News BIG MAMA SAID: Your Children Are God’s Work clothes: Whatever You Did Not Fix in Yourself Will Show in Your Children BY: Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen always said children are like garments of a worker—if your clothes are worn, stained, or torn from... Garland JournalSeptember 13, 2025
Editorial Big Mama Said: My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts, Third Reconstruction : PART TWO By Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen had permanent lessons and we came to know them as gifts. Thanks to each of you who... Garland JournalSeptember 16, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: YOU NEED TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE AND END THE GAME! By Terry Allen If Lucille “Big Mama’s Allen had lived her prime during this new digital season, then her rules of thumb taken out... Garland JournalJune 10, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: DON’T LET THE DEVIL GET IN YOUR HEAD! By Terry Allen I love the playbook Lucille “Big Mama” Allen left for us. As a survivor of the Jim Crow era and many... Garland JournalSeptember 23, 2021
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: BELIEVING IS TIED TO YOUR SOUL – DO NOT GIVE THE DEVIL A SEAT AT THE TABLE By Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen would not garner much pushback as she sit on the front porch as the sunset and rewarded... Garland JournalSeptember 17, 2021