Tag: African American History

History of slaves sold for Georgetown detailed in new genealogical website | American Magazine

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Adelle Banks, American Magazine GU272 descendent Carolyn Smith gestures toward gravestones of descendants of enslaved people in Houma, La. Behind her are sugar plantations and the sugar mill where her ancestors worked. Photo by Claire Vail. Featured Image [dropcap]RNS[/dropcap] — A genealogical association has launched a new website detailing the family histories of slaves who […]

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‘World’s Youngest Barber’ is an 8-year-old West Philly girl with major moxie | We The People | The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Stephanie Farr, The Philadelphia Inquirer TIM TAI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER. Featured Image [dropcap]At[/dropcap] 8 years old, Neijae Graham-Henries is almost as tall as this reporter. She told me so. She also asked to cut my hair — about eight inches of it. We did not have an appointment for her to do so. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] […]

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‘You Can Kill a Man, but You Can’t Kill an Idea’: Remembering Medgar Evers on the 54th Anniversary of His Assassination | The Root

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Kirsten West Savali, The Root Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] June 12, 1963, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith assassinated Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers in the driveway of his Jackson, Miss., home. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Evers’ wife, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and their three children, Darrell, Reena and James, were all inside when they […]

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What Americans Need to Know About Reparations Ahead of This Week’s Big Hearing | Slate

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Devin Katayama, Slate Danny Glover and Ta-Nehisi Coates are scheduled to testify at the hearing Wednesday. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Theo Wargo/Getty Images and Anna Webber/Getty Images for the New Yorker. Featured Image [dropcap]On[/dropcap] Wednesday, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on the subject […]

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The Woman Who Kept Juneteenth Alive in San Francisco | KQED

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Devin Katayama & Ericka Cruz Guevarra,KQED A memorial table at the African American Art and Culture Complex in San Francisco honors community leaders who have passed. Rachel Townsend (center) who died in 2018 is remembered for her activism and organizing of the city’s annual Juneteenth parade. Featured Image [dropcap]San[/dropcap] Francisco’s Juneteenth, a commemoration of the […]

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