black history fun fact friday
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Dr. George Cleveland Hall
This week, I spoke briefly on Dr. George Cleveland Hall, for whom the Hall Public Library in Chicago is named. I talked about the Hall Branch as the place I got my first library card and all the historical things I didn’t know that happened there. To read this post, click here. Today, we are… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Cane River Creole National Park – Oakland Plantation
On this day in 2016, I posted about a former slave plantation in Natchitoches, Louisiana I visited that weekend. I shared my experience on this blog, but I never made it a Black History Fun Fact. As the memory popped up in my Facebook archives, I decided to add it to the collection. Below is… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – To Shoot Hard Labour by Joanne C. Hillhouse
This article is part of Antiguan and Barbudan author Joanne C. Hillhouse’s Blogger on Books book review series on her blog http://jhohadli.wordpress.com. Today, she provides insight into the book, To Shoot Hard Labour: The Life and Times of Samuel Smith, an Antiguan Workingman 1877-1982. A Long Preamble The full title of To Shoot Hard Labour,… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Slave Patrols and American Policing
This post was originally published under another blog series Unfamiliar Faces: Lost to History. Due the current climate I have revised this post and re-categorized it under Black History Fun Facts. Originally Published: July 14, 2015 Revised May 29, 2020 The tragic murder of George Floyd, who sadly joins the ranks of several unarmed black… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Anna M. Mangin
Born in October of 1854 in Louisiana, Anna invented a kitchen tool she called a pastry fork. The system of patents for inventions was not easy for African Americans at the time. Enslaved people were not considered people, they were not US citizens, and the rights of the US constitution did not apply to them.… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – The Short Family
This is a real-life case of living beyond the colored line. It starts when a black man named O’Day Short and his family moved to a racist area of Fontana, California, in 1945. Here’s a bit of history behind Fontana: The Ku Klux Klan established its headquarters in Fontana. KKK Grand Wizard George Pepper and… Continue reading
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Black History Fun Fact Friday – Beyond Selma: The Civil Rights Movement in Jacksonville, Florida by KE Garland
When you think of the civil rights movement, what cities come to mind? Mobile? Birmingham? Atlanta? some place, Mississippi? How about Jacksonville, Florida? Probably not, but this southern city and its leaders were just as influential as Selma. I found this out four years ago, when I posted this photo to my blog. A fellow… Continue reading
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