Guest columns
OPINION — Growing up under Jim Crow rules
Being a Black man in this country has always been hazardous to a man’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being . When you are constantly being ...
Yemaja Jubilee, Author at The Charlotte Gazette
Guest columns
OPINION — Memories of going around the Maypole
In the Black community where I grew up, in the small rural town called Saxe in Charlotte County, there were tobacco farmers, pulpwood and sawmill ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Thursday, May 6, 2021 10:12 am
Columns
COLUMN — A trio of light bearers in Charlotte County
“This little Light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine” was one of the many songs historically sung during the civil rights movement. With its ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:01 pm
Guest columns
COLUMN — We got tired
We got tired of living under the “Black codes,” that were put in place after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. “Black codes” were restrictive laws ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Thursday, January 28, 2021 12:18 pm
Guest columns
COLUMN — Growing up Black in Charlotte County
“Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting into what I call good trouble, necessary trouble.” This was written by ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Thursday, September 17, 2020 11:44 am
Guest columns
The Big G — Gratitude
It’s fall! We smell the earth’s sweet aroma and embrace the cool breeze of a crisp fall day. We witness the earth changing her dress ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 11:37 am
Guest columns
Table talk
Have you ever thought about what goes on around kitchen tables? Or have you contemplated how long tables have been a part of our world ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:20 pm
Church & Community
MYOB
Mind your own business (MYOB) is a direct request to respect others privacy, to not interfere or meddle in their affairs. MYOB was printed on ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:27 pm
Church & Community
‘All work and no play’
“All work and no play makes Jack (Jill) a dull boy (girl).” This proverb is interpreted to say: balance work with play or your life ...
by Yemaja Jubilee, Friday, August 5, 2016 10:23 am
Columns
Wherever I go, there I am…
“Wherever I go, there I am…” This familiar truism phrase can be traced back to Thomas a’ Kempress in 1444 A.D. Some of us, including ...