Take Me Back

  Let us return to those thrilling days of yesteryear when a gallon of gas was under a dollar  A Penney could buy candy and and a hamburger was fifteen cents. Frankie Lyman and the teenagers were the Jackson Five of the Fifties. Chevys , Fords, and Chryslers were the hotrods of the track. Chevy had a 325 cubic inch block that produced 327 horsepower. The Dodge hemi over 400 horsepower The fords were also over 300 horses. Squealing tires was common occurrence on the streets. Speed and power was the law of the highway among speedsters. Angela Davis, H. Rap Brown, Elijah Muhammed and Malcolm X were the voices for the negroes. We were once Negros although some preferred being called colored.
          Father Devine's restaurants served the best fifty cent dinner you could ever eat. Soul food was the way of life in the black community and no-one new anything about cholesterol..... Pigsfeet , Hamhocks, and chitterlings was delicacy plain and simple. Fried chicken was premium.
         John Coltrane , Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Art Blakey were just a few of the Greats you could see in person.
         The Church world was on fire with brimstone preachers like Bishop S.C. Johnson whose church was mixed with white and black. The women in the church were not allowed to wear make-up or press their hair. The wore dresses down to the ankles. Bishop Johnson challenged most of the radio preachers of that day declaring they would all go to hell if their preaching didn't agree with his. He said Jesus Only!!
   A.A.Allen was a Miracle Faith Healer who prayed for the sick and cast out demons. Rev. Shamback was a close associate of Rev. Allen who also believed in signs, wonders and Miracles. Rev. Allen was famous for his tent meetings. He was credited for shrinking a goiter on a woman's throat in clear view for all to see. He also prayed for a woman with a short leg then pulled the short leg until it was the same size of the other. I watched it  on Youtube.
    I will never for get the thrills that Muhammed Ali gave when he beat Sonny Listen, and said' " I Am The Greatest". So many memories. But those were the days.