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Juneteenth or July 4th? Conflict woes as an African-American

affrodite wrote 2 days ago: I never grew up knowing of or even celebrating Juneteenth. That was something I came to know abou … more »

Tags: nappy commentary, nappy editorials, nappy net findings, nappy politics, african american independence, african american slavery, july 4 1776 as african american, Juneteenth, origins of juneteenth

juneTeenth (june 19th) 2008 – Celebrations!

organicsoul wrote 2 weeks ago: QuickFacts! History­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________________________________ Jun … more »

Tags: American History, Events, Geneology, Slavery, African-American History, DC Virginia Maryland, DMV Events, Emancipation Proclamation, Family Events

Frederick Douglass Narrative, Chapter 3

organicsoul wrote 2 weeks ago: All the white males had the privilege of whipping any slave at any time. Colonel Lloyd’s Great F … more »

Tags: American History, Geneology, Slavery, Frederick Douglass Narrative

Cindy McCain: Are You Living In A Glass House?2 comments

Tracey Ricks Foster wrote 2 weeks ago: I have to say that the way the McCain campaign is coming at Barack Obama is almost admirable. Who wo … more »

Tags: African-Americans, Barack Obama, Black Men, Black People, black women, Cindy McCain, Culture, Detroit, Election '08

Frederick Douglass Narrative, Chapter 1

organicsoul wrote 2 weeks ago: Quote from Frederick Douglass: “the means of knowing was withheld from me” Frederick Douglass … more »

Tags: American History, Geneology, Slavery, Social commentary, American Slavery, American History, slave boys, Frederick Douglass Narrative, maryland history

Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt

Rebecca wrote 2 weeks ago: Author Pat McKissack is working on bringing her newest book, Stitchin’ and Pullin’: … more »

Tags: Videoconferences, Books, Inspiration, distance learning, Writing Workshop, Videoconference, New Links to New Learning, author visit, Pat McKissack

New Stanford course on YouTube

Dara wrote 2 weeks ago: Stanford University, which has a rich collection of lectures and courses on iTunesU, has released i … more »

Tags: Course podcasts, Lecture podcasts, History, Clayborne Carson

Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick Plans To Be A 'No Show' At Obama Rally Tonight2 comments

Tracey Ricks Foster wrote 2 weeks ago: Scandal plagued Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced today that he would not be attending the ra … more »

Tags: Detroit politics, Election '08, Barack Obama, Kwame Kilpatrick, hillary clinton, Culture, media, Thoughts, Politics

Founding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Celebrated

fiskuniversity wrote 3 weeks ago: The first digital collection of documents and materials chronicling the founding of America’s his … more »

Tags: Global and Community Engagement, Fisk University, HBCU

June 3, 2008

B. Miller wrote 3 weeks ago: Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, don’t ever forget this date.  June 3, 2008 has become … more »

Tags: Politics, History, Politics, History, American History

Finding a Place Called Home

aahgsnewseditor wrote 3 weeks ago: In the November/December 2007 issue of AAHGS News former AAHGS President, Carolyn Corpening Rowe sub … more »

Tags: Books, African-American, Reference Works

Frederick Douglass Narrative, Chapter 2

organicsoul wrote 2 weeks ago: At this time Frederick was about seven years old and he was just getting used to a slave plantation. … more »

Tags: American History, Slavery, Social commentary, Frederick Douglass Narrative


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