lost my grandmother days ago. She was 93 years old. Her stories were just like hers.
😂😂😂 she said “Who?!” When you asked about her falling in love with Great Grandaddy
I caught that too 😂. The harsh reality is that marriage has more to do with commitment than love. 🖤
Yes 😂 Who? Now I know why that comes before don’t start nothing won’t be nothing 😂 I love these Diamonds she just gave us simply beautiful
😂🤣🤣😂😂😂 That was hilarious
😂
She legit didn’t know who he was talkin about and instantly started smiling when she said “ oh my husband “
Wonderful video!👍. She is a lovely lady!
This is a sweet testimony to how God empowers us in our lives. BEAUTIFUL! Praise God and this great grandmother.
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.
So cute when she realized that her husband was the interviewer’s great grandfather. That moment when you realize that you are older than you actually look or feel.
She was so funny when he asked about his great grandfather, looked real confused for a moment .
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.
So much wisdom so much knowledge... she just lighting up telling her story... my God elderly people are here for a reason❤️
What a dear one...This is what elders should be like...no synthetic drugs to addle their brains making them incoherent...she's a walking encyclopedia of the past, precious and endeared. Keep her protected and safe and loved up. God bless her and her family.
Trifling men way back then. She stated over and over how she raised her kids all by herself. Message to the men of today. Do Better!
@Chanda Archuleta unfortunately 💯
Chile and look at the excuses in 2020. Foh
Boys and men are 2 different breeds. Women are strong period.
Because her husband was working... he was the only one working, holding the household down.
@@ROCKETDEJATULLOCH Is that the best that you can come up with? Women are the only ones who work every day in several households and don't run from their responsibility. 🙄
I'm crying!!! I will never complain again EVER!!
Love asking the elders about the past.
Certain people will distort history.
As a kid My mom use 2 say you only know what I tell u.
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 🥰