All posts tagged "Terry Allen"

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I hope Lucille “Big Mama” Allen is still proud of me because I am blessed for her lessons. She would be so useful today...

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I love the playbook Lucille “Big Mama” Allen left for us. As a survivor of the Jim Crow era and many other barriers in...

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By Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen would not garner much pushback as she sit on the front porch as the sunset and rewarded...

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My Skyline High school teacher, Mrs. Lane, said that a formal education came for the people who raised you and your informal education came...

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By Terry Allen We knew a lesson was about to come when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between the kitchen and...

A Taste of The South Inc. Presents City Men Cook. By Terry Allen. The Celebration of Men, Women and Community. Go To www.citymencook.com and...

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Many of us have had to ask leadership, “What about me” and some of our leadership charade around as ‘good trouble but come clearly...

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Sometimes I think I channel the wisdom of my grandmother, Lucille “Big Mama” Allen so deeply that she is most likely smiling in heaven...

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What was Lucille saying to me and others when she stated, “You better be nice to the people on your way up because they...

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I am amazed at how many times, even during tragedy, Big Mama said, “Baby it is going to be ok!” What is amazing is...