Black History Month

No Trace Whatsoever

(Marcus Garvey and Walter Plecker in above photo) This story starts with a man named Walter Plecker. Plecker was Virginia’s first registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics and served from 1912 to 1946. To give you […]

Black History Month

Springfield 1908 (Part II)

“In 1908 there were five levels of racist ass whipping’s. The first level is the mundane, “We gonna whip your ass darkey!” You might receive this admonishment if one of the racist men girlfriends smiles […]

Black History Month

Cicely Tyson

“The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat.”  – Cicely […]

Black History Month

The Other Lincoln

A friend and I were talking about the Great Betrayal of 1877. I had remembered I wrote an article about it last year. For those who missed it, I thought you might enjoy reading about […]

Black History Month

Frazier and Julia Baker

Black History Month – February 22, 1898 Edited Reprint: Hill1News © 2019 There were some really foul people in the late 19th century. Those old time racist make today’s racist look like they carrying Walmart […]