Riverbends Development, Inc.

09/02/2021

80 years ago today, John W. Work III and Alan Lomax made the first recordings of McKinley Morganfield, aka Muddy Water, at the Stovall Plantation in Coahoma Co., Mississippi. Lomax's misrendered his nickname, published the plural form in a 1942 album featuring Muddy's debut performances, and "Muddy Waters" stuck.

Photo/caption by JWW III. From the John Wesley Work III collection at the The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University, and under its administration.

09/01/2021

The program will have a soft launch in October and is aimed at improving literacy skills through "liberating instruction centered on Black American history."

02/23/2019

A new Smithsonian Channel film positions the guidebook for black travelers as a necessary response to white-supremacist violence—and as a community-building tool.

06/16/2016

Jasiri X premieres his new, original score for the groundbreaking early African American film BODY AND SOUL tomorrow (Friday) at 8pm. Tix at https://www.showclix.com/event/body-and-soul.

WPTS Radio’s Kayla Greygor interviewed local rapper and social activist Jasiri X. The interview delves into the process Jasiri and 1Hood Media utilized to create a score for the 1925 silent film Body & Soul. Jasiri X will be performing the score live at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont for the film’...

04/08/2016

The Voices from the Days of Slavery Collection provides sound recordings of former slaves describing their lives. The former slaves discuss how they felt about slavery, slaveholders, how slaves were coerced, their families, and freedom. Those interviewed spoke sixty or more years after the end of th…

03/20/2016

12/01/2015

WONDERFUL article about our Megginson Homestead Restoration Project (www.gofundme.com/MegginsonHomestead) in the 12/01/2015 Lynchburg News & Advance!!!!

From her front porch, Hanie Megginson could have seen the land holdings of her son, Albert, sweep up and down both sides of today’s Pleasant Valley Road.

11/10/2015

We've already raised over $4,000!!!!
Let's see how much more we can raise before the Megginson Homestead Open House this weekend!

Joseph J. Kennedy IV has posted a new update!

08/17/2015

Heartfelt thanks to the many people who have already contributed to this project, raising over 10% of our goal just within the last 24 hours!!!! It is extraordinarily encouraging that so many people - both within the Megginson family and beyond - can appreciate the significance of this historic site.

Please help to spread the word with a "Share" of this campaign and with a tax-deductible donation. We appreciate your support!

Joseph J. Kennedy IV has posted a new update!