From the passing away of the Apostle John in ca. 100 A.D. to the rise of Constantine in ca. 312 A.D., Christianity has grown and matured massively. Christians existed from a few dozens people to thousands of followers by the early 4th century. During the duration of that time, many people have changed their lives, martyrs have existed (being murdered by the Roman Empire and other anti-Christians), and heresies rose up too. Many of these heresies embraced pagan philosophies like Gnosticism, Ebionism, and other movements. Many of these heresies deny the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, embrace an extreme legalism, and bash anything physical in the Universe (when many things in the Universe being physical are good like trees, the soil, and sheep moving around in farms worldwide). From 100 A.D., the influences of Peter, James, and Paul created the powerbase of early Christianity, headed by the Lord Jesus Christ. Say what you want about Paul, but Paul wrote one of the revolutionary verses in human history stating that under Christ, there is no slave or free, no male or female, but we are all one under Jesus Christ. Nazarenes were Jewish Christians, but they weren't heretics. They followed Mosaic law. We shouldn't be required to follow Mosaic Law for salvation, but the New Testament is clear not to judge anyone who follows Mosaic Law or not as found in Colossians. By the 300s, some in the Church wanted a unitary ruler when even Cyprian said that no man shall be a bishop of bishops. Later, as part of the imperfections of humanity, superstitions and heresies were promoted to promote the foundation of the origin of the modern-day Catholic Church. There was the rise of monastic life too. Constantine's union of church and state was a mistake, because the church is an independent institution with its own power and doctrines that shouldn't be exploited to promote the whims of the state. From 312 to 606 A.D., Christianity saw many developments, but the believers remained in existence too.
The 1930s involving fashion grew from glamour to practical uses of clothing. This time saw swing, the beginning of World War II. Black people, white people, and all people in the world were as conscious as possible in displaying diverse fashion styles. Dance and Hollywood styles of clothing were common back then. Travis Banton, Walter Plunekt, and Adrian designed clothes for people. Back then, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, and other old-school Hollywood actors and actresses wore dresses, suits, and hats. Dresses were shimmering with colors including gowns. Many gowns had belts, shoulder straps, bows, and necklaces. Some dresses embraced the classicism style. Madame Gres cultivated that imagery on clothing. An early bra called the brassiere was used by many women decades ago too. Classicism was bout embracing the ancient Roman style in a 20th century fashion. Classicism had embroidery, tendrils, and a cape too. Many women had sports clothes, beach wear with belts, and hats too. Many men wore cloth caps, suits, and sportswear too. Some wore striped shirts and knit vests. This represented a casual look. There were a plus four suit being very complicated filled with a dress shirt, tie, light jacket, and a big suit. The controversial Edward VII loved fashion too. By the 1930s, there was an elegant style of dress for men. Many men wore top hats, canes, and suits for dinner, dating, performances, and other activities. Many women wore suits and top hats like the famous Marlene Dietrich, who was in the 1930 film of Morocco. There was the lounge suit, the white suit, the reefer jacket, and the dinner jacket suit. In Berlin, clothing was diverse as Berlin in the 1930s saw their own fashion and sexual revolution. By the 1930s, chorus line of women of every color existed.
By the 1940s, there were dresses with feathers and logos of animals on them. Elsa Schiaparelli loved to be different to view fashion as art. She promoted the divided skirt. By the 1940s, World War II existed, so men and women wore military-style clothes and a blue-collar-type fashion style. Many women were in factories, so many women wore overalls and coveralls. During WWII, women in America in ca. 400,000 joined the U.S. Army and almost 500,000 women in the UK joined the British armed forces. Women wore skirts, hats, and buttoned suits in the military. Rosie the Riveter with her clothes represented the women in America who worked to create products used in WWII from plane parts to bombs. Some women wore a khaki tunic and skirt in the military. A lot of black and gray suits were worn by men in everyday life. Many men wore many jackets too. Hollywood promoted a conservative style of clothing in movies. Items were in ration back then, so many clothes were used in different ways. Josephine Baker wore many suits as she helped to defeat the Nazis in France. Longer skirts were long by women in Paris and in other places too. By the end of the 1940s, there was a new optimism in society as WWII ended.
During the 1950s, many Americans moved into the suburbs. There was the New Look promoted by designer Christian Dior. Luxury fabric, unicolor dresses, and wedding dresses were shown to the world. Christian Dior wanted simplistic to be the order of the day in expressing certain fashion styles. Dior loved to promote the silhouettes. New accessories with lace and veil were found in wedding dresses. Cocktail dresses were around with flower designs, black designs, and with scandal shoes. There were couture gowns too. By this time, Christobal Balenciaga changed fashion into many ways. He moved into Paris and promoted new garments. Feminine feathered coats were worn by women. Handbags and the bikini existed by the 1950s. There were sunglasses and more people were on the beach at vacation. Air travel increased, and people went to resort areas to relax from the day to day events of work. Men wore stripped suits, conservative hats, and dress shoes. The teenager culture was modernized by the 1950s with jackets, string ties, and certain haircuts. The teenager was a recent concept. Back in the day, once you hit 16, you either went to work or join the military. By the 1950's, more teenagers (boys and girls) wore plaid T-shirts, flattop haircuts, jeans, wide skirts, and boots. There were Sidney Poitier, James Dean, Dorothy Dandridge, Marlon Brando, and other people who showed youth culture in films and television back in the 1950s. There was the sports style with equestrian clothes, flur jackets, and skating shoes. Many cheerleaders were commonplace by the 1950s.
The early 1960s in terms of culture and fashion was a continuation of the late 1950s. There were more conservative dress and clothing. By the mid 1960s, things would change. There were polka dot dresses worn by women. Handbags were elaborate. Women wore their hair shorter, and men grew breads more. Many people didn't know that back in the day, it was taboo for a man to grow long beards. The London model Twiggy used the mod short haircut, the mini skirt, and the suits in opposition to the more conservative fashion styles of the 1950s. There were minicoats and bright colored skirts. By the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Power Movement, and the Sexual Revolution changed fashion and culture forever. By the late 1960s, experimentation in fashion was in vogue. Colored hair, sunglasses, raincoats, and stripped dresses were in existence. Designer Biba inspired much of the changing fashion trends of the time too. Many men wore pop clothing with stripped suits, colored ties, and trailblazers. There were cardin jerseys and unique ties. More men wore their hair longer. There were Afros shown by black men and black women more often by the mid to late 1960s. There were bell bottoms worn by men and women. With the Black Panthers and James Brown's son of I Am Black and Proud, Afrocentric fashion themes were displayed heavily in the 1960s with people like Diana Ross and Muhammad Ali being creative in their style of clothing. Yves St. Laurent has been an icon of fashion for long decades since that time.
There are new discoveries about my 3rd great-granduncle Benjamin Hurst-Turner (b. 1874). Her parents were Morefield Hurst-Turner (1827-1918) and Milly Woodson Bozeman (1830-1910). Benjamin Turner was a farmer who lived in Southampton County, Virginia. She married Cora B. Sykes on January 4, 1903, at Southampton County. The person who performed the ceremony was Sam Freeman. The couple had many children who were Libbie Turner (b. 1903), Irma Turner (b. 1905), Roberta Turner (b. 1908), Blanche Turner (b 1910), Alice Turner (1911-2001), and William Turner (b. 1918). My 1st cousin Alice Turner married Joe Bill Artis (b. 1912). Alice Turner and Joe Bill Artis had many children who were Mary Magdalene Artis (b. 1935), James T. Artis (1938-2003), Ruben L. Artis (b. 1940), Erma Lee Artis (b. 1942-1990), Donald Eugene Artis (1943-1973), and Joanna Artis (1945-2014). My 2nd cousin Elma Artis lived from 1942 to 1990. She was born on February 19, 1942 at Elizabeth City, Virginia. She married Alton Lee James (b. 1933) on November 13, 1964 at Newport News, Virginia. Their child is Elroy Artis of Hampton, Virginia (his biological father is Bobby Paul Ballett). Erma Artis James worked in Hampton and worked for the Lawson Seafood Company for three years. Elroy Artis married Sheila Mayphene Sheppard on January 28, 1995 at Hampton, Virginia. Their child is Jermail Askew.
My 2nd cousin Mary Angline Artis married Jesse Lee Wright Sr. (1932-2021) on March 2, 1955, in Franklin, North Carolina. Their children are Jesse Lee Wright Jr. (b. 1955), Juanita Wright (b. 1956), and James Wright. The 7 grandchildren of Mary and Jesse Lee Wright Sr. are: James L. Wright (Tamika), Kevin D. Wright (Cherie), Candace N. Wright, James J. Wright Sr. (LaToya), Eric M. Wright, Jessica M. Wright, Shayla D. Wright. The 11 great-grandchildren of Mary and Jesse Lee Wright Sr. are: Alexandria Wright, Tyler Wright, Logan Smith, Kiana Wright, Jaleah Wright, Layla Wright, James J. Wright Jr ((3j), London Wright, Janiyah Wright, and Dimitris (Dj). My 2nd cousin James T. Artis married Dorislee Phyllis Lynch (1952-2010) and their children are James T. Artis Jr. and Dorian L. Lynch. My 2nd cousin Ruben L. Artis (1940-1981) married Juanita Elizabeth Jones (b. 1942) on June 11, 1960 at Newport News, Virginia. Their children are Diana Artis (b. 1962), Reuben Artis Jr. (b. 1964), Teresa Michelle Artis (b. 1965), Ronald Artis, Alicia Artis, and Shirell Artis.
The 2024 Presidential election started after President Biden won the election on November 2020. The Trump team sued states in trying to steal the election, but they failed by the Supreme Court. Trump agitated a mob on the United States on January 6, 2021 in trying to oppose the Congress certify the rightful victory for Biden. This mob beat police officers, stole property, waved Neo-Nazi and neo Confederate flags, and more National Guard troops had to come into the place to stop the mob. Mike Pence was almost killed by the insurrectionists. Trump was impeached twice by early 2021, and President Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States on January 20, 2021. Kamala Harris was inaugurated as Vice President on the same day too being the first black and Indian American President in American history. At first, President Biden wanted to run for office again in 2024. By 2022, many Presidential candidates rise up. That year saw new decisions by the Supreme Court too like Roe being abolished. The RNC decides that Milwaukee will be the shite of the 2024 Republican National Convention. The FBI investigated Mar-a-Lago involving a criminal investigation of Donald Trump. The 2022 midterm election allowed the Democrats to win the U.S. Senate and the House to gain a slight control of the United States House of Representatives. By early 2023, the Democratic National Committee move the primary calender up from other dates. By February 2023, Niki Haley ran for President on the Republican ticket. Later, Vivek Ramaswamy ran for President too. By March 30, 2023, Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury for his hush money scandal with Stormy Daniels. The neoliberal, centrist No Labels organization explored options to promote a unity ticket in the presidential election, but they failed thankfully. Tim Scott ran for President too as a Republican from South Carolina. He is a Senator. Robert Kennedy Jr. once ran for President on April 19, 2023 too. 2023 saw the Presidential race grow in intensity. By October 2023, Cornell West ran for President as an Independent. The October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israeli changed the 2024 Presidential race forever. Many Muslim Americans want Biden to drop out of the race over his handling of the Israel/Hamas war. This is part of the #Abandon Biden movement. By early 2023, Trump won the primaries in the Republican races. Biden won the Democratic primaries too. After Super Tuesday on March 4, 2024, Trump and Biden won their primary votes. Nikki Haley endorsed Trump. By the early Summer of 2024, Biden is encouraged by members of his own party to leave the race before of his age and performance on the first Presidential debate.
The July 1, 2024 Supreme Court decision allow Trump to absolute immunity for acts he committed as President and no immunity for unofficial acts. It was a 6-3 decision being one of the worst decisions of the Supreme Court. By this time, Trump is a convicted felon and found liable for raping a woman. Raul Grjalva and Seath Moulton want Biden to withdraw from the race. The Democratic elites want Biden gone. The Republican National Convention took place in July of 2024 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. J.D. Vance is the new Vice Presidential GOP candidate. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 by July 17, 2024. By July 21, 2024, President Joe Biden withdrew from the race supporting Vice President Kamala Harris to have the Democratic candidacy. Vice President Kamala Harris announced her candidacy for President. This comes after the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Kamala Harris had immediate support and picked Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz as his vice presidential running mate. Many Uncommitted delegates from 8 states support Palestinians not Harris. The August 2024 Democratic National Convention took place in Chicago, Illinois with power and inspiration. By this time, the race between Harris and Trump remain close, especially in battleground states. People have debated the role of men, including black men in their views of Kamala Harris. Kamala Harris thoroughly defeated Donald Trump in the 2nd Presidential debate on September 10, 2024. By September 2024, Trump has a 2nd assassination attempt. Early voting has started by September. Walz defeated Vance on October 1, 2024 by default as Vance told lies in a slick fashion. After that, Hurricane Helene and Milton damaged the Southeast, Trump lies about Haitian immigrants, and Trump increases his bigoted rhetoric against immigrants. Trump wants concentration camps to deport all undocumented workers. Trump also slandered Detroit too.
The hip-hop artist Lord Jamar recently supported Trump and promoted the lie that Trump is not a racist. Not only is Jamar a liar, but he is a traitor to black people. He is the worst type of traitor by hypocritically claiming to be for black people but allying with the anti-black fascist Donald Trump. Let's look at the facts. Trump said that the Central Park Five should have the death penalty, even after DNA evidence proved their innocence. Trump said that a Mexican American judge can't judge a case fairly because of his Mexican heritage. That is racism. Trump slandered the city of Detroit recently in October of 2024. Trump called many black women politicians as having low IQ. Trump made sexist remarks against Kamala Harris for months, and Trump said that there were good people on both sides in the events of Charlottesville, Virginia back in 2017. The other side included Nazis and far-right terrorists. Jamar hypocritically criticizes Dj Vlad for his antics (which is true as Vlad is a deceptive person), but he supports Trump and sugarcoats his antics. Lord Jamar wants to be part of the house of Trump so badly, because he loves his master, Donald Trump. He is worse than Jesse Lee Peterson (as Peterson never claims to be pro-black). Jamar said that Kamala Harris isn't black. The truth is that Kamala Harris is Black and Indian American, and she called herself black and African American plenty of times.
Vice President Kamala Harris is not perfect, but she is not Trump. Trump was found liable legally of raping a woman, but Kamala Harris was a prosecutor who targeted corrupt Wall Street interests and sexual predators. Trump wants camps to house migrants (he wants to end birthright citizenship and he wants a Muslim ban), but Kamala Harris wants billions of dollars in federal investments to build new housing in America. Trump has promoted divisive rhetoric for decades, and Kamala Harris promotes unity and justice. Jamar talks about Tupac and collard greens, but Kamala's misspoken words are nowhere near Trump agitating an insurrection against the USA government on January 6, 2021 (Trump called terrorists and traitors on that day patriots and wants to pardon these criminals). Republicans in Alabama are being sued by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice and the rest of the Justice Department for having a program that is aimed at removing voters form its election roles. Many GOP members are trying to suppress the vote now. So, Lord Jamar is a Hotep (as many Hoteps are allied with the MAGA cult) who made sexist remarks for years. Jamar said the lie that only 500,000 Jewish people died in the Holocaust in 2020. That is offensive as six million Jewish people died in the Shoah. This is the same person who said that women hip-hop artists are not part of real hip-hop. He has to nerve to call Sha-Rock an anomaly when Sequence, Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, and other women hip hop artists have made contributions in hip hop since the 1970s. This liar Jamar said that Harris did nothing specific to black people. Amber Rose lied and said that eating cats is part of Haitian culture. Amber Rose is a sick person like Jamar is too. Harris funded HBCUs, helped to cut poverty in half, talked to black men as men to promote her views, and went about promoting infrastructure development in our nation. Black unemployment is much lower now than in Trump's Presidency. She has detailed policy positions on her campaign site too. That is the truth. Kamala Harris is proposing a new plan for Medicare to cover the costs of health care aides for seniors. Yet, Trump has no plan whatsoever on dealing with national health care issues. Trump stands for fascism and bigotry, and Kamala Harris stands for democracy. It is as simple as that.
The growth of air taxi cab technology has increased in the 2020s. This is part of the AAM or Advanced Air Mobility. – air transportation systems that utilize advanced technologies such as vertical takeoffs, autonomous capabilities, or fully-electric systems – for short to mid range on-demand flights. Many AAM vehicles are designed for Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) or Vertical Takeoff and Landings (VTOL); electric VTOL aircraft are also prominent, known as eVTOLs. Another noteworthy term for the air taxi market is Urban Air Mobility (UAM), which is a sub-category of AAM focused on applications in urban settings. The concept of air taxis existed as early as the 1910s to 1950s. This concept goes back as early as 1917 with Glenn Curtiss’ prototype, the auto-plane. Furthermore, during the 1920s to the late 1950s, various inventors created their own prototypes. Such inventors included Henry Ford, Waldo Waterman, and Moulton “Molt” Taylor. However, each of these projects faced challenges which included crashes, lack of funding, or technical difficulties. During the 2010s to the present day, there was the “reemergence” of catering to “on-demand aviation services” that focus on goods delivery and passenger mobility such as the ability of booking a helicopter through a smartphone. BLADE, SkyRyde, and UberCopter are just some examples of companies that are offering passenger mobility helicopter services. Additionally, NASA and the United States Air Force initiated a focus to improve safety and scalability of UAM systems through the launch of the AAM National Campaign and Agility Prime. NASA showed this initiative by signing agreements with 17 companies to test UAM vehicles and systems. On the other hand, the U.S. Air Force's Agility Prime program demonstrates a focus on scalability through exploring vertical flight opportunities for military applications.
Companies such as Uber claim air taxis and other VTOL aircraft will enable rapid and reliable transportation. Uber plans to develop new skyports, which may provide multidimensional routes opposed to traditional routes taken by current forms of transportation. To achieve efficiency, the current proposed plan is to use the top decks of parking structures and current existing helipads to create multiple skyports for the future. EVTOL developer TCab Tech raised 20 million dollars in its first round of funding. The company has received more than 200 provisional orders for its E20 model, in which Chinese media has reported that the E20 will COST $970,000 per unit. Other companies, such as the German consultancy Roland Berger, have predicted about 3,000 flying taxis will be in operation by 2025 with as many as 98,000 by 2050.
In addition, Joby Aviation plans to be in operation in New York by 2025. They plan to offer electric air taxi transport from JFK airport to downtown Manhattan. Joby Aviation also plans to offer booking on demand, similar to rideshare apps. Furthermore, in 2025, Joby and Delta airlines hope to launch eVTOL flights in New York and Los Angeles. Additionally, United and Archer Aviation plan to do the same in Chicago. This shift towards urban air mobility is supported by Delta Airlines statistics that is estimating about 1,000 people a day would choose eVTOLS instead of automobiles to travel to and from the airport. Today, there is the flying taxi being developed in the UAE. Toyota is to invest in the 500 million in the flying taxi start up called Joby. The Joby aviation flying taxi can reach 200 mph. During a trial, the Joby can travel from Manhattan to JFK airport from one hour to just seven minutes.
By Timothy
