Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
Saturday, October 19, 2013

The Book, "Twelve Years A Slave," By Solomon Northup

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Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853 [...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Philadelphia Story: The Slaves At The President's House

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Statue of President George Washington Outside of Independence Hall From the New York Times , "Reopening a House That’s Still D...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exhibition

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Horse-drawn carriage in front of corner drugstore. Georgia, ca. 1900 Included in an award-winning exhibit at the Paris Exposition, th...
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

African-American Education in West Virginia

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Anderson Elementary. One-room African-American school, circa 1939. From the West Virginia Encyclopedia , an article discussing Africa...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

African American Railroad Workers: Gandy Dancers

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From  Appalachia History , "Gandy Dancers" by Dave Tabler (7 January 2008) -- Before railroad work was completely mechanized i...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

Edward Jenkins Roye: Liberia's Fifth President

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Liberia's Fifth President, President Edward Jenkins Roye . Edward Roye was born into a prosperous family in Newark, Ohio. He e...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Loving v. Virginia

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Brent Staples of the New York Times writes on 14 May 2008, "Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race" --Americans born i...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The Black History Month Story

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From The Black Collegian : The ongoing discussion of the necessity to study Black History has persisted for more than 100 years. The early ...

Negro History Week Poster, February 13, 1944

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February 13, 1944. Broadside 1944 .A8 FF, Special Collections, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Negro History Week Began This poste...
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