Posts Tagged ‘American history’
The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys
Nate Love, Will Pickens and Bose Ikard are Black cowboys left out, or briefly mentioned in American History books. As with Native Americans, Black cowboys are still an integral part of contemporary life life in the US.
Read MoreHow Black Citizenship Was Won, and Lost
In this week’s New York Times Race/Related section, Jennifer Schuessler brings word of a New-York Historical Society exhibit shedding new light on the lives of African-Americans during the Reconstruction era. From covering the legal and political battles that were fought the nation over to showcasing artifacts of the smaller, day-to-day, personal battles of individuals African-Americans and their families, this exhibit helps to remind today’s divided America not only of just how dangerous such division can become, but just how important the fight for truth, justice, and equality really is.
Read MoreThe Origins of Prison Slavery
The real origin of prison slavery is found in the 13th amendment which allows forced labor “as punishment for a crime.”
Read MoreWhite Social Studies Teacher Fired For Teaching a Racist Slavery Lesson Wants to Sue for Reverse Racism
Racist slavery lesson results in reverse discrimination suit by fired white social studies teacher.
Read MoreHas Hurricane Florence Destroyed Records of America’s Slave Trade?
Hurricane Florence has left much of the southeastern United States in a state of disarray. Archives and records containing information on the slave trade may have been damaged from the flood waters and the after-effects.
Read MoreHow Enslaved Chefs Helped Shape American Cuisine
The southern United Stated is known for both its food and hospitality, both of which can be traced to slavery.
Read MoreBlack Suffrage: Slavery, citizenship, and securing the right to vote in Wisconsin
Descendants of slaves continue their long fight for voter rights in Wisconsin.
Read MoreWhite Kid Wears KKK Costume To School As An Assignment… With Teacher’s Approval
Kid wears KKK costume to school to honor Klan leader.
Read MoreBlack Women Leaders, Then And Now
This article touches on some of the radical black women who have been apart of the Black Power Movement all the way to the current women leading the Black Lives Matter movement. Over the past decades, these women have also been left out of recorded history.
Read MoreMilwaukee museum pulls black people ‘out of the shadows of history’
By Sophie Bolich, Max Nawara, and Aly Prouty, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Editor’s note: This is one of an occasional series of articles about the people and places of 53206. The museum sits behind a locked door in an inconspicuous red brick building on the corner of 27th and Center streets. To enter, visitors have to ring the…
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