Coleman returned to Chicago. She was the only black female pilot in the United States. So her story became popular in African American newspapers. She was asked by the Dallas Express newspaper in Texas why she wanted to fly. She said that women and blacks must have pilots if they are to...
in the United States. The case was originally brought by Norma McCorvey to the Supreme Court, she went by the name Jane Roe. In 1969, McCorvey became pregnant with her third child, but she lived in Texas and was unable to get an abortion because at the time it was illegal in the ...
Blues - African American, Delta, Jazz: The origins of the blues are poorly documented. Blues developed in the southern United States after the American Civil War (1861–65). It was influenced by work songs and field hollers, minstrel show music, ragtime,
She was the only black female pilot in the United States. So her story became popular in African American newspapers. She was asked by the Dallas Express newspaper in Texas why she wanted to fly. She said that women and blacks must have pilots if they were to keep up with the times. ...
In April 1913, in one of Wilson’s first cabinet meetings, newly-appointed Postmaster General Albert Burleson, from Texas, reportedly complained about integrated working conditions in the Railway Mail Service, where black and white railway mail clerks worked elbow to elbow sorting mail in cramped ra...
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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.) ...
Smith grew up in Dallas, in the segregated South. He was the first Black student to attend the prestigious St. Mark’s School in Texas. “I integrated the school,” he said. From there, Smith would go on to Harvard, where he was one of the 36 Black students in his year. In his ...
“Voices from the Philippines: Colored Troops on Duty—Opinions of the Natives.”Richmond Planet.(Richmond, Va.), 30 Dec. 1899.Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84025841/1899-12-30/ed-1/seq-1/. ...
This study investigated the information environment, including the information seeking and information needs, of low-income largely African American households at the Parks at Wynnewood in Dallas, Texas. These households were surveyed regarding their household situation and their need for community and inf...