Continuing on with this week's theme, here are 5 more black history facts. FACT 1: Abolitionist Harriet Ann Jacobs published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent. The book chronicles the hardships and sexual abuse she experienced as a woman growing up in slavery. Jacobs fled slavery in 1835 by hiding in a crawlspace in her … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Little Known or Interesting Black History Facts
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Tuesday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Sundown Nation/ Sundown Towns are Recent In 1884, it was rare for a town the size of Waverly Ohio (Population 1279) to be all-white. Beginning around 1890 and lasting until at least 1968, towns throughout Ohio and most other states began to emulate the racial policy of places like Wyandotte and Waverly. Most independent sundown towns expelled their black residents, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Sundown Towns
Tuesday Open Thread: Black/African Nationalists and Revolutionaries
This next person is known for having an interesting theory on race and how might melanin play a role in white supremacy. She is considered a "black supremacist" because of her views. What do you think POU? Frances Cress Welsing (born March 18, 1935, Chicago), is an African American psychiatrist practicing in Washington, D.C.. She is noted for "Cress Theory of Color … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black/African Nationalists and Revolutionaries
Tuesday Open Thread: Black Feminists/Womanists
This week's open threads will focus on the accomplishments of Black Feminists/Womanists. Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (31 December 1895 – 25 July 1973) was the second wife of Marcus Garvey, and a journalist and activist in her own right. She was born to George Samuel and Charlotte Henrietta (née South) Jacques, in Kingston, Jamaica. Amy Jacques Garvey was a … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: Black Feminists/Womanists
Tuesday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts
Continuing of this week's theme with more African-American firsts, the 1st Rhode Island Regiment was a Continental Army regiment from Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Like most regiments of the Continental Army, the unit went through several incarnations and name changes. It became well known as the "Black Regiment" because, for a time, … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: More African-American Firsts