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Now here's a great black history moment that gets little attention, the First National Conference of the Colored Women of America held in 1895. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African Americans during The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was one of many ironies for African Americans. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African Americans during The Gilded Age

Good Morning POU! During the era known as The Gilded Age, the ultra wealthy elite of America sought to emulate the excesses of the Brits in choosing their recreations of choice when not robbing the country blind. Taking up the customs of the British elite, the upper class used particular sports to mark themselves off and maintain social prestige. The sports of choice were … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African Americans during The Gilded Age

Good Morning POU! The Gilded Age was a time of extreme wealth for a few, and extremely dire poverty for a whole lot more. Of course this era, the immediate years following reconstruction was of particular hardship for the vast majority of African-Americans, most of working age, were former slaves, with no more than the clothes on their backs as they trekked for better lives … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans during The Gilded Age

Let's talk about The Gilded Age! … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African Americans during The Gilded Age