In 1787 in Philadelphia, the black church was born out of protest and revolutionary reaction to racism. Resenting being relegated to a segregated gallery at St. George's Methodist Church, Methodist preachers Absalom Jones and Richard Allen, and other black members, left the church and formed the Free African Society. It was at first non-denominational and provided mutual aid to … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Historic Black Churches
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Wednesday Open Thread: Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on January 5, 1904, William Knox is remembered for two achievements. He was among a handful of black scientists to work on the top secret Manhattan Project, which produced the atom bomb during World War II, and following the war he held a key development position at the Kodak Corporation, a major manufacturer of camera equipment. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project
Wednesday Open Thread: Blacks and the Mormon Church
"Green" Flake became one of the first African-American members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was one of the first of three African-Americans to enter the Salt Lake Valley on July 22, 1847. Green Flake was born a slave on the Jordan Flake Plantation in Madsburr, Anson County, North Carolina on January 6, 1828. At the age of ten, Green was given to … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Blacks and the Mormon Church
Wednesday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Marion Thompson Wright, educator and historian, was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in history in the United States. Wright was born on September 12, 1902, in East Orange, New Jersey, the daughter of Moses R. Thompson and Minnie Homes Thompson. Her parents separated, and her mother raised four children while working as a domestic servant in Newark, New Jersey. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids
Wednesday Open Thread: Black Women and Rock N Roll
Norma-Jean Wofford (c. 1942 – April 30, 2005) was an American guitarist who played with Bo Diddley and his band from 1962 to 1966. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Women and Rock N Roll