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Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America

August 25, 2017 by pragobots 267 Comments

HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906 Atlanta, Georgia The Atlanta race riot of 1906 was a racist pogrom in Atlanta, Georgia (United States), which began the evening of September 22 and lasted until September 24, 1906. It was characterized at the time by Le Petit Journal and other media outlets as a "racial massacre of negroes".[1] The death toll of the conflict … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America

Monday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition

December 5, 2016 by Miranda 208 Comments

Good Morning POU! This week we will take a look at the exhibit on African Americans compiled by W.E.B. Du Bois for the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. First, some background on why this exhibit was created. To do this, we must start with history on the Chicago World Fair of 1893. A major development of the nineteenth century was the emergence of world’s fairs, all … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition

Monday Open Thread: Prominent Black Educators

March 18, 2013 by Miranda 131 Comments

William Edward Burghardt "W.E.B" Du Bois was born and raised in Massachusetts, and graduated in 1888 from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. During the summer, he taught in a rural school and later wrote about his experiences in his book THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK. In 1895, Du Bois became the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Prominent Black Educators

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