For people who call us lazy, look at this precious lady.

@meboneme1

4 жыл бұрын

WE ARE LAZY! Hell, I am, compared to this GREAT LADY. YOU have to remember that this was when BLACK people had PRIDE and RESPECT and LOVE for EACH OTHER! My my, how times have CHANGED! It SEEMS like the better it gets for us, the WORSE we want to act and treat each other. NOT ALL OF US, but let's be HONEST,MOST of our (black people) problems come from WITHIN, yet we are so quick to BLAME ANYBODY BUT OURSELVES! I LOVE LOVE LOVE my ancestors and all that they went through for US to be better. Look around the BLACK neighborhoods and see what is going on...SHAMEFUL.

@queenushiriyah5924

3 жыл бұрын

We was labeled lazy after slavery! Phuck them!

@gsup3874

3 жыл бұрын

WHO cares what they think..

@michelleraandaan6995

3 жыл бұрын

@@queenushiriyah5924 %

@AhsotanYeltah8

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing lazy about us

This is my great aunt lou mae Willingham this is my grandma Annie willingham sister I love y'all Willingham family all the way from chicago Rip auntie

@christian_person5058

5 жыл бұрын

I Am TISH BISH god bless you and your family 🙏🏾

@C.kirk1287

4 жыл бұрын

I Am TISH BISH You have amazing family love thank God we got to hear your auntie life story. May God bless her beautiful soul 🙏🏽 Rest In Love Ms. Lou Mae Willingham ❤️❤️

@BigDee0903

3 жыл бұрын

Judging from this video..... your aunt seem like she had so much joy and love in her heart. God bless her ♥️

@hesourheavenlyfather5089

3 жыл бұрын

How old is she on here and what year she sharecroped...love history and older folks you learn a great deal from them

@deloreswillis9224

3 жыл бұрын

AMEN AMEN AMEN LOVE HER! HER SPIRIT!

This brought me goosebumps all over. To hear the voice of my ancestor speak of her life, unbroken, respectfully, strong and full of dignity. I love your heart and thank you dear sister.

It always kill me when ppl say slavery ended in 1800s. That's a big fat lie.

@jamiegurley4230

3 жыл бұрын

We're slaves with a check AND they feel the need to work us the hardest because they pay us

@garrettlatham2764

3 жыл бұрын

Say it Loud. I was there an it ended for me when I was 14yrs old. I will give you the year. Send me your email. No baby, No checks Cash an carry. They had so much came. We never peeped a lot of it until later years to come.

@PiLLO360

5 ай бұрын

@@garrettlatham2764i love you

@MightBeAPizza

3 ай бұрын

​@jamiegurley4230 exactly. North/union wanted wage slavery and that system won. Either way it's slavery

I don't know why people say they can't understand her. then again, I grew up in the south and in a predominantly black neighborhood. to me, she sounded like the grannies of my friends when i would go play at their house as a child. I understood her just fine. Bless her heart, she had it rough! It brought tears to my eyes to hear how proud she was that she was the best at what she did. There's a lesson there. No matter how hard the work or how unpleasant, you can always keep your dignity if you find something in which to take honest pride as in the case of a job well done. Wish she'd had a chance to realize her intellectual potential. No telling what she could've become if she'd had the chance with an attitude like that.

@dawn220

8 жыл бұрын

I understand her and I grew up in the Bronx, NY!

@hrngofcr1

5 жыл бұрын

I understood every word and the fact that she took pride in what she could do.

@cshopper1346

3 жыл бұрын

Bless her heart, those were some hard times.

@sallytaylor5854

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I commented on here. My husband and his family grew up as sharecroppers. They were very proud ppl. Anything they did in life was done right, clean and in order.

@vonnieb2178

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a older white female and I understood her..just love her xx

I'm from Louisiana. My great grandmother picked cotton and was a slave. I was able to speak to her AND care for her in her old age. I was able to get a job at the nursing home she was at and never told anyone I was her great-granddaughter so I could watch how they treated her. I used to sing to her in her room. I eventually revealed who I was after abuse was reportedly being used on her. I remember she told me how it hurt her fingers to pick it when she first started as a little girl then she said her fingers got used to the pricking. I never knew what she meant my that...I never knew cotton had thorns or thistles.....I miss her. This woman just gave us rich history. Bless her and bless you for sharing.

@tomikawashington4099

8 жыл бұрын

+jessypooh24 bless you, she reminds me of my great grandmother

@tomikawashington4099

8 жыл бұрын

+jessypooh24 bless you, she reminds me of my great grandmother

@Cng215

7 жыл бұрын

Same here and she was forced to raise white peoples children

@2intriguing1

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how it feels for white people to see this. I wonder what type of opinion they have after women like this and your grandmothers history. It saddens me.....deeply.....wicked devils will pay......you know the reason that devil said to the other people "cant nobody beat Lula Mae" that was his demonic actions at higher production....he wanted to make a game of it....sorta what they do now

@2intriguing1

5 жыл бұрын

And thank you for sharing. I'm so grateful you took care of her under a guise. Those heathen devils treat all of our kind that way. I pray for them often

Tears, Makes me think about my mom. She was the youngest, slowest cotton picker, her sister help her, when she became ill. Her hands changed, contoured, Every time I looked at her hands, I thought of that cotton, They sacrificed so much, Yet our younger generation has no clue, My mom is gone now, This video really touched my heart, Thank you for sharing.

@dahriyannoshalet9579

3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P to your Mom ❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

I"m in Ms. My great grandma doesn't speak on these things but i found out in high school that she couldn't read or write. I'm proud of her because i found out she went and found a place that taught her so she could write on my graduation card herself this time. They are precious. Love you great grandma.

She too is a child of God, God bless her.

R.I.P Grandmother Lula Mae Willingham...You are truely missed by family and friends

@CG-qk1zs

3 жыл бұрын

Awww That was my Granny name too 😔 Two years ago now she passed.

@alanmorris7669

3 жыл бұрын

My aunt's name was Eula Mae.

@dahriyannoshalet9579

3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. ❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 I LOVE LISTENING TO THIS VIDEO TO HEAR HER TALK! BLESS HER PRECIOUS SOUL

@loreneroberson5173

3 жыл бұрын

@@dahriyannoshalet9579 My Mother Name is LULA MAE Rose. We are from Glendora Miss. We moved to Memphis in 1956 My Mom is still alive. She's 102 yrs. Old.

@dgthompson390

3 жыл бұрын

@@loreneroberson5173 Wow! God bless you and your mother's heart I would love to hear the many stories about her life. You all are truly blessed to have her still with you all. May God continue to keep her for 102 more years 🙏🏾 Much love and peace from Wilmington Delaware

Ms. Loe Mae Wilham touched my heart. Got me thinking how blessed I am.

I work with the elderly and I'm in love with them they are filled with education and fact's😍

@purplebutterflykisses8004

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they are!❤❤

I rather listen to the stories of the elders of my people than watch TV. To hear the stories of strength, determination, humility endurance makes me feel truly blessed of my heritage 💯❤️ 🙏🏽

Our foreparents were so strong. We need to step up our game family and pull together. God bless this lovely lady. 🌹

Thank you for uploading this beautiful video of Ms. Lou Mae Wilham. This is history, living history that needs to be archived and studied, never forgotten. I appreciate your effort.

God Bless .... all of our ancestors, they have surely come a long way. we wouldn't have the opportunities we have now, if it wasn't for them and their sacrifices. I LOVE YOU ALL !!! .Thank You ....

@Nino_J

6 жыл бұрын

Sweet Tee Black history didn’t start with slavery, don’t say we’ve came a long way

@hrngofcr1

5 жыл бұрын

Access Denied Black history in this country we live in began with slavery and we have come a long way in this country. We don’t know our history from Africa other than our ancestors were captured by other Africans and put in chains and marched to the sea where white men paid them whatever the going rate was and loaded my ancestors on a boat and dropped them off in the Caribbean and North America were they were forced into slave labor.

@marlomills6800

5 жыл бұрын

YES THEY PUT IN WOOOORRRRK!

My grandmother was born in Glendora in 1914. She has since passed but my mom was telling me some family stories. My mom's family were sharecroppers and she said she started in the field at 8 years old. l found this video and my mom could definitely relate! This beautiful, wonderful woman is my family although we aren't related by blood. I have great aunts that looked just like her. :) l absolutely love my people! We are strong and we know how to survive. It may not seem like it based on our history, but we are blessed. I don't understand it all...the why's and all, but thank God he has covered us and kept us and continues to do so. :)

@marlomills6800

5 жыл бұрын

we ARE HIS Children

@Candice144

5 жыл бұрын

Im thankful i had it much easier and i celebrate all my elders who paved the way for me. they weren't just hardworking they were intelligent strong people. And i love to hear their wisdom.

@patsyizuorgu1703

2 жыл бұрын

I have to know you , born and raised in Glendora Ms

She's Beautiful & That Voice... 🙌🏾

She's lovely I want to bring her flowers and listen to her stories

@edie6949

7 жыл бұрын

Season Roberts Flowers and food

@rockywilliams8433

5 жыл бұрын

Just spending time with her was a gift. If I was her great granddaughter I wouldnt never ask her for nothing in the world..just a hug and just listen to her. She is a earth angel that endured evil with a pure heart. I'm sure she met sweet jesus and he had open arms for her.

@dixiedeed4918

3 жыл бұрын

Tears. She still full of joy 😂

that is my grandmother I love you!

@sweetpea1531

5 жыл бұрын

Is she still alive if so where is she living now ?

@C.kirk1287

4 жыл бұрын

Sabrina Simmons your grandma is AMAZING Love 🙌🏽❤️

@Blurvision761

3 жыл бұрын

She's my granny too...a beautiful lady.

@deloreswillis9224

3 жыл бұрын

God bless your strong beautiful Grandmother 🙏may God continue to richly her abundantly!!

@lamelame10

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody Business the awakening has truly began ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽Shalom

So sweet southern people are so cheerful. And boy does she look good to be 85 wow!

She said " guuurl" it's not funny but it tickled me. Laugh to keep from crying

That grand baby she is holding will be able to look at this and cherish this video forever! You have done great work for us! I wish I can carry your legacy. -local New Orleans native who’s been doing ancestry for 20 years. I started at age 11 when my great great grandma was alive and I use to ask her all sorts of questions… who would’ve know I’d be here 20 years later still doing research lol

Tears in my eyes watching this, beautiful spirit in the midst of ugly circumstances. God bless

One of the most awesome videos on KZread. Ms. Lou Mae and her positive outlook has inspired me today. God Bless Her.

My Lord she reminds me of my grandmother and my great grandmother. Worked picking cotton from the age of 8 or 9, then in the chicken plants when they married in their teens. My great grandmother's father was white/Cherokee mixed blood, so they were sharecroppers. I remember them telling me stories about picking cotton "from can to cain't", until their fingers bled, and then getting into trouble for getting blood on the cotton. Stories of gutting chickens hanging overhead on the production line, and my tiny grandmother going home with blisters down her arms and sides from the hot blood and bile that poured down them during her 12 hour shift. My prayer is that we all become worthy of the sacrifices women like these made before us. What a wonderful lady in this video. I understand that she has passed on, so condolences and love to her family. God bless from north east Mississippi. ♥️♥️✌️

I bet she is full of history. She sounds like she has a warm heart. Cherish her because time is so short, just ask those of us who have lost their grandparents.

I could listen to her for hours and hours- what history! She reminds me of my great- grandmother and her relatives and friends from when I was a little girl.

Bless her heart. I love my black people no matter what! Furthermore, modern day plantations are a sin and are not empowering but allows one to reminisce of enslavement and socio-economic oppression.

@TheSuperbeauty24

8 жыл бұрын

i agree this makes me sad but extremely proud that in spite of what her life was like those devils couldn't break her spirit

@loreanjenkins3777

3 жыл бұрын

Most southern states never left the slave practice or slave mentality. O feel for my beautiful precious people. They never pay the share croppers correctly anyway. They would always tell them they owe. My mother-in-law told me that a share cropper was murdered. Because he told the white man he was tired of him cheating him out of his money.

I could listen to her tell a story all day .

Ms. Lou Mae, touches my heart also. Such a precious soul. I just want to add that my husband and his brothers and sisters momma and daddy picked cotton. My husband was about 5 yrs old he said he walked to school onetime when he was in the second grade but he had to quit and pick cotton or whatever work they could find. I know he told me the time he n his family went 5 days w/o any food. He said they had all started dry heaving from not eating. I said why, he said there was no money to buy food, I’ve thought since then maybe it was between seasons. I’ve heard about how his fingers n his sisters talking about how their fingers were cut up skinned and anything else that could happen to them pulling on those old bolls of cotton. They did not have a good life either. Later on they went to work on the carnival. All did really well for themselves and all but 2 have gone on to be with the Lord.

@sallytaylor5854

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for listening.

I love listening to my elders. They definitely have stories to tell you and have you realizing how lucky you are in this millennium,well some places. God bless her!

Blessings to this elder.. I wonder how can she even laugh and smile with all the bs she's been thru..

@dixiedeed4918

3 жыл бұрын

Still got joy

God Bless Ms. Lou Mae Wilham.. I pray her children have written her life story. She has alot of history in her.

My great grandmother's name was Ms. Lula Mae Willingham. Rest in peace grandma you will always live through us.

Blessed! These are the people that carry us!!! Love from Chicago

Sweet woman. The salt of the earth

A angel was here rip may u be with us in harmony in spirit never forget the strength u left us

Bless your heart ms Lula Mae ,may you have eternal rest ,you have fought a good fight ,you have finish your course and I know you had to keep the faith ,rest on my dear sister,well done ,well done ,you can get some rest now ,no more hard work ,rest awhile ,well Done !

Miss Lula, I hope when you get to Heaven you get to spend a lot of time floating around on billowy, COTTONY, clouds. Just you and Jesus. God bless you,dear lady.

This lady is a "child of God " we are the promise children of the land

@dixiedeed4918

3 жыл бұрын

😢

I got kinfolk in Glendora right now today. My mama, daddy, 3 brothers,1 nephew, plenty others buried in family plot across from my Grandmother Lela Williams home. Bittersweet memories.

@johnsanders4122

Жыл бұрын

My dad is from Glendora ( Johnny Sanders) my family eventually moved to Drew a few miles away

God bless this woman man!! Respect for that generation, to have the faith to still be alive and living these days too!! SHIT!! some folks dont understand, there is so much to learn and hear form these folks. It's right as its rain.

I would Luv to go down south from California just to learn from ,and be around good ppl like miss Lula Mae Willingham.

I bet this Elder could fry up some chicken. I had a Grandmother just like her she was from Mississippi and her parents where sharecropers also her name was Annie Mae born in 1906 and boy could she fry some chicken in them old cast iron skillets. Boy do i miss her...

I love listening to her! I hear her spirit and it's BEAUTIFUL! RIP Ms Willie Mae! #mississippiproud

Ms. Lou Mae Wilham is a hero. I love her.

I’m from Brookhaven Mississippi an I heard a lot a lot about Mississippi oooo, it nothing cute hard time Mississippi I remember I definitely definitely remember these days. May god continue to be with you-US -ALL N JESUS NAME AMEN 😇❤️💯. Mrs,Wilham. May god continue to be with you an blessings to you and your family n Jesus name amen 😇

Rip Grandma I love you😘😘😘

Awwww how sweet...Ms Lou have a beautiful spirit🙏

God bless this sweet lady, Ms. Lou Mae Wilham. Thank you for taking the time to do this interview, it is priceless.

Rip Grandma we miss you

@C.kirk1287

4 жыл бұрын

Bennie Simmons your grandma is a beautiful soul and I pray she rest in Love and forever in God’s arms 🙏🏽❤️

@zacharypeacock6278

3 жыл бұрын

Mr.Simmons what a beautiful woman. I to had a Grandmother just like yours and also was from Mississippi and her parents worked as sharecropers. I so miss her she was my best friend...

@zacharypeacock6278

3 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother's name was Annie Mae... Love those old names...

That's the lady from LaLee's Kin!!!! I always wondered what her name was. She is only at the beginning but she was unforgettable. Check out that documentary Lalee's Kin, it is subtitled, it left me speechless.

You are a wonderful interviewer. Thanks so much for bringing her story to the masses. We need more people to do what you are doing because so many stories go untold. Lest we forget.

We are the strongest people on Earth

What a beautiful soul. God bless her.

Her speech just blesses me! I remember growing up in East Texas, and the older people sounded like this so I could understand her just fine. We, the new generation, sound so proper compared to the way this sweet woman is talking. Older people these days aren’t the same as the ones that helped raise me because back then we still had the sense it “took a village” to raise children. Back then, I remember their homes would look like unpainted shacks from the outside way off the road but once you stepped inside it was warm and inviting. I remember when the older people would tell us their stories, keep us in line, spoil us with candy, cooked and fed us homegrown food, was our doctors with their home remedies that actually worked, and made sure we showed respect by saying yes ma’am and no ma’am and yes sir and no sir. Listening to this lady makes me wish I could go back in time just to see most of the older people who have passed on just one last time.

@zacharypeacock6278

3 жыл бұрын

Amen...

@celestejohnson109

3 жыл бұрын

Way back then, Black people were not allowed to paint their houses, and the white people would not sell them any paint. I think they found wild berries and did the best they could trying to paint. Reckoning time is coming! They will reap what they sowed. If one thinks that they have escaped by dying, they have another think coming. All will rise again, and face the judgment seat of Jesus Christ!

@taylorpolk4167

Жыл бұрын

I grew up in mineola tx. I understand

LORD God, I pray this will.not happen again in this lifetime! BLESS her precious soul to join God in Heaven when he comes.

I miss my grandma so much she raised me from 2weeks old😢💔 she passed 3years ago🙏

Watching this made me proud! We don’t come from lazy people.

Absolutely shocking that this is happening in the wealthiest country in the world. God bless these beautiful people. 🙏🙏🙏

@claudiasiefer8495

Жыл бұрын

nothing shocking here. This was / IS Amerikkka

I love it.. She went through so much so we didn't have to.. I wish more black people respected the struggle more so it will lead them to greatness..

@mooniegambini297

5 жыл бұрын

This is one video I watch everyday ... Just hear her talk real history

Lovely old lady, she reminds me of my white Scottish grandmother who used to tell us about when she was young she would have to out in all weathers to pick raspberries for pay and her face and eyes were so badly swollen by being bitten by midges that she was nearly unrecognisable. Her and her sister also worked in the cement factory breathing in dust and their skin being very badly irritated by the cement, their skin was broken and bleeding. Lou mae deserves a better life now ,poor old dear.

This bring back so many memories, my dad was also a share cropper in Alabama. I remember his stories

SHE WAS SO PROUD. THOUGH SHE SAYS IT WAS EXTREMELY HARD HER WORDS AND DEMEANOR SAYS PRIDE.

Reminds me of my momma (adopted mom/great aunt) especially when she said us instead of we/our.. I had a dream 20 plus years ago about my mom and she was telling the hospital staff "I need to get out of this hospital because me and my baby gotta get us hair done". Thanks for the memory and RIP ms. lou mae. And love eternally my momma Anna Cat(she loved fishing and she caught plenty catfish hence Cat, lmao)

She's so sweet God Bless her

Every now and again I still come back and watch this, I grew up personally knowing this wonderful lady I salute you Ms Lula Mae.

@helennicole3306

2 жыл бұрын

Where is she now?

@sugat9012

2 жыл бұрын

Is she still living?

Bless her soul

God Bless Her and All others who had to live such a life.

God bless you Ms. Wilham!

Living in Glendora....I would literally wager my life that she knew one of the despicable murderer’s of Emmett still...JW Milam, given he was from Glendora. So sorry she has passed, for I’d love to pose some questions about him to her. RIP🙏

@kimberlyagee7338

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing about those murderers and did she know them.

Thanks for sharing!! My mother was born in Glendora. My grandmother and grandfather was raised here.

@Robbasse2Live

9 жыл бұрын

My grandmother and grandfather was born and raised their too then they moved to St Louis

@rockywilliams8433

5 жыл бұрын

I hear it's some horrible things that happened down in glendora...best not to be out walking at night alone...even in 2019. Nothings changed there. God bless those brave enough to even stay there.

What a sweetie, I could listen to her speak all day.

Bless her heart,I'm glad she made it through and I'm glad she still was in her right mind and was able to tell her story. God bless you and your family.

God bless you Lula Mae. 85 Years YOUNG. I couldn't lift a finger in that heat y'all work in. I pray everything goes well for you and your entire family. God Bless you.

Ms. Lou Mae is precious. She is sweet as can be.

Remind me of my grandmother. I thank God for all of my ancestors. .. I thank God and I think all of my ancestors. All of the elderly African-American people. I understand very well how she's talking... I wish that I could meet her. Lot of wisdom people don't have that these days .. God continue to bless her and her whole family 🩷💙❤ love you,. I am ,62 yrs old . My mom is older than her.. if my mother was living she would be 91 years old. .

Love my black folks. Nothing but wisdom. God bless you all❤❤

I am glad I found this video. Love all my people from down south I am a Southern girl myself, my mother is from Georgia .. I was born and raised in St Petersburg Florida. But I know my roots. My granddaddy was born in South Carolina. Southern . Southern girl until the end. I love elderly people. I received a lot of my blessings and wisdom from older people,. I miss my mom and dad so much 💜💛🩷💙

One could only think for this lady to have shear utter happiness in her heart, after all the hurt and the forced-labor that she had to do she is able to smile and love because she patiently waited for God to rescue her only a woman with such charisma courageous amount of undiscovered and when I say undiscovered gratefulness could do this because there's not a bitter part in this lady's bones after all she witnessed her her family go through and what she went through pay homage to these women that carry courage and humanity for all the hard work that they were forced to do along with everything else they were grateful to be alive they were grateful for the little things they had received they were grateful for living this long

She looks good for 85 and have a good personality I would love to sit and talk with her may God continue to bless her🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Thank you so much for posting this;) Veronica/ Boston

Thank you for capturing these stories.

She's a blessing

It's very sad, I come from a tobacco planting family. My grandfather planted, picked, and cured tobacco. My mother even helped. They stopped in like 1997.

@sweetpea1531

5 жыл бұрын

Wow...... 1997 ?

our spirit is indominable! As Beyonce' sings you can't break my soul. This Lady is unbreakable!

I love you great grandma

I wish I had the opportunity to meet this precious lady, I would had given her the world just to give her a hug & anything she’d ask for.❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🙏

She sounds exactly like my great aunt. Apparently her and her sister(my paternal grandmother) came from over there in Mississippi but I didn’t find out until this year. Now I know where their accent came from ☺️

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AND UPDATE ON OUR PEOPLE HERE MRS HARRELL❤❤❤I KEEP COMING BACK TO WATCH THIS STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN MISSISSIPPI AND THE SOUTH STILL HAVE A GREAT LAND TO BUILD UP ON

I would LOVE to meet some of these fine people. I would drive there to meet her!

Just Beautiful

Omg she seem so nice and humble. Love my Southern black folk (esp older generations)

"Children of The Promise"

It’s interesting to hear her talk. Also, that they were given a nice home to live in.

Great interview.

I understood her for the most part, and l'm from St. Louis. But then again, my father is from Goldsboro, North Carolina, and when we'd visit for the summers, l would hear old people talking like that *ALL* the time: "Ah sho' is towud"-->"l surely am tired". "Oz woe aught"-->"l'm worn out". "Guhl, hushow math"-->"Girl, hush your mouth".

Israelite Queen 👑

@Arab2020

4 жыл бұрын

shalom

I love the Delta I live 40 min away from Glendora MS. I visit the Emmett Till historic site in Glendora