Colors …
collision contents
THIS IS A JOURNEY INTO SOUND
inst. of change
the players
instruments
[ Allan ]
Harris
“Cross That River”
Allan Harris
Cross That River
2003 — In 1850s Texas, the Black Cowboys rode Free.
((( Free Crossing )))
— dave.
Since releasing Cross That River, Allan Harris has told the often overlooked African American story of the community of escaped slaves who were called “Black Cowboys,” and who lived free and equal-justice lives, west of The Mississippi River.
“Black Seminoles”
Allan Harris
2003 — Cross That River
((( Black Florida )))
2015 — Allan Harris and his band at the South Miami Performing Arts Center
1865 — Juneteenth (Galveston, Texas)
After the Civil War was “won,” Freedom finally (actually) came June 19, 1865, when 2,000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas.
The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in Texas were free by executing decree. The day came to be known as “Juneteenth” by the newly freed people in Texas.
“Blue Was Angry”
Allan Harris honestly tells the seldom told African-American story.
African American History
1619 — Today