Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the Exodusters Movement. Today, what led to former slaves moving to the southwest at such a great pace and why the southwest, particularly, Kansas? Benjamin Singleton, and S.A. McClure, Leaders of the Exodus, leaving Nashville, Tennessee with former slaves. Conditions in the Post-War South The post-Civil War era should … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters
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Tuesday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Good Morning POU! Today's feature is a former head of the NAACP. Walter White used his light complexion to investigate lynchings by posing as a white man in the dangerous Jim Crow South. His actions, if discovered by anyone at these murderous events, would have led to his own immediate and brutal demise. Walter Francis White (July 1, 1893 – March 21, 1955) was an … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Monday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Susie King Taylor (August 6, 1848 - October 6, 1912) was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the First South Carolina Volunteers, 33rd Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War. Despite her service, like many African American nurses, she was never paid for her work. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Nurses Who Changed the Course of History
Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans and The Struggle For Education Equality
Good Morning POU! Today's post is a black history fact that I just learned about over the Easter weekend. A community easter egg hunt for children was being held at "the old Rosenwald school" in the county were I grew up in rural Alabama. I had no idea what that was and asked my Dad about it. That grew into an incredible conversation with my father and uncle educating me and … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African Americans and The Struggle For Education Equality
Monday Open Thread: The History of Sundown Towns
It's Monday, POU Family. It's a new week, new weekly thread. This week's topic talks about modern day sundown towns. I have been reading a book by James W. Loewen, a historian and sociologist, called Sundown Towns- A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. It is one of the first full length books on the subject of Sundown Towns. A sundown town was a town, city or … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The History of Sundown Towns