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Arvin Mosley
I WAS BORN IN MASHULAVILLE, MS. IN 1945, BUT OUR FAMILY RESIDED IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY
OF TRIPLET TOWN, WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 100 PEOPLE. I CONTINUED TO LIVE THERE UNTIL
GRADUATING FROM L...view moreI WAS BORN IN MASHULAVILLE, MS. IN 1945, BUT OUR FAMILY RESIDED IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY
OF TRIPLET TOWN, WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN 100 PEOPLE. I CONTINUED TO LIVE THERE UNTIL
GRADUATING FROM LOUISVILLE COLORED HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE MS. IN 1964; WITH VERY FEW
JOBS BEING AVAILABLE LOCALLY, I FOUND THE LARGER WORLD BECKONING TO ME TO EXPERIENCE A PART
OF LIFE BEYOND MY KNOWN HORIZONS. I DECIDED TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. DURING MY
FOUR YEARS OF SERVING OUR COUNTRY, I ACCUMULATED EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY OUR SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES WERE SO DIAMETRICAL TO OUR NATIONAL FOUNDING PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS.
BELIEVING THE COLLECTIONS OF MYTH (HISTORY) THAT WE WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL TO BE UNTRUE BUT
ALSO BELIEVING THAT FAR-FLUNG GEOGRAPHY WOULD ANSWER SOME OF THOSE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AS SOMEONE ONCE SAID, “HISTORY IS A FABLE AGREED UPON;” I EMBARKED UPON A QUEST TO FIND
THOSE ILLUSIVE ANSWERS TREATED AS SO MUCH TRUTH; A QUEST HERETOFORE NEARLY ALL CONSUMING,
CONTINUED UN-ABATED EVEN TO AND ON THROUGH THE DAYS OF THESE WRITINGS. REMEMBERING SO
MUCH FROM THE PAST WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THESE CLEARER LENSES INTO THE FUTURE, THE IMAGES
AND IDEAS ARE LESS FOGGY. LIFE IS MORE CLEARLY FOCUSED. RETROSPECTION SEEMS TO LIGHT THAT
FORWARD PATH. I HAVE WORKED MANY JOBS, RUN SOME BUSINESSES, RAISED A FAMILY AND DEALT WITH
PEOPLE FROM MANY WALKS OF LIFE. THESE QUESTIONS OF WHY CAME IN A VARIETY OF FORMS. IN BUSINESS,
AS IN ALMOST ALL FACETS OF ACHIEVEMENT, FAVORABLE RESULTS WERE TREATED BY MOST WHO KNEW ME AS
MAJOR SURPRISES WHILE I THOUGHT THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN GREAT WAS JUST ACCEPTANCE OF ANOTHER
DEFAULT POSITION. MAYBE WRITING THAT LONG PROMISED BOOK IS A START AND/OR MAYBE WRITING A
FEW WILL LEAD TO ANSWERS I AND MAYBE YOU HAD ALL ALONG.
SINCE RETIRING IN 2006 MY WIFE, ROSE, AND I HAVE LIVED IN TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI AND SOMETIMES SET
UP VENDER BOOTHS AND SELL AT LOCAL FLEA MARKETS.view less