HAPPY HUMPDAY PRAGOBOTS! We continue our series on The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop: … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop
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Tuesday Open Thread: The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop. … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The African Origin of Humanity with Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop
Thursday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
The Wyoming Black Fourteen were African American members of the 1969 University of Wyoming (UW) football team who protested playing a game with Brigham Young University (BYU) because of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’s ban on black males holding the priesthood in the church and other racial restrictions. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Wednesday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Marion Thompson Wright, educator and historian, was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history in the United States. Wright was born on September 12, 1902, in East Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Moses R. Thompson and Minnie Homes Thompson. Her parents separated, and her mother raised four children while working as a domestic servant in Newark, New Jersey. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Saturday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition
Welcome to the Weekend POU! To conclude our week on looking at the 1900 Paris Exposition and "The Negro Exhibit" presented by W.E.B. Du Bois, we take a look at more pictures from the exhibit. You can find the entire collection at the Library of Congress. The importance of an African American Exhibit at the 1900 World’s Fair Aside from highlighting social advancement, … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: W.E.B. Du Bois and the 1900 Paris Exposition