Black History Month
Oney Judge
Let’s get right down to it, from the beginning, George Washington owned more slaves than Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler in “Gone With The Wind”… The first president of the United States had enslaved more […]
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T’was The Night Before Impeachment
In 2021, the third president to be impeached in the history of the United States went in front of Congress to learn his fate. Donald Trump was charged with insurrection for his role in the […]
Black History Month
Vicksburg – December 7, 1874
Vicksburg, Mississippi, is known to many as the place where somebody got a whooping… namely the Confederates during the Siege of Vicksburg from May 25 thru July 4, 1863. Now Vicksburg, Mississippi was the last […]
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Elaine – September 30, 1919
Some people say that the Elaine Massacre in Elaine, Arkansas, was the deadliest massacre of black folks in American history, even surpassing Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which estimates as high as 300 African Americans were killed. […]
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The Killing Of Patrick Lyoya
“On April 4, 2022, Patrick Lyoya was killed by Grand Rapids, Michigan Officer Christopher Schurr during a traffic stop. The story made national headlines. While many black men have been killed at the hands of […]
Black History Month
The Red Summer
During the series named “By The Numbers,” we touch on a historical event called the Red Summer. I remember telling you I thought I had written an article about it, but it seems I had […]
Black History Month
Massacre At Ocoee
The Ocoee massacre was an event that happened in Ocoee Florida between November 2nd and 3rd, in 1920. Now being a black person in Florida in 1920 was like taking an enema using a gas […]
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State Of The Union?
We will be off this week for a family reunion and will return next week. Please enjoy one of my favorite articles… “State of The Union. On February 5, 2019, the President gave his State […]
Black History Month
The Example
There have been over 4700 lynchings in the United States between 1882 and 1968. Seventy-two percent or 3446 were African Americans according to the NAACP and Tuskegee University, although the records don’t seem to include […]
Black History Month
Disrespectful
“That devil Forrest must be hunted down and killed if it costs ten thousand lives and bankrupts the federal treasury.” – Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman 1864One of the most atrocious and godless crimes of the […]