Tre 4 Native, Actress Pam Grier starred in 1975 Film, Sheba Baby.
In Honor of my Dearest Uncle Stanley M. Jones and his beautiful wife Joyce of Newburg who both transitioned this year; today they would be celebrating 51 years their union. Mashallah to your legacy and to everlasting life.
Im writing this article to document some divine connects of the two cities in my brother’s book 1975
My Brother, Carlos A. Jones book 1975 adds two new cities to the Charles Dickens Classic A Tale of Two Cities, which in fact has an 1975 edition. in his novel the two cities are: Winston-Salem, North Carolina (The Tre Fo) my hometown and his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. The etymology for Charles it comes from Carlos. ie Charles Martel was called Carlous Martelus. This is where Carolingian derive their root not a particular person but a status if you will (I AM).
According to this article on the Wharf Master and Founder of the one my most favorite Bourbons— the Welshman, Evan Williams.
Louisville is located at the Falls of the Ohio River, was a major port for river traffic. Boats were unloaded above the Falls and the freight, carried over land, was then reloaded on boats below the Falls to be shipped to New Orleans.
Winston-Salem is a major port city as well,(at one point 8th largest in North Amerique) for one it sits on the crossing ford in the Yadkin River along the Great Wagon Road, therefore before modern bridges, the people had to cross through the northwest region in the Carolingian Piedmont called Bethabara, Hebrew for the house of Passage. What is now known as Winston-Salem therefore was a cultural center for the indigenous Tribes. Also there was Plank Road that went from Bethania all the way to Fayetteville. Therefore a lot of traffic always passed through that region.
Actress Pam Grier, is actually a native of Winston-Salem born in 1949; Grier starred in the 1975 film Sheba, Baby. In this set of tapereplays a Chi Town Private Investigator, Sheba Shayne, who travels back to her hometown (in the film) of Louisville, Kentucky to seek revenge of her father after his business his business was mobbed by thugs who was looking to force a sale.
This film is staged in Louisville and has Great visuals of the city during that time period which was filmed around the time author Carlos Jones was born, in Louisville in fact it released just 13 days after his birthday, and four days after the mother of our Publishing House Darrell Louise Jones Slade, who is also a native of Louisville, Kentucky.
In Carlos book 1975, he states that him and his mother moved to Pam Grier’s hometown, Winston-Salem from Louisville in 1982. What drove them there was, Carlos’ grandmother Dorothy Jordan who worked at Winston-Salem Tobacco company, Brown and Williamson the Louisville branch shut down, their employees where given the option to relocate. When she relocated her Daughter Darrell moved year after her to be closer to her momma. Miss Jordan as her community made her transition this year on 7 Jul, 2025. Her legacy is well documented in her grandsons’ novel which shw loved and had multiple copies in her extensive library.
The theory is that Carlos’ family is a branch that originates from the Piedmont Region of the Carolinas and went into what is known the Louisville area in prehistoric times and has been there every since. More Research on this though.
The next time you watch Sheba, Baby, consider getting a copy of 1975 to go on your coffee table.
Bismillah