Good Morning POU. This week we will look at the "Nadir of American race relations" (also called the Nadir of African American history) as described by historians as the period after Reconstruction through the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. A period overlooked in most history courses, as if African Americans disappeared after the end of the Civil War and popped up again … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
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Monday Open Thread: Little Known Slave Court Cases
Welcome to Monday POU. This week we will look at important court cases involving Slaves. Missouri v. Celia She warned the white slave owner that the rapes had to stop. Celia, 19, had endured five years of assaults by Robert Newsom, the Missouri widower in his 70s who’d purchased her when she was 14. She’d borne two of her predator’s children. Now she was being … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Little Known Slave Court Cases
Saturday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Welcome to the weekend POU! Today we take a look at Protest Pamphlets authored by African Americans and distributed during the 1800s in protest of slavery. Black protest influenced the rise of a more radical abolitionist movement after 1830, one which rejected gradualist tactics and strategies. Pamphleteering provided a key vehicle for northern black protest. While … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Little Known Black Media Publications of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Thursday Open Thread: The Legacy and Works of Ophelia Settle Egypt
We continue to look at the legacy of Ophelia Settle Egypt, a pioneer in sociology. Ophelia Egypt left a legacy for the future. In the early 1950s, Mrs. Egypt, a social worker in Southeast Washington, DC saw a problem in her community, and set out to solve it. In 1952, Egypt became the executive director of the Ionia R. Whipper Home, one of the few homes for unwed … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The Legacy and Works of Ophelia Settle Egypt
Wednesday Open Thread: The Legacy and Works of Ophelia Settle Egypt
Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the writings and legacy of Ophelia Settle Egypt. Ophelia Egypt's research and oral history of former slaves revealed far more than was previously thought as the most thorough research into life on former southern plantations by the Works Project Administration. Perhaps speaking to a black person was easier for former slaves, as … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The Legacy and Works of Ophelia Settle Egypt