28 FEB 2024 · Story by: Gail Nobles Photo: Kate Miyamoto / USFWS Usage: CC BY 4.0 DEED https://flic.kr/p/bxPYMR When I was growing up, I didn't think black Cowboys existed. I never saw them in history books in school, and in the television world of course, I saw the Long Ranger, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronso, and John Wayne. There were some black westerns made in the 70s, but I never saw them in those days. What we did not know in the old days, we were probably looking at it dead in the face through great grandparents great, aunts, and uncles. If you were not told about the past family history, you walked around not knowing. Black cowboys have been around for years. Originally the white Cowboys were called cowhands and the African-Americans were referred to as Cowboys. There are still African-American Cowboys today. There's a professional rodeo cowboy who specializedcin bull riding. He was the 1982 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association World Champion bull rider. He is the first African-American cowboy to win a world championship and professional rodeo. He was included into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1996. His name is Charles Sampson. He retired in 1994, but he spent his retirement doing ads for companies like Wrangler Jeans and Timex. To learn more about Charles Sampson go to charliesampson.com you can see videos his gallery and more. I'm Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening.

12 JAN 2024 · Intro by: By Gail Nobles Cover Art: by Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles If Aaliyah would have lived, she might would have been like Patrice Rushen who became not only an R&B singer, but composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. She has served as the film composer for numerous movies, television shows and documentaries. Like Patrice, I believe Aaliyah would have been multiple things too. She was already a singer, dancer, and actress. Did you know Aaliyah could play the keyboard? She played the keyboard in Japan in concert. That means she had piano playing skills. That is something I never saw much from Aaliyah. We mostly saw her sing and dance. James Brown was another singer that could play piano but we mostly saw him sing and dance. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston were other music artist that had piano playing skills. I believe Aaliyah would have eventually written & composed her own music. It’s possible she might would have wanted to produce and be in charge of her own self. When I saw Aaliyah playing the keyboard in Japan, she reminded me of Patrice Rushen. I’m Gail Nobles. You’re listening to Ebonliner. Today’s topic is Aaliyah Playing the Keyboard.

17 DEC 2023 · Intro by: Gail Nobles Story by: Gail Nobles Prince Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Levi_Seacer&action=edit&redlink=1 - Own work Usage: Wikipedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Welcome to The Ebonliner Podcast. Today's topic is Prince (Partyman). Partyman is a song by Prince from his 1989 Batman album and the follow up to his number one hit Batdance. I was blown away when I saw his music videos. He portrayed the Joker in both party man and the Batdance video. Prince acted out the jokers personality, and I think he would have been the perfect guy for the role in a movie. Watching him in the Partyman video and the Batdance video had me convinced that Prince could play as the Joker. Prince liked excitement and mystery, and he was that kind of performer. He was truly a man with a half painted face in the Partyman video and doing the Batdance in the other video, Batdance with a painted face as if he were saying: Batman! Eat your heart out! I'm having a ball! Really, the character of Prince was called Gemini, half Batman and half the Joker. That was the purpose of the half painted face. The character was created by Prince. Prince was a very talented guy. He would have made Batman a great supervillain as the Joker. Prince would have been great for the character. I could see the Joker’s crazy sense of humor when Prince acted him out in his music videos. The face of the Joker suited Prince, but at least we know through his music even though he did not leave us with a movie. Partyman and the Batdance were two music videos that you can watch as a short film. Prince left us with a great memory portraying the Joker doing the Batdance. He was the Partyman. I’m Gail Nobles. Thank you for listening to the Ebonliner Podcast.

26 NOV 2023 · Photo: All-Pro Reels - https://www.flickr.com/photos/joeglo/49177003767/ Usage: Wikipedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 Joel Embiid, an NBA defensive player. He really knows how to block shots. He is a Cameroonian basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers. He was drafted third overall by the 76ers in the 2014 NBA draft. Embiid is 7 foot tall and a six NBA All-Star. A five time member of the all NBA team and a three-time member of the all defensive team. He was named the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2023. From what I've seen in highlights, Embiid is an incredible hustler on the court. Not only does he block shots, but he can make some strong slam dunks and can make long-distance shots. But I just love seeing Embiid block shots, and he can score. Block Shot Joel Embiid is what I call him. I have never seen anyone block the way he does. I'm Gail Nobles, and you're listening to Ebonliner.

8 OCT 2023 · Cover Art by: Gail Nobles Image of Kool: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeanfrancoishayeur/ Usage: Public Domain Music intro by: Gail Nobles Hello! I am Gail Nobles. Welcome to Ebonliner. For a long time when I was a little girl, I thought James JT Taylor was the one with the name Kool from Kool and the Gang because he was the lead vocalist of the group. Robert Kool Bell is the one with the name Kool. Today is his birthday. Robert Kool Bell is a musician, singer & songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the R&B, soul, funk and disco band Kool & the Gang. Bell grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. Growing up, Bell was nicknamed "Kool", due to being "laid back". Bwll gave himself the name. Along with his brother, Ronald Bell, he began playing jazz & in 1964 they formed a group named The Jazziacs. They began playing at clubs in New York City under a series of different band names before settling on the name "Kool & The Gang" in 1968. Their debut album, Kool and the Gang, was released the following year. Their first major hit came in 1973, with Jungle Boogie, which charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. Their first number one hit single was Spirit of the Boogie, which was released in 1975. Kool & the Gang have won numerous awards. The band recorded nine No. 1 R&B singles in the 1970s and 1980s, including its No. 1 pop single "Celebration". Kool and the Gang is a great band. Bell's younger brother, Ronald Bell, was also a musician, and co-formed the band with Robert in 1964. I don’t see many bands around much anymore like Kool and the Gang. They were one of the best bands to listen to in the 1970s and 80s. ..

19 SEP 2023 · Photo: https://www.flickr.com/people/36277035@N06 from Laurel, Maryland, USA - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingkongphoto/46716837661/Usage: Wikipedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 Hi! I'm Gail Nobles and you're listening to Ebonliner. Today's topic is: Remembering Kristoff St. John. Kristoff St. John is an actor best known for playing Neil Winters on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 1991 until his death in 2019. Playing the role of Neil earned him two Daytime Emmy Award from eleven nominations, and ten NAACP Image Awards. I use to follow Kristoff on Twitter. We chatted a little. Little did I know that he would pass away so soon. I'm glad that I followed him and was just getting to know more about him. It hurt to find out that he was gone. Kristoff said he got to Young and the Restless when he was 24. He said it meant that he spent half of his life on the set of Young and the Restless. He was on the Young and the Restless for 25 years. Kristoff said he didn't know if he could do another 25 years of anything. He said in an interview what his gravestone would say. Kristoff talked as if he felt something was going to happen to him. Following Kristoff St. John, I found out that he had a son. However, I couldn't see through his life on Twitter. I found out later that his son Julian died. I hardly knew Kristoff, and I wish that I had known more. Rest in peace Kristoff St. John.

13 JUL 2023 · Wes Moore's Speech: Wikipedia Usage: Public Domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Moore Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wes_Moore_Official_Governor_Portrait.jpg?uselang=en#Licensing Hi I'm Gail nobles. Did you know that the governor of Maryland was not only a politician but an investment banker, author television producer, and nonprofit executive serving as the 63rd of Maryland since 2023? His name is Wes Moore. A member of the democratic party, he is the first black governor of the state, the third black person elected as governor of any US state, and as of 2023, the only incumbent black governor of any US state. Born in Maryland and raise largely in New York, Moore graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a masters degree from Wolfson College, Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. After several years in the US Army and Army Reserve. Moore became an investment banker in New York between 2010 and 2015. Moore published five books including a young adult novel. He served as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation from 2017 to 2021. Moore is the author of the other Wes Moore and The Work. He was also the host of Beyond Belief on the Oprah Winfrey Network as well as the executive producer and a writer for Coming Back with Wes Moore on PBS. Today I'm going to share with you with more on his service in the war in Afghanistan recorded on April 23, 2009.

3 JUL 2023 · Photo: Wikipedia/Public Domain Hello! I’m Gail Nobles. Today on Ebonliner I’m going to talk about Ibi Zoboi. She is a Haitian-American author of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_adult_fiction. She is best known for her young adult novel American Street, which was a finalist for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Book_Award for Young Adult's Literature in 2017. She is also the author of Pride, Nigeria Jones, Punching The Air, Black Enough, & My Life Is An Ice Cream Sandwich, a New York Times bestseller. Her debut novel American Street, about a Haitian teen whose mother gets detained when they first immigrate to America, explores https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_realism, immigration, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodou culture, all based on the author's on experiences as a Haitian-American immigrant. Zoboi edited the young adult anthology Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, published in 2019 by Balzer + Bray. Black Enough received starred reviews from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishers_Weekly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkus_Reviews, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booklist. It appeared on the 2020 Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Best Books of the Year List with an "Outstanding Merit" distinction. Zoboi's 2018 novel Pride is a re-telling of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen's 1813 novel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice, set in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushwick,_New_York neighborhood of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn,_New_York. My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich, Zoboi's 2019 middle-grade novel, is about Ebony-Grace, a girl who is sent from Alabama to help her grandfather in Harlem in the 1980s and is her first middle grade book. As a young black girl who enjoys the science-fiction worlds of Star Wars and Star Trek, Ebony-Grace is seen as an "ice cream sandwich" by her peers; brown on the outside, but white on the inside. You can buy Ibi Zoboi’s books at Barnes &Noble & Amazon. Zoboi has some pretty good ratings on her books at Amazon. To learn more about Ibi Zoboi go to https://ibizoboi.net.

4 MAR 2023 · Theme song by: Gail Nobles Vocals: Gail Nobles Report by: Gail Nobles Photo credit: Georges Biard Usage: Wikipedia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Shemar Moore is an actor, film producer, model, & presenter. He’s great in all 4 occupations. His notable roles include https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Winters on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless (1994–2005), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Morgan_(Criminal_Minds) on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Minds (2005–2016), and the lead role of Sergeant Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.W.A.T._(2017_TV_series) (2017–present) all on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS. Mama, here comes that man! Shamar says that to his fans. He made Gayle King say it and she said: I am so mad at you right now.” After she said it she said, Security! …. Shemar was talking about Honda. Moore was also the third permanent host of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Train, from 1999 to 2003. Moore has won eight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP_Image_Awards as well as the 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Supporting_Actor_in_a_Drama_Series for his work on The Young and the Restless. He was nominated for a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Choice_Award in 2016 for his work on Criminal Minds. I remember when Shemar Moore had a supporting role in the film, “ Diary of a Mad Black Woman”. He was awesome in the movie. I would like to see him in more movies. I’ve seen Denzel Washington & Will Smith a lot in movies. I haven’t seen Shemar Moore enough in them. When I saw Shemar in “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”, I wanted more, more, more. I’m Gail Nobles and you’re listening to Ebonliner. Today’s topic: Shemar Moore.

20 OCT 2022 · Photo credit: Dylan Hancook https://flic.kr/p/24Y2hZ8 Usage: CC BY 2.0 Today’s topic is Lavel Schely. Lavel Schely is an actor born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Though he was raised primarily in the state of Kansas. You may have seen him on the television series East New York. He plays as Officer Andre Bentley. The show premiered on CBS on Oct. 2, 2002. Lavel is one of Hollywood’s most promising newcomers. Before his role on East New York he appeared in films like “A Man Called Otto starring Tom Hanks”, “Seeing Scarlet”, & “ Tell My Family I Love Them”. I hope to see Lavel Schely in more films. You can follow him on Instagram. I’m Gail Nobles & You’re listening to Ebonliner. Today’s Topic: Lavel Schely.