Tales From Jackson — Simple Grits

"It's Grits" (1980)

A film that started out to be a 10 minute short became a 44 minute documentary classic.
Full movie can be found at folkstreams.net/films/its-grits

Lydia CharlesMay 26, 2022

MMSA 2022

Board membership.
Quintessential Adulting.

Lydia CharlesApril 21, 2022National Main Street

Black History is everyday, but we put special emphasis on it in February because truth matters and the history books lie. ~dp

Jacob Lawrence, "Brownstones," detail, gouache on board, 31.5" x 73.25", 1958. Clark Atlanta University Art Museum; Gift of Chauncey and Catherine Waddell, WC45. © 2018 Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society, New York.

Lydia CharlesFebruary 1, 2022

Papa John Charles

St. Martinville, LA
Love those trousers, then and now.

Non-fiction, FamilyLydia CharlesOctober 13, 2021St. Martinville

Save Our African American Treasures

A long time ago, I piloted a vision into a national program for NMAAHC.

SmithsonianLydia CharlesJanuary 26, 2021

Have Mask, Will Travel...One Day Again

Pandemic Times

MississippiLydia CharlesNovember 5, 2020

'2020, goddamn'

“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.”
Or, cracks. Or, catches. Or, when hot tears well-up from rage and frustration.

Lydia CharlesSeptember 19, 20202020

Silver lining, bourbon back.

Bravo! Happy Hour

MississippiLydia CharlesSeptember 15, 2020Tales from Jackson

Building Design and Gendered Spaces

Charlotte Capers led the Mississippi Department of Archives and history from 1955 to 1969. The Ladies’ Room in the photo is steps away from the Director’s Office. I’d argue, another indication of gendered space design as the Director was a woman when the structure was built.

Capers Building, MississippiLydia CharlesAugust 3, 2020