Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the historic Negro Exhibit at the 1900 Paris Exposition. W. E. B. Du Bois on an identification card for the 1900 Exposition Universelle W.E.B. Du Bois included photographs that he called "typical Negro faces," exemplifying the accomplishment and progress of African Americans. He compiled a set of three large albums of … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
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Wednesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Good Morning POU! The Exhibit of American Negroes was a sociological display within the Palace of Social Economy at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. The exhibit was actually a joint effort between Daniel Murray, the Assistant Librarian of Congress, Thomas Calloway, a lawyer and the primary organizer of the exhibit, and W.E.B. Du Bois with the goal of demonstrating the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Tuesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Good Morning POU! We continue our look at the African American exhibit displayed at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris and presented by W.E.B. Du Bois. Howard University class picture 1900 At the time, Du Bois was a professor of sociology at Atlanta University, committed to combating racism with empirical evidence of the economic, social, and cultural conditions of … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Monday Evening Thread: They Will Be Missed
Standing Ovation for Obama at His Last Kennedy Center Honors The longest, loudest standing ovation of the Kennedy Center Honors gala wasn't reserved for Al Pacino, Mavis Staples or the Eagles. Instead, it went to the man sitting to their left, attending his eighth and most likely his last honors presentation: President Barack Obama. … [Read more...] about Monday Evening Thread: They Will Be Missed