GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! THE SLOCUM MASSACRE Slocum, Texas … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
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Friday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
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
Wednesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
HAPPY HUMP DAY P.O.U. HOUSTON RIOT OF 1917 Houston, TX The Houston riot of 1917, or Camp Logan riot, was a mutiny by 156 African American soldiers of the Third Battalion of the all-black Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment. It occupied most of one night, and resulted in the deaths of four soldiers and sixteen civilians. The rioting soldiers were tried at … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
Monday Open Thread: Historic Black Churches
This week's threads will highlight historic black churches in the United States and how the church became a common theme within Afircan-American homes and culture. The term black church or African-American church refers to Protestant churches that currently or historically have ministered to predominantly black congregations in the United States. While some black … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Historic Black Churches
Saturday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Jr. (July 13, 1928 – August 23, 2003) served as the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996. Nix was the first African-American Chief Justice of any state’s highest court, and the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for 24 … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids