As the nation honors the past on the 75th commemoration of the dawn of World War II, I am requesting that you write to the President about awarding the Medal of Honor to World War II Messman Attendant Second Class Doris Miller for his acts of valor during the December 7th, 1941, attack on Pearl […]
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A Grateful Nation?
Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, considered that the Black newspapers’ reports about World War II and Jim Crow laws treason against the government. He tried to sue the Black press to shut them down and stop them from maintaining the truth about discrimination among the troops and at home. John Sengstacke, new […]
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The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Black person
Now that the last hot dogs have been eaten, the coals of the barbeque are cooled, the fireworks are but a dim memory, and the three day weekend has come to a close, we can take a look at Frederick Douglass and the meaning of July 4th for us. Inasmuch as Frederick Douglass to some […]
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The Creation Myth of the United States
I have a story to tell you . . . one pulled out of an old trunk. . . from corners of our collective memory. . . from hidden stories of Americana . . . from the dirt swept under the rug . . . from the backroads of history. This will not come as […]
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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer – Part II
Freedom Summer 1964: Fannie Lou Hamer. As the spokeswoman for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Fannie Lou Hamer traveled to Atlantic City, NJ, with other activists for the Democratic National Convention, August 24, 1964. Although being denied official credentials, the symbolic party became a catalyst for independent black political organizations throughout the country. Source: Warren […]