About

Camay Calloway Brooks Murphy is a beautiful lady inside and out. In her full length interview she shares part of her life story from her auspicious beginnings as the love-child of famed jazzman Cab Calloway and Zelma Proctor, to an esteemed educator, and an avid citizen of the communities lucky enough to have her living within their boundaries. In this podcast excerpt, I will share snippets of her life, rich with experiences from the days of the Harlem Renaissance in NYC to her early years in Baltimore. She shares stories of living in Baltimore under the guidance of her grandmother, spending wonderful times being pampered by the lady customers at Poindexter's Beauty Salon. She shares the attitudes of her mother's and father's families towards their relationship. We hear a funny story about the 'alien' praying mantis! And she shares her love and not-so-loving relationship with technology.  She gives us a few simple words to live by in closing, while easily admitting that it's difficult to tell anyone how to live their life.  In Havre de Grace, those who have met her enjoy the easy laugh, twinkling eyes, and always enthusiastic energy of this amazing 90 year old woman. She may have slowed a tiny bit, but you would never notice as she enjoys jazz, talks about her play created for Havre de Grace of the fictional tale of a black jockey during our race track days, or shares her desire to see a statue built to celebrate the life of a local legend, Ernest Burke - speaker, humanitarian, and superb athlete of the Negro League. She is a remarkable addition to our community. (c)2017 Thriving Owl Publ., Ellie Mencer, 343 Green St, Havre de Grace, MD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED