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
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Tuesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! THE SNOW RIOT Washington, DC The Snow Riot was a riot and lynch mob in Washington, D.C. in August 1835.[1] An attack on free blacks in the city by whites, the Snow Riot wreaked havoc on anything affiliated with free blacks for days by robbing and destroying all of their establishments. The name of the riot comes from one of the first … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Race Riots in America
Thursday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
No one can ever say NFL players CAN'T stand on principle and force change within their profession and the larger culture. They most certainly can. They've done it before, it remains to be seen if we'll ever see the brave numbers to initiate change again. Today we feature the 1965 American Football League players boycott of the All-Star game. The Stand The Stand is … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest
Monday Open Thread: Black Dancers Who Changed American Dance
This week's open threads will highlight black dancers who changed the landscape of the American dance scene. Austin Dafora Horton (4 August 1890 – 4 March 1965) widely known as Asadata Dafora was a Sierra Leonean multidisciplinary musician. He was one of the first Africans to introduce African drumming music to the United States, beginning in the early 1930s. His … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Black Dancers Who Changed American Dance
Saturday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and A Queen
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! ELLSWORTH "BUMPY" JOHNSON … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Black Policy Kings and A Queen