At the Total Experience, 1975, waiting to enjoy Donnie Hathaway's last concert in L.A.
This picture explains why we used to call one of them (guess which one) "Fast Black."
Rhonda, Dee, Laurna, James, Jr., Greg, and Mike waiting for the pool to fill, El Vista, circa 1958
The ones I can identify are my dad, Austin Henry (Jack) Nicholas II (lower left), uncle William B. (Frog) Nicholas, Jr. (top left), and grandmother Mary Nicholas. The girls are aunt Ollie and aunt Antoinette (not sure which is which) and I'll need help, family, with the baby.
No, they didn't just sneak across the border. They were in a school play at Lincoln when it was the only colored school in Port Arthur.
Mama Rosie, uncle Arthur, Jr., and aunt Dickie with their dad Arthur Williams, Sr.
Mama Rosie with her dad Arthur Williams and maternal grandfather Joe Powell
Me with cousins Clif and Ed, Jr. in Johnnie's Austin Healy
Clockwise from top left: Aunt Dickie, Mama Rosie, Uncle Arthur, Aunt Pauline, and Aunt Jessie
Grandmother Marcella came from Port Arthur to visit. That's me on her lap between my two beautiful sisters, Argentine and Jacqueline. From top left: uncle Arthur Williams, Jr., aunt Dickie with husband, uncle Eddie Williams, uncle Clifton Williams (aunt Pauline's husband), cousin Joe Johnson, dad Jack Nicholas, and my two brothers Austin and Johnnie. Middle: Clifton Williams, Jr. aunt Paulind, and Mama Rosie.
Jacoby P. Maxwell (aka Chelette, aka Germain) starring in my play "The Male Box." Supporting cast included Nick Testa, left, and Joe Bench.
When there were only six cars on the westside of P.A., he owned three of them. And to keep his fuel costs in check, he established the first black gas station in Port Arthur.
She founded the first black home for the elderly in Jefferson County, TX, on Houston Avenue near 9th Street in Port Arthur.
Next door to the Hollywood Threater and across the street from "King Arthur's" headquarters, KJET Studio. My dad brought a taste of L.A. with him when we moved back to P.A. Standing next to my shoeshine stand is the legendary Cal Jones.