Block 39 of Kwesi Mensah Wali Weeksville Oral History (Q26190)

Mensah Wali: No question… It had to do with the time that we were in, black folks establishing themselves and trying to be independent, trying to do something in our community for our community, and musicians for the most part were very conscious of their environment.Betty Carter lived not far from us,Randy [Weston] was also in the area and his father [ Frank Edward Weston] was in our council,...