Continuing with the celebration of Black History Month, I will highlight Horace R. Cayton Sr. Horace Roscoe Cayton Sr. (1859–1940) was an American journalist and political activist. The son of a slave and a white plantation owner's daughter, Cayton went to Seattle, Washington, in the early 1890s, launching his own newspaper, the Seattle Republican, in 1894. The paper was … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American History of the Pacific Northwest
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Wednesday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West
Happy hump day POU. Continuing on with this week's open thread, I will highlight the life of Bass Reeves. Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was an American law enforcement officer. He was the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma Territory. During his … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread- African-Americans in the Old West
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Archaeologists
Happy hump day POU Family! We are highlighting the work of various African-American archaeologists and anthropologists. William Montague Cobb (1904 - 1990) was a pioneering 20th-century physical anthropologist. As the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in anthropology, and the only one until after the Korean War, his main … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Archaeologists
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Photographers
Happy New Year POU! It's a new decade. Today's featured African-American Photographer: Moneta Sleet Jr. From the time he was sent to Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 to cover an unlikely boycott organized by a young minister named Martin Luther King Jr. until long after he captured what became the signature moment of Dr. King's funeral in Atlanta in 1968, Mr. Sleet was a … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Photographers
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers
Happy Hump day POU Family! More wrestlers coming your way... Trinity Fatu(née McCray; born November 30, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and dancer signed to WWE, performing on the Raw brand under the ring name Naomi. Fatu was born in Sanford, Florida. She was a cheerleader and dancer for … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Wrestlers