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Author Greg Neri Discovered Writing Quite by Accident. by Maureen Dixon Harrison. He didn’t always have his heart set on being a writer, but as he prepares to complete his 15 th book for young people, UC Santa Cruz alumnus Greg Neri is getting used to what he refers to as his “third career”.
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- The Origins of The Black Riders in Philadelphia
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When Harp and other Fletcher Street riders in the film gather around a fire, they swap stories of the century-long history of the Black riders in Philadelphia, many of which are based in fact. There are various origin stories of Philadelphia’s Black cowboys, but the community is believed to date back to the early 20th century when Black Southerners...
Black-owned stables have existed on Fletcher Street for more than a century, and the area continues to be a cornerstone for the Black urban cowboy community in Philadelphia. “It’s the root—everything grew out from Fletcher Street,” Ellis Ferrell, the 82-year-old founder of the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club(FSURC) tells TIME. Since the age of 16...
The history of the stables exists largely in the oral storytelling of Black riders who continue to support them today. And these stories, in turn, informed Neri when he was doing research for Ghetto Cowboy in Philadelphia. “Everything that happens in that book happened in another way in real life,” says Neri, who is an executive producer for Concre...
Black horsemen in Philadelphia have been repurposing abandoned warehouses, empty lots and rowhouse shells to stable their horses for decades. But as the town began to gentrify in the 1980s, the city began seizing the property riders had used for years for urban redevelopment. After leading several different stables around the city, Ferrell has been...
With the help of a benefactor, Ferrell was able to acquire three lots for the riding club on Fletcher Street, moving into newly constructed stables in 2019 after the filming of Concrete Cowboy, local news organization Billy Penn reported. But another urban redevelopment plan threatens Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club once again. The empty lot acro...
Apr 26, 2023 · SUNY Cobleskill has announced that Greg Neri, a Coretta Scott King honor-winning storyteller, filmmaker, artist and digital media producer will be awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts...
As a kid, I always dreamed of being an explorer. But never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d get to be one by going to Antarctica! In 2017, thanks to the NSF Artists and Writers Program, I did just that, and it became one of the most formative experiences of my life.
Apr 22, 2024 · Anna NERI passed away. This is the full obituary where you can express condolences and share memories. Published in the Hamilton Spectator on 2024-04-22.
Feb 19, 2016 · But the two writers became estranged long before Capote's death in 1984. Lee died Feb. 19 at age 89 in Monroeville, where she had resided in a nursing home since a stroke several years ago. Neri...
Storyteller, digital media producer, and film maker G. Neri is the author of Chess Rumble, an award-winning illustrated novella for young adults. "I came to writing late in my life, quite by accident," Neri remarked on his home page. "When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cartoonist.
