Black History Cat running thru the 28th
WWII was a pivotal event in African American history. From 1940 thru 1946 the amount of violence aimed at Black Americans had been unprecedented since the time of the Red Summer in 1919 when violent […]
Mound Bayou, Mississippi, Jewel Of The Delta is the oldest independent “all” black community in the United States.. and I mean “ALL” black. The sun doesn’t even shine there… okay.. yes it does… but it […]
Fannie Lou Hamer’s name is not as well known as some of our other great civil rights activists. She was a giant though folks. Fannie was born in Montgomery, (You Missed A Spot Boy..) County, […]
Yep, Ima say it… what in the thirteen colonies of Lipton is going on up there in Boston? This week they unveiled a tribute statue to Martin Luther King Jr and his wife that had […]
Every year on either MLK Day or his birthday, I repost this story. On April 4th 1968, King was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee by ultra racist Jame Earl Ray. […]
January 1, 1833 has no real historical significance attached to it other than a personal historic significance attached to this author. My mother would be born a little over a hundred years later. If she […]
As far as race relations go, if the 1960’s had a face it would be of someone doing something in the greens. From 1960 to 1971 there were over 750 black protest across the country […]
In the heat of the night… I’ve got trouble wall to wall… Oh yes I haveI repeat in the night… Must be an ending to us all… Oh Lord, it won’t be longYes, just you […]
Beauregard: General I’m not able to fight in the war against the Northern aggressors because of my foot spurs… however my boy Othello will fight in my stead… General: We can’t give that boy a […]
I grew up in a neighborhood called Manor Park in Washington DC. It is better known as Takoma Park but Takoma Park is the adjacent neighborhood. Manor Park starts at Tuckerman and ends at Missouri […]
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