{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Robert Wesley Branch","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings","author_name":"Robert Wesley Branch","author_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/author\/admin\/","title":"For the Brothers Who Ain't Here - Robert Wesley Branch","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XWPTaxys45\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/for-the-brothers-who-aint-here\/\">For the Brothers Who Ain&#8217;t Here<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/for-the-brothers-who-aint-here\/embed\/#?secret=XWPTaxys45\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;For the Brothers Who Ain&#8217;t Here&#8221; &#8212; Robert Wesley Branch\" data-secret=\"XWPTaxys45\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.robertwesleybranch.com\/robertwritings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/000-For-the-Brothers-Who-Aint-Here-16x9-1.jpeg","thumbnail_width":1792,"thumbnail_height":1024,"description":"Using James Baldwin\u2019s book, Nobody Knows My Name (1961), as a backdrop, in this trilogy, recorded in October of 2016, when I was 51, I am remembering some of \u201cthe brothers who ain\u2019t here.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cFor the brother who ain\u2019t here.\u201d His name was Andre. Remembering a childhood friend, a boy from the old neighborhood, who never grew to see his 30th birthday. Reflecting on the fun times we shared together, and what kind of man he would have become, had he lived to age 51, like I have. \u201cFor the brother who ain\u2019t here.\u201d His name was Carlton; we called him Scrappy. Remembering a dude I used to hang out with over 30 years ago, and sharing the side of him I came to know on his deathbed. Reflecting on all the weed we smoked together, and what kind of man he would have become, had he lived to age 51, like I have.\u00a0 \u201cFor the brother who ain\u2019t here.\u201d His name was Joe. And he was 27 when I knew him. I was 21 and still in university. And Joe was the first grown-ass man I really knew outside of my family. He worked, rented his own apartment, paid Read More ..."}