This is old

Kissed by the sun; amazing complexion, very articulate, and great memory for his age!

Wait … he said ooooooooo jesta .. like dude on jango

When I think of jeston hairston I think of the many laughs from tv show AMEN god bless him

Huck and Jim

July 9th! Same birthday as my husband! I love listening to these old stories! These men saw some very fascinating times! ❤

What a charming, delightful man. I wish I had gotten to know of him before today years ago.

He enslaved men .

Young people today don't understand sitting and asking questions. Will some day be something they will regret they didn't do. I hate that I didn't ask questions about my dad's family.

These comments lol are we missing the slave and owner lol

This is racism in the America I Love. I sang in Jester Hairston festivals in high school. That memory brought me to this video.

What a wise man he was. It’s been said that these types of interviews were prompted by the descendants of slave owners to control the narrative. It would be foolish to bash the offspring of his parents’ enslavers. His cooperation, like many, determined his future. I appreciate my ancestors’ tactics so that my generation can speak on what was really said behind closed doors. Happy Juneteenth.

This man reminds me so much of the Black men in my neighborhood growing up in the 1950's. Great personality, great everything.

Good man❤ RIH my heart is happy listening to help talk❤

Why is this title as it is? SLAVE and Owner??? Clearly, Jester Hairston was way more than a slave, if he ever was! Please stop diminishing people's legacy by trying to rewrite their history. His story is way bigger than what the misleading title eludes to...I'm happy I stopped on this video because I learned of an American legend.

Hell no

Wow, I just learned about him this morning. What spectacular man.

Whoa, he wore this song! 😮🙌🏾

So beautiful to see! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

A lot of slaves used wood chips in their pillow bag as a pillow during slave days

We found our Slave Owner Family. The Blackburns of Amarillo Tx

Love to hear this I play it over and over

Assumptions make perfect sense why they think we gave them Cotton or anything for tjat matter

The secret is whites were slaves before melanated ppl and they were poor before coming to America. They got pics of them in the cotton fields too... Dnd it wasn't the slavery they portray in these movies... It was indentured servitude, same thing today! Stop the bs and learn the truth or just stop speaking on what you don't know about. They came on boats as poor people, not the other way around... They was telling their history in movies like orphan Annie and the chimney sweep or whatever it's called. White kids worked in coal mines as orphans or slaves bcs their parents may have been poor. The black sut on their face is where the term BLACK people come from... Black is not a nationality and it don't describe our people... History was told in reverse... We're the true indigenous ppl of America, and to the planet for that matter, not African. We're the American Indian not Native Americans, it's a difference... Native American is a political term used to attempt to whitewash our history and make us believe we're foreigners to this land. As MLK said WE'VE BECOME EXILES IN OUR OWN LAND check out the ST MARY OF THE GOOD WINDS portrait and the 1828 Webster's dictionary definition of American. Our family history and records are other sources. I've always known my Gm was full blooded Cherokee, and to this day, we're the only people to get a constant name change to hide our true identity and to further their agenda, but WE'RE WOKE TO THE BS NOW!

Standard Form 181 (Rev. 5-82) U.S. Office of Personnel Management FPM Supplement 298-1 RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN IDENTIFICATION Black: A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Does not include persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins (see Hispanic). We are American Indians, we are not Black

This is priceless and very informative

Sounds to me like slaves had it pretty good.

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How could he bear the name jester, that's F'd UP 🤡🤹🏿

Warren Butler ? Lol

I was told that's his singing voice in the movie Lillies Of The Field

As a white male, growing up in an inner city project i always was fascinated listening to the older black neighbors and their stories. To this day, it saddens me to confront that part of America's past! I will never understand how Southerners back then considered themselves Christians!

I had to take a few looks hairston looks exactly like my grandfather and he passed at 92

I’m just now learning of all of his amazing accomplishments!

Rest in peace

Oh my God it is so wonderful to see Riley. I’m glad to see he’s doing good. Looks like he’s in good health. God bless him.

Mr. Hairston did a guest appearance at my church in La Jolla, California when I was a teenager. I was honored to sing in the choir under his direction for two shows. I learned a lot from him in a very short time. He was very gracious and kind.

He is just such a cute elder

White dude looks like Warren Buffet

Fuck outta here wit dis bullshit. How u cool wit the ppl tht owned ur family.

They walk alike and have the same nose. I wonder if they share some dna 🤔

They act the same. Must be related.

I wish the older white Grays and black Grays did this. I would love to hear the stories they have about our hometown.

The hog pen behind the out house!!!!

Riley off amen!!! The masterful servant!!!

well well well

This should be shown in schools. Social media has people who have nowhere near as close connection as these two do to slavery, hating each other over slavery. It's really sad that these two were longtime friends and now strangers are at each others throats.

The Hodgetwins are related

Most FBA’s! , they still running around with Masters last name! and proud of it!! …….you Africa Americans that don’t subscribe to this Tariq Nasheed cult! ….I’m not talking to you guys, you guys are fine!

I miss him he was such a great actor Amen was one of my favorite shows as a kid