New Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial & MLK Day

[Lady Cop]

The building on the left is the abandoned building from which Groskinsky took several of his photographs. The building on the right is the house from which James Earl Ray shot King

the extraordinary photos documenting the aftermath of the assassination of Martin Luther King had until now remained in archives, never published.

Now, 44 years later, these remarkable images, shot by Life magazine photographer Henry Groskinsky, the night of King’s death April 4, 1968, have come to light.



daily mail

[Smegma]

Sally: The ones with freckles are called redbones and you can't trust them as far as you can throw em. You can't trust the bluegums either.


i don't know what cave i have lived in all my life, i swear i never heard those descriptions or their meanings.

From what I understand, "redbone" have Native American heritage mixed in the batch.

Trivia:

The name Redbone itself is a joking reference to a Cajun term for a mixed-race person ("half-breed"), the band's members being of mixed blood ancestry. The band referenced Cajun and New Orleans culture many times in their lyrics and performing style. Patrick and Lolly, who were a mixture of Native American and Mexican heritage, had previously performed and recorded under the stage surname Vegas, in part to downplay the Latin American association of their birth surname, Vasquez. According to Patrick Vasquez, it was Jimi Hendrix - himself part Native American - who talked the musicians into forming an all-Native American rock group, and they signed as the band "Redbone" to Epic Records in 1969. The band then consisted of Patrick Vasquez, Lolly Vasquez, Peter DePoe and Tony Bellamy. Their debut album Redbone was released in 1970.

[Lady Cop]

i should have known.

[Smegma]

Not really, it's regional. I just read a lot of James Lee Burke.

[JsMom]

Sally: The ones with freckles are called redbones and you can't trust them as far as you can throw em. You can't trust the bluegums either.


i don't know what cave i have lived in all my life, i swear i never heard those descriptions or their meanings.

Here's another one for ya, LC. high yella (yellow bone)

[ramseycat]

I think I am the only one that has to work today. Fuck.