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Pair of newspapers discussing Paul Cuffe's colonization efforts in Sierra Leone. Lot 70 (AFRICA.) Henry W. Johnson. Letter written as a prominent Black emigrant to Liberia. Lot 71 (AFRICA.) William McLain. Letter soliciting funds for the American Colonization Society. Lot 72 (AFRICA.) ...
National newspapers, including The Chicago Daily Tribune, took note: Mr. Wilson put the head of the government in the position of denying the principles of the government . . . We are not ready to concede that any body of citizenship has less standing under the law than any other. It is...
The first African American man elected to the Flint Board of Education, Dr. Williams was a force for the community. He was born in 1922 in South Carolina, and his family relocated frequently as his father, a minister, attempted to find work during the Great Depression. They found their way...
Nelson was born in South Carolina in 1888, attended college at Prairie View Normal and Industrial College near Houston, and graduated in 1911 from Meharry Medical School in Nashville, the first black medical school in the south. He moved to Los Angeles, which was considered one of the best ...
American Idol Winner Undergo Kidney Surgery An Open Letter To Delta State Governor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa Over Non Payment Of Retirement Benefits An Open Letter To Governor Fashola: My Detention By Apapa DPO Anambra State: MAN Boss Chief Azubuike Okafor Reelected Chairman As Manufacturers Cry Out For ...
2016 Wives, Slaves, and Servant Girls: Advertisements for Female Runaways in American Newspapers, 1770–1783. Westholme, Yardley, PA. Google Scholar Hamby, E. Brooke 1999 An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of the Blount Mansion Slave Quarters. Master’s thesis, Department of Anthropology...
African American Spirituality has taken diverse forms over the years. Much has been written about Black Churches and the African religious traditions of the diaspora. Less, however, is available on the subject of Black magical spirituality, as exemplified in Hoodoo, Conjure, Rootwork, and Candle ...
10 Southern states had Black populations exceeding 1,000,000. African Americans were also concentrated in the largest cities, with more than 2,000,000 living inNew York Cityand more than 1,000,000 inChicago.Detroit,Philadelphia, andHoustoneach had a Black population between 500,000 and 1,000...