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Black Indie Readers: African American Historical Fiction is Important Too
Kanye West, Waffle-House, Childish Gambino, Roseanne, and elderly Black women being manhandled by police is but a snippet of what’s going on. I can turn on my television or more precisely, open my computer, and see a similar scene as a 1960s protest march. I see people sitting in again at restaurants, I see people… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Anna Murray Douglass
Today, we are taking a look at a woman whose husband we know well. Frederick Douglass is well-known but his first wife is not. For the sake of time, I am combining sources from various articles since I have not had the chance to put something together for you this week. Enjoy. Frederick and Anna… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday (late post) – William Monroe Trotter
First, I want to say that Birth of a Movement is a good documentary on Netflix and is the inspiration behind this post. We are familiar with the name W.E.B. Dubois but I do not hear much concerning William Monroe Trotter and that’s a shame. While I do not agree with his dissension with… Continue reading
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New lynching Memorial Evokes Terror of Victims
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the distance: Brown rectangular slabs, 800 in all, inscribed with the names of more than 4,000 souls who lost their lives in lynchings between 1877 and 1950. Each pillar is 6 feet (2 meters) tall, the height… Continue reading
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