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Dear Joan,
I am so thrilled and honored to hear from You. I
have been a fan for a long time. I have friends in the business who are
loyal fans of yours and I have been hoping one day to meet you. I cannot
believe that you wrote to me.
I have done many articles on the subject of
women being overlooked in every profession.
I will attach just a couple of recent articles
and I will also attach the cover of a book that will be released in a few
weeks.
I am a former Stax recording artist, producer
and writer. I also own Mission Park Records. My wife is the only artist that
I am producing at this time. I am also attaching a brief bio on her.
We have so much in common and I hope to work
with you if possible. I am sure you can help my wife with her career and I
hope to be of service to you and your company.
I hope I have not overloaded you with material.
I am sure you did not expect to get this much back.
Please allow me to hear back from you. I am at
your service and thrilled to death.
Bernie Hayes
FYICOMMINC@aol.com wrote:
Bernie Hays,
I never mean to diminish your message, but this
is so true of all human endeavors. As a musician, I realize that the world
celebrates about 5 Women in Jazz and Blues:
Ella, Sarah, Billie, Bessie and Betty. Though
there are hundreds of women who made marks in the music, these 5 get all the
notoriety, unless those of us who communicate to the world that there are
others who work double time.
www.fyicomminc.com/files/lecture.html
So, I would have to agree with you about
Claudette Colvin. The history of too many of us has been a footnote, simply
because we fail to document and define our lives for ourselves, letting
those in the "majority" do it for us. [In
Pursuit of a Melody by Joan Cartwright]
I am a documenter. Read my life at
www.fyicomminc.com/files/lifeabroad.htm. I am who I am because of those who
came before me.
Love, Light and Music,
Joan Cartwright
www.fyicomminc.com
There are several websites highlighting the
events surrounding the heroic deed of Claudette Colvin. One suggests that
Claudette Colvin could easily be lost in the crowd. Her short hair is neatly
curled; she wears eyeglasses and a small pair of gold hoop earrings. She
dresses modestly and looks more like someone's kindly grandmother than the
woman who 50 years ago was a catalyst for one of the most famous events in
civil rights history. Where is she in the history books?
Now, 65 years old, she's retired and lives in the
Bronx. She calls herself a footnote in history.
That is the problem. Most of our true history does not depict even a
footnote.
This by no
means diminishes the action of Rosa Parks, but Colvin should also be
remembered. What do you think?
I can be reached by fax at (314) 837-3349 or by e-mail at
berhay@swbell.net.
Bernie
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