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Sign of the Times: What Black and White Gen X Learned from Our Parents
In this episode, I take a hard look at what we mean when we say something was just a “sign of the times.” For generations, that phrase has been used …
4 months, 1 week ago
The First Time I heard the N-word: A Black Gen X Reality Check
For many of us in the Black Gen X generation, the N-word wasn’t something we were supposed to hear anymore. We were told that the world had changed—t…
4 months, 1 week ago
Living History: When the Past Still Lives Among Us
Have you ever walked past a building and felt its history?
For many of us in Black Gen X, we live among reminders of what our parents and grandparents…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
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 transfor…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 i…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …
4 months, 3 weeks 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 b…
4 months, 3 weeks 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 w…
5 months 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 alon…
5 months 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 …
5 months, 1 week ago