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Bennie Stone Gooden , family historian, told family stories that Sterling1 b.1829 had siblings
that "were sold away into a Flagg household". In the Slave Narrative of
Coahoma County, MS, interviewee, Lizzie Norfleet, in her own words, describes life and daily routines as a slave. She also
briefly speaks of Old Sterling Flagg. The Slave Narrative documents Lizzie's life on the Norfleet Plantation in North Carolina. Lizzie was related to Old Sterling Flagg1 (In order to understand his "sold away" status, one must study Lizzie's account, and her "absentee"
slaveholders", residing in TN. He, no doubt was moved from family plantation to family plantation). Jack Flagg1 b.1807, was Lizzie's father and someone related to Old Sterling Flagg). Lizzie’s
story is an informative and a very conducive narrative piece, disclosing our Maafa 1807 Timeline.
Other
linked ancestors, Jack Flagg b.1830, Sterling Flagg b.1855, Sterling Flagg b. 1866, Jack Flagg b.1875, Sterling
Flagg b.1882. {Note: the name "Sterling"
continues to turn over - Sterling Stone, 1829; Sterling Stone 1849; Sterling Stone, 1891; Sterling Stone 1918', Sterling Stone,
1957.
While
in Clarksdale,
I also met Mary Louise Allen, whose mother was Callie Stone Allen, daughter of Marion and Pauline and other Walker,
Gooden connections. Marion's son, Joseph Stone was a prize fighter migrated to Dayton, Ohio. Joseph's sister Ruthie Mae Stone Servern sent her son Angelo Stone Serven to
live with Joseph’s and his family.
Descendant
of Joseph Stone (Prize Fighter):
Joseph Madison
"The Black Eagle"
http://www.joemadison.com/jmbio.htm
What are you going to do about it?” It’s a signature
question that talk show host Joe Madison asks his listeners who tune in every weekday morning coast-to-coast on Sirius/XM
Satellite Radio channel 169, and WOL-AM in Washington D.C.
Madison
also known as “The Black Eagle” needs two wings to fly. And for Madison that translates into successfully balancing
the passions of talk radio and political activism. It’s a balancing act that has won him praise in the talk radio industry,
and civil rights community.
When many of his peers are “all talk and no action,” Madison has spent his entire adult life in the trenches,
engaged in the very issues he raises with his radio audience. It’s a sacrifice that has meant going to jail for civil
disobedience countless times, taking part in hunger strikes in opposition to apartheid in South Africa, and genocide and modern-day
slavery in Sudan.
Being someone who is proud to say he launched his radio career in Detroit, Madison is equally proud to say his activism
brought justice and recognition to the legendary Motown group The Four Tops. After 40 years in the music industry,
The Four Tops had not received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. It was another “What are you going
to do about it” moment for Madison. So in a yearlong campaign, Madison and his listeners sent letters to the Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce urging them to honor the group. After thousands of letters and calls, The Four Tops were awarded
a star on the Walk of Fame in June 1996. Duke Fakir, a member of The Four Tops, said, “We will be forever be
grateful to Joe.” The Four Tops publicly honored him at the Wolf Trap Arena in Washington, D.C. with a replica
of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star as officially, “The Fifth Top”.
He and
his wife Sharon have been married for more than 30 years and live in Washington, D.C.
Family
Surnames: Allen, Avery, Appleton, Berry, Bonner, Blake, Bohanon, Byrd, Coffin,
Crawford, Dear, Easter, Hemingway, Hurd, Farrow, Fisher, Flagg, Gooden, Greer, Grigsby,
Gulley, Horton, Hubert, Jackson,
Kaye, Killian, Lewis, Luckett, Madison, Mathis, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miere, Pippen, Ratliff, Richardson, Severgn, Searles,
Stinnett, Thibideaux, Thomas, Topps, Tribble, Veal, Walker, Wilson, Wofford.....)
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