How Bid Whist Became a Black American Card Game (w/ Lamont Jones)
ep. 002: Adrian Miller cover (credit Ryan Fila)
For this episode, my guest is boxing business attorney, card game enthusiant, and author, Lamont Jones.
We talk about his book, The Gist of Bid Whist: The Culturally Rich Card Game From Black America, and explore the history of the partner card game bid whist as well as some of the ways African Americans made the game their own. Lamont has incredible stories about iconic Black cultural and historical figures who played and popularized bid whist-- from the Pullman porters and Justice Thurgood Marshall to Michael Jordan & the recently departed Jesse Jackson.
Lamont's website: gistofbidwhist.com
His social media handle on Instagram and Twitter is @lamontsixnolow.
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Episode Notes:
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“Outstanding” – The Gap Band
“Square Biz” – Teena Marie
Michael Jackson
On Juneteenth– Annette Gordon Reed
Half American: The Epic story of African-Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad – Matthew F. Delmont