OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS UNKNOWN FACES

From: Amberlee Mucha

Subject: opoaa.com and OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network

To: opoaa02@yahoo.com

Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 1:49 PM

Hello!

I came across your website OPOAA that helps people learn about their ancestry through old photographs. I am interested to see if we can work in connect with eachother in some capacity to help people discover their history.

I work for SEARCH: A new life-changing series from OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network wants to help people find and reconnect with whomever they are looking for. The show aims to help people in need find their first love, lost twin, friend, biological parent, mentors or whomever.  Our Professional locator, Pam Slaton, works with individual to seek out the person they're looking for. I think it would add a really interesting twist to our show to help people find out about the history through old photos and I would love the opportunity to work with you.  Please contact me at the address below if you think that may be a possibility.

Thank You,

Amberlee Mucha

www.pamslaton.com

amberlee.searching@gmail.com

213 915-6044 c

323-512-0039 ext 216 o

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On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:51 PM,

opoaa wrote:

Hello and Thank you Amberlee,for considering OPOAA.COM for your show, It would be a honor to work with the program. You can call me with the details and what it is you will need from me!

Thanks again,

Camilla Warren-OPOAA

 www.opoaa.comwww.opoaa02@yahoo.com

VIEW THE SEARCH AND INFORMATION PAGE

The Mortician Journal

March / April

2010

OPOAA  is featured on this site!

 Article written by William White

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This website is a cooperative effort of William A. White and Beal V. Bourne, II, CFSP. We saw the need for a website to address the needs of the African American Deathcare Professionals. We feel that this website can be a resource to associate, communicate, educate and rejuvenate the members of the African American Deathcare Professionals.

As with any endeavour there will be a period of adjustment and learning, but you must crawl before you walk. We hope to be in the future a source for information and source for referral for answers in the African American Deathcare Professionals.

Mr. Bourne has been active in the the Deathcare

Industry as a mortician for over 35 years, serving

both in the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the Epsilon Nu Delta Fraternity and is known as "The Official Photographer" for many years. Mr. White has developed and hosted many websites on the Internet and also a photographer and has taken photographs at many events with Mr. Bourne. We feel that the knowledge of the Deathcare Industry, mastery of the website on the Internet, contacts and acquaintances between Mr. Bourne and Mr. White and the lack of fear of failure will keep this project on track. But with all projects the Support of the Community we seek to serve is the most important. This project can only succeed if we receive the Support of the African American Deathcare Professionals. We need you support by providing us with news, articles, events, pictures, weddings, anniversaries, celebrations, deaths and the information you want to be shared with others in the community of Professionals.

We would like to go back to how the old Afro-American Weekly Newspapers used to be. We want to be able to look at ourselves and see what others are doing and we want to keep ourselves aware of new trends in technology. We want this website to the best of best Worlds. We want this to be a website of the people of the African American Deathcare Professional by the people of the African American Deathcare Professionals.

We are depending on you to be a part of our dream.

Mail or e-mail your news, articles, events and pictures to the addresses below.

Thank you for your cooperation in advance and we will be in touch with you on the Internet.

Wm & Beal

The Mortician Journal

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OPOAA, does it again,

Author Eran Reya,

of the book entitled THE DEATH OF BLACK AMERICA, has credited OLD PHOTOGRAPHS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS- UNKNOWN FACES, for the use of one of our photographs, (African American Family), which made the cover.

The Death of Black America explores these questions and more in this call to action urging Black Americans to evaluate their condition and change the thought patterns and behaviors that are destroying them.

The Death of Black America acknowledges how both collective ad individual plights are intertwined and investigates the immediate and future consequence of ignoring this reality.

Through relevant and insightful text, the compelling analysis draws on a wealth of historical and statistical data to look at the factors that have led black America to its current state. Thought-provoking and candid, The Death of Black America examines the interplay of racial stereotypes and misplaced identity and considers possible solutions.

About the Author:

The Death of Black America is the Author's first book, He has written short stories and several screenplays, He resides in Virginia

We would like to thank FreeWebs for featuring us in its Member Spotlight

Today's Feature

Member Spotlight

OPOAA stands for Old Photographs of African Americans. Their goal is to help identify unknown faces in family pictures and connect people with the past. Is your family history here?

See if you recognize any faces

Submit your own photos

Dear OPOAA,
I am a television/screenwriter/playwright who has specialized in the African American experience.  My credentials include the 1985 "Who Said It's Fair" two part episode of "Cagney & Lacey" that was nominated for numerous Beverly Hills NAACP Image Awards for its portrayal of blacks in the entertainment industry. It also won an Emmy for the writing.  

My play, "Police Officers' Wives" was produced at the Ventura Court Theatre in 1997 and was nominated for two Beverly Hills NAACP Excellence in Theatre Awards and won one. 

My most recent work, "GRANDMOTHER DOLL" an African American "true love" story, is about Elizabeth, an 82 year old woman who is fighting for custody of her great-grandchildren in an attempt to hold her family together.  She has a lover, Jake, who is helping her.  As the story unfolds the subplot is Elizabeth and Jake's 60 year love story.  They met in their twenties and fell in love when he was a musician, yet they both married others, Jake once and Elizabeth three times!  The screenplay is listed as a Quarterfinalist Winner in the 2006 Slamdance Screenwriting Competition.

http://www.slamdance.com/screencomp/winners_2006.asp

I am in the process of making some kind of announcement, probably a large postcard that I will be sending out to Hollywood, announcing the Slamdance Award in hopes of getting interest in the project from an agent or producer.  I know this is Emmy/Oscar worthy material if I can just get the attention of the right people.

I would like permission to use a few pictures from your incredible site on the front of the postcard.  It's as if I had seen your pictures beforehand and written the screenplay around them.  There's a line in the screenplay where Elizabeth describes her pride as she walks into Church on Jake's arm.  "You should see us walking into church.  Him in his pin striped suit.  MmmmMm!  He looks good enough to frost a cake with!"  LeNora Massey's photograph, CHURCH, is Jake and Elizabeth as I pictured them when I wrote that line! 

There are also numerous pictures submitted that I might like to use.  CUTE LITTLE GIRL is exactly how I pictured Elizabeth's 6 year old great granddaughter and BABY AND ME is similar to the title "GRANDMOTHER DOLL." (Elizabeth searches for an African American "Grandmother Doll" to give to her littlest great granddaughter when she realizes she's going to be adopted and they'll never see each other again!  She wants to leave the baby with something to remember her by) There are many more pictures that I may be able to use.

As I mentioned, I would be happy if you let me use any one of these pictures for a 5x7 postcard but if you give me permission to use more I will probably make an
8 1/2 X 11 collage.  Mainly because I can't make up my mind which ones I like better than the others!  They are all so wonderful!

I have attached the Sundance score card of GRANDMOTHER DOLL so you can be sure it is of the highest quality and something you'd like to be associated with!  I will definitely thank your site on the postcard for giving permission to use the photographs!

Thank you so much.   .
Sincerely,
Claudia Adams

Submission of the day, sent in by: Dsumler1,

 Waxed Juices

I recall when i was a little girl buying little waxed juices figures some of them came in solider men and other figure they were so good i got a kick out of eating the wax.

Thanks D, I surely do remember, will post it on the Time to Remember page.

Check out this site for more African American Photographs

Picture History

http://www.picturehistory.com/