Black Wall Street // Letters from Loula to her son // Dreamland A.I. Letter Recreation #1, dec 29 1923

ghalani of Greenwood

2024/06/24

1Black Wall Street // Letters from Loula to her son // Dreamland A.I. Letter Recreation #1, dec 29 1923
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i've recreated the intimate moment my great-grandfather W.D. Williams read intimate letters from his mother Loula in the aftermath of the Tulsa Race Massacre. He reads them in his own voice, Using AI-assisted text-to-speech software elevenlabs.io . When talking about Tulsa, we now often speak of the (very real) visceral radicalized violence of White Tulsans in 1921. Loula died of PTSD and crippling trauma in the massacre’s aftermath, you can see artifacts of her deterioration as her letters to WD progress. in honor of Black mental health, i’d like to shine light on the less spoken of - how it feels coping with the aftermath of racial violence and economic disempowerment. ... these transcriptions are ones i've personally done. all illegible and distorted text was transcribed phonetically based on whichever letters were legible - this decision over a word approximation was done to keep the reading as close as possible to how W.D. would have read it aloud for the first time, imperfections and all. ... my intention is 1. to make ethical and humanizing use-cases for AI, as it relates to my ancestry and our Black diaspora. 2. use this new technology to amplify our stories in ways we never could before. ... transcription: Mr WD Williams 617 James Hall Hampton Institute Hampton, VA Dec 29, 1923 My Dear Son Willie, Mother is improving fast. I wish so much I could see you. I think I’d grow better imminently. I had a lelleu from Hoise. i've aee all doing weekly. Having some good shows and good pictures. I’ve just completed having the show eeiled. It cost 650 dollars. I took down my nonsense premium to 85 dollars. I love all the help. Haele salary Mr Brown quit I loaned him $1111.33. He is leaving the Dixie going back to Mr Alestin also Mrs Brown.The entire town cry shame on Brown going to the Hinie. I think he couldn’t stand the laughter. Mr Clinton the butcher ploped dead yesterday. Heart Vailiene Tillie Johnson lived here three weeks made me some money. Jakk Wiggins will here this next week. I trust you got the christmas money $8 and $14. Sister told me once she sent you a little christmas money, it little but it’s best we can do. Write sister a sweet letter thanking her. Let me hear from you often. One girl you met in Langston came here this week call to see me. Your girl from school called to see me. I’m done visiting. Tonshal said she would call again before she went. Afraid to share but i think she has some haels. Each one ask about you. Good night be a good boy and pray. Always remember mother. Goodnight, your loving mother, Mrs Loula T Williams Phone 0 5061 Dreamland Theatre Tulsa, Oklahoma

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