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Class Reunion Letter Invites "White Graduates Only" to Party
Graduates from the St. Martinville, La., Senior High School Class of 1973 decided that after nearly 40 years, they would stop holding segregated class reunions, but a letter announcing the change included an after party for “white graduates only.” Michael Kreamer, who is... In Fond Memory of Tuskegee Airman Carey Lee (Popo) McCrae Sr.
As was her habit, stopping by her elderly father's home in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to look in on him one day in 1995, my sister in law Jacq happened to answer the telephone. The man on the other end of... South sliding backwards, again
It figures that the states that rank the lowest in education and population IQ will continue to trend toward sociological obsolescence. Something must be done to rescue American southern states, to bring them up... The State of the Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like... 1112 views | 64 recommendations | 12 comments
Navy Allows Women On Submarines In 2011
The United States Navy will let women serve on submarines starting in 2011. Female officers will start training for submarine duty next year, but will still not be allowed on attack submarines. According to the...
created by Annina Bergman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
3322 views | 18 recommendations | 16 comments
3322 views | 18 recommendations | 16 comments
Michael Steele: Opposing a radical political agenda is not racist
Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, knows what racism is and, according to him, opposing a radical political agenda or voicing opposition to President Obama's policy proposals is not...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
340 views | 43 recommendations | 8 comments
340 views | 43 recommendations | 8 comments
"Whites-Only" PA Pool Draws Protesters, International Criticism
The Washington Post today is focusing attention on a pool in Pennsylvania that told Black children they couldn't swim there because . . . they're Black. Although lawsuits are certainly an option in this case, I actually think that the protests these children are... 1531 views | 3 recommendations | 5 comments
An Apology on the Eve of Juneteenth 2009
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas on horseback, accompanied by 2,000 Union soldiers and read General Order 3 to those assembled, including the 250,000 enslaved persons of... 566 views | 52 recommendations | 9 comments
Has the afrosphere Been Infiltrated by CIA Agents and/or Assets?
Cross-posted at The Truth About Kos (DailyKos), the Francis L. Holland Blog and Pam'sHouseBlend.This post is in response to a post I read over at Jack and Jill Politics, entitled, "Jill [Contee] is Headed to Blogging While Brown on Friday."I'd be really interested to know... 246 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" My Report for Black History Month is on ....
I can see it now .... all across the United States of America and around the world, where Black History Month is celebrated in February, teachers informing their students that not everyone can do a report on... 2758 views | 45 recommendations | 17 comments
Special Invitations to Obama Inauguration Extended to Legendary Tuskegee Airmen
From the New York Times: "The election of Barack Obama was like a culmination of a struggle that we were going through, wanting to be pilots,” said William M. Wheeler, 85, a retired Tuskegee combat fighter...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1207 views | 20 recommendations | 4 comments
1207 views | 20 recommendations | 4 comments
Michelle Obama: A Distant Daughter of Slavery
Michelle Obama, born in 1964, will be America's next first lady. When she moves into the White House in January, a mansion built partially by slaves, "she will embark upon a life her great-great-grandfather, who...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1567 views | 50 recommendations | 38 comments
1567 views | 50 recommendations | 38 comments
U.S. Congress Apologizes for Slavery
On Tuesday evening, July 29, 2008, House Resolution 194 was passed by voice vote. This bill represents the first time the federal government has apologized for slavery or segregation.
The bill was first...
created by Karen Hatter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
2961 views | 58 recommendations | 18 comments
2961 views | 58 recommendations | 18 comments
Being brown in a city of black and white
" DETROIT - In a city that would become famous for segregation, Linda Hutcherson’s early memories of her household in Detroit are of carefree times amid a pastiche of skin colors. She had loving parents — a...
created by sweet east pearl | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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264 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Ticket sales suspended at Rovers
It seems ridicluous that there are empty seats and people willing to pay for them, but the fooball league won't allow it." Ticket sales suspended at Rovers Leeds fans have...
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