Good Morning POU! We continue our look at newspapers for African Americans in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The North Star was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847 and ceased as the The North Star in June 1851 when it … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Frederick Douglass
Saturday Open Thread: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
GOOD MORNING, P.O.U.! Since it's the Fourth of July, I'd thought it would be appropriate to post this video of James Earl Jones reading an excerpt of Frederick Douglass' speech, The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro. … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
Thursday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts
Continuing with this week's theme, I am going to highlight some more historic African-American firsts. Today's person had a very interesting life and sadly, he is still not discussed very much. He is also one of the earliest advocates of the use of "black" instead of "colored." James McCune Smith (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865) was an … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts