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Kindergarten Is Where It Began for Black Gen X: The First Lessons in Change
In this episode, Tony Reeves reflects on how a simple kindergarten classroom in 1974 became the backdrop for one of the most profound social transformations in American history.
Born in 1969 and start…
Published on 15 hours ago
A Whole New World for Black Gen X: Born Between Hope and Trauma
In this episode of IN THE KNOW with Anthony Reeves, we take a deep look at what it meant to be Black Generation X — the first generation to grow up in a multicultural America while still carrying the…
Published on 3 days, 13 hours ago
Lessons from the Past: Why Black Travelers still move differently
(00:00:00) Lessons from the Past: Why Black Travelers still move differently
(00:00:08) Intro: Moving Differently for a Reason
(00:00:32) The Myth That Time Erases Danger
(00:02:00) The Generationa…
Published on 1 week ago
The 80-Mile Hitchhike: When Freedom Met Foolishness (Part of the “Traveling While Black Gen X” series)
In 1987, I was just 18 — a college freshman at the University of Tampa and a brand-new Army Reservist trying to earn a $4,000 bonus. What should’ve been a routine weekend drill turned into one of the…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
The Grand Dragon Warning: Traveling While Black Gen X in Polk County
In 2008, I had just started my own law firm in Central Florida and was commuting daily through the quiet backroads of Polk County. One day, a young woman in my mentor’s office pulled me aside and sai…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Pulled Over at Night: A Young Black Officer’s Lesson in Survival
In 1996, I was a 27-year-old Black naval officer stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. One late night, I was driving home from Jacksonville along a dark, two-lane rural road — no lights, no traf…
Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago
When the Laws Changed but the People Didn’t: The Gen X Reality After Desegregation
In this episode, Tony Reeves takes listeners beyond the viral video “Beware of the Klan County” to unpack what it truly meant for Black Generation X to grow up after the fall of legal segregation.
Th…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Be Careful of the Klan County What a Quiet Warning in 1995 Taught Me About Awareness and Survival
In 1995, I arrived in Jacksonville, North Carolina — a young, proud Black naval officer reporting for duty at Camp Lejeune. Like anyone new to a duty station, I was trying to find my way — where to l…
Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Commentary on the Comments: Black Gen X and the Stories History Forgot
In this special Commentary on the Comments episode of IN THE KNOW with Tony Reeves, I’m responding to a viewer who asked a simple but powerful question:
“Why do you keep talking about Black Generation…
Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago
When Welcome Turns to Unwelcome: A Black Gen X Childhood Reality
At 7 years old, I thought I found the perfect friend. We played, laughed, and shared childhood joy—until one day, he told me we couldn’t play anymore because I was Black. That moment of rejection was…
Published on 4 weeks ago