Anthony Elmore and Isaac Hayes both wear African Attire pose for a picture at a Kwanzaa Celebration in Memphis, Tennessee December 26, 2005
Anthony Elmore Sr. Isaac Hayes and Anthony Elmore Jr.
This picture shows Karma and relationships. At our home is a picture taken of famous songwriter David Porter with the Bald head. It was David and Issac who was the great Stax Songwriting team. The woman in the Blue is David's wife Ronda who was a childhood friend and I remember going to a birthday party at Ronda's home before I was five years old. Ronda lived just about 5 houses from our home. Just to tell you about David Porter, I called David and told him that my child in the third grade was doing a school project and I wanted him to take a picture with my son. David on his cell phone stopped his work and accomodated our son. This is the spirit of people at STAX Records. David Porter was Isaac's Hayes best friend.
This is a picture of Congressman Steve Cohen who for the last two years came to our home to celebrate Black History Month. Congressman Cohen introduced a bill to apologize for Slavery in America. When I was asked to appear in an add for his re-election campaign I was a matter of Karma that Isaac Hayes had a connection with this Jewish Congressman. I have been trying to get our Memphis Mayor to travel to Africa for 15 years but when I suggested this idea to this Congressman it took him only 15 minutes to say yes and he loved the idea. Relationships are Karmatic or from a past is taught in Buddhism. At Issac Hayes funeral he said why not call our Airport the Issac Hayes International Airport.
On December 26, 2005 Isaac and I took a picture at a Kwanzaa celebration sponsored by our State Representative Ms. Henri Brooks. I recall having a brief conversation with Isaac about the difficulty of us as Black men to find a mate. Isaac and I both understood that we both had to travel to Africa to find a mate. Isaac told me that he had tried for years to get the woman whom he married to agree to marry him. On this date Isaac introduced his wife Adowa to everyone at the Kwanzaa celebration and Isaac told everyone that she was “with baby.” I told Adjowa about my experiences in Ghana and that I was putting together the 1st “All African home in America.” About 7 months later in the summer of 2006 Isaac's wife Adjowa visited our home with her newly born son Kwadjo Hayes. Adjowa my wife Bogalech and I never passed many words but we all spiritually understood our relationship and our deep African connection. Adjowa said that she wanted Isaac to visit our home. Isaac and I shared a deep Karmic connection to Africa.
