Hood History: Over Night Bag aka The Booty Bag
2/21/18- Today’s Hood History looks back at 1793 when Kunta Kinte’s sister Uriah Kinte invented the booty bag. She used the bag every time she spent the night with her lover. In it contained a change of clothes and all the things she needed to freshen up before returning.
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