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Audio Recording Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Metcalfe, Ralph H., 1948- (Collector)
  • Black, James (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, May 25, 1977

Headings

  • -  African Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  James Black, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 2-part interview with astrologer James Black, 6319 Drexel Ave, Chicago; Black's interest in astrology from childhood; in 1907 in Alabama he was taught Egyptian astronomy by a 115-year-old African, a free man, not enslaved; the man appeared under the oak tree where Black would view the stars; this man was purposely sent; lived in an abandoned mine, and gave Black 18 months of teaching; the man was steeped in African lore, mentioned Nigeria; Black says West African astronomy is basically Egyptian astronomy; stars move by God-power, perpetual motion, "all is flux"; the best astrologers had to withstand sun, black skin protects from sun; stars are God's living bible; shepherds as astrologers, may have been taught by beings not of Earth; astrology is the means by which God talks to men; Black said "I have been blessed with this understanding and speak with authority"; this is knowledge that all need; in astrology time is of the essence; about first slaves in 1616 and 1619, at 15 degrees under certain signs; blacks will ultimately be the salvation of America; karma; Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation when Libra was rising, Aries setting, and Neptune was in the first house; Declaration of Independence with Pisces at midheaven, Gemini rising, Sagittarius setting; Jupiter rules blacks, Mercury ruled whites; Jupiter is stronger than Mercury; Black has studied for 69 years, knows 144 ways to cast a chart; about Harry Truman's campaign as turning point; Jack Kennedy's assassination; astrology is a science for blacks but they are the last to recognize it; about Roland J. Sidney (naprapathic healing), African mysticism.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-90

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20642a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0683
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T119-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Metcalfe, Ralph H, and James Black. Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20642a/.

APA citation style:

Metcalfe, R. H. & Black, J. (1977) Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20642a/.

MLA citation style:

Metcalfe, Ralph H, and James Black. Interview with James Black, astrologer, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20642a/>.