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

Happy Father's Day to the POU fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers, mentors, teachers, coaches, etc! Enjoy today's movie selection, Crossroads. … [Read more...] about Sunday Open Thread: POU Movie Day – Crossroads

Good Morning POU. What our people endured, it is unfathomable. Deposition of Enoch Huff, Freedman vs. John Downer & son, George Downer Assault & Battery, Whipping … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Stories from the Freedmen’s Bureau Records

Good Morning POU! Our ancestors were amazing. It is that simple, these were amazing, brave, strong, people. It saddens me that too many of US do not understand or care to understand what they endured and how they persevered. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Stories from the Freedmen’s Bureau Records

Good Morning POU. We continue reading letters and notes from the Freedmen Bureau files. These readings of former slaves as they try to simply exist in peace after the emancipation proclamation show all that our ancestors were subjected to in this, the land of the free and brave. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Stories from the Freedmen’s Bureau Records