Good Morning POU! Although the "Nadir of African American History" is defined around the institutionalized racism embedded into each level of government, specifically to erase any gains made by the children of slaves immediately following the Civil War, there were actual gains made during this time. Black literacy levels, which rose during Reconstruction, continued to … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
The Nadir of African American History
Friday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
Good Morning POU! We continue looking at the "Nadir of African American History" (also referred to as the Nadir of American Race Relations) historical period. Remember the poem by William Frank Fonvielle after his travels across the south in 1893 to provide a first hand account of the state of black people during this period: “Somewhere.” Is there a place that hides from … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
Thursday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
Good Morning POU. We continue our look at the period of history defined as the Nadir of African American History. The very violent and bleak period after the end of the Reconstruction era until the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. A time of bleak and almost unbearable prospects for African Americans, but the descendants of slaves persevered through unimaginable horrors … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
Wednesday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History
Good Morning POU. We continue our look at the Nadir of African American History, the period after Reconstruction and approximately right before the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1893, William Frank Fonvielle, an African American student at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, left on a summer road trip through the South. He was editor of his … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The Nadir of African American History