Spring has just barely sprung, but we're getting ready for summer all the same. Read all about our Juneteenth plans for 2026 here: blackheritagetrailnh.org/events/junet...
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1888: Florence Price, American composer (Wanamaker Prize, 1932) and 1st African-American woman to have a composition played by a major orchestra, born in Little Rock, Arkansas #BlackHistory #WomensHistory
1947: Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sends 16 Black and white activists on a bus ride through the American South to test a recent Supreme Court decision striking down segregation on interstate bus travel. It was a precursor to Freedom Rides. #BlackHistory
1939: Contralto Marian Anderson gave a concert to an Easter Sunday crowd of 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow her to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., because she was Black. #BlackHistory
#BOTD April 9, 1898: Paul Robeson, bass-baritone singer ("Old Man River"), actor and civil rights activist, is born in Princeton, New Jersey. #PaulRobeson #MusicSky #BlackHistory
When the #pandemic kept him from continuing his research abroad, IQSS affiliate Jason Ur shifted his work to uncover something long-hidden in Harvard's own backyard.
#Archaeology #BlackHistory #Research #RemoteSensing #GIS #Harvard #History #ColonialHistory
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TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.-Will be paid for the apprehension, so that I get him again, of Negro ABRAM, who ranaway from Richard's Ferry, Culpeper co., Va., on the 23nt September, 1851. He is about 80 years old, 5 feet 8 to 10 inches high; weighs from 175 to 180; complexion dark, but not black, and hair rather long for a negro Address WM T. J. RICHARDS, Ex'r. of JAMES RICHARDS, dec'd., Fredericksburg, Va.
In Sept 1851, I left Richard’s Ferry in Culpeper County, Virginia. I am 80 years old. After a lifetime of labor, I am done serving James Richards. William Richards has been hunting me for six months, but I have finally found my own way. My name was ABRAM #VA #BlackHistory
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! IBRAHIM BARE MAINASSARA (PRESIDENT OF NIGER) WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1999 ! #BlackHistory
@boomblitz96, Black Royalty, wrote:
I have slave stories that are passed down through my family that talks about the torture Our family members went through specifically at the end of slavery and really throughout
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#blackwomen #92percent #blackhistory #whitehistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Growing list of those born or died on April 9 in any year
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his
#blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
Looking forward to our kick off meeting this week with @swebb.bsky.social to scope our @bhblackhistory.bsky.social archive using @omeka.org Appreciate your support Sharon to make this happen. We have never had an community #Brighton #blackhistory archive before. This will be interesting!
A black & white portrait photo of a middle aged black man in 19th century clothing. He looks very serious, even angry. From the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: ‘ Douglass knew that pictures allowed him to present himself as a person worthy of respect and dignity equal to any white man, and to challenge slavery and the era’s racist social norms… The commercial photograph called a daguerreotype was invented in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. Douglass spoke highly of Daguerre as an inventor who brought forth the advancement of society through his invention. He acknowledged the growing popularity of photography and its capability to connect with its viewers. Douglass said that “Men of all conditions may see themselves as others see them” (Stauffer et al. 2015). Through self-representation, Frederick Douglass took control of his own narrative. He powerfully conveyed the qualities and attributes that enslaved Blacks were denied since their arrival in America. Considering the American social landscape in the 1800s, the confidence he showed in early photographs helped build such a strong reputation that some people questioned if he was ever a fugitive slave (Picturing Frederick Douglass with John Stauffer 2017). Ultimately, Frederick Douglass’ legacy shows hope for the future with technology as an aid to freedom and true equality in America. He said, “It is evident that the great cheapness and universality of pictures must exert a powerful, though silent, influence upon the ideas and sentiment of present and future generations” (Stauffer et al. 2015).’
daguerreotype of Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), ca. 1847-1852 by Samuel J. Miller (1822–1888). #photography #vintagephotography #blackhistory The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site mentions he was ”the most photographed man in America during the 19th century.”
THE LATE MR. COLERIDGE- TAYLOR. A Pulpit Tribute. The Rev. Canon Hoare on Sunday evening in the course of a sermon on the lesson for The morning. 2 Kings ix, said "In Old Testament times there were two sets of men appointed to do special work for God, priests and prophets. The offices were quite distinct. Very seldom they were united in one man. But in the Catholic Church of to-day the two offices are united. We must never forget the prophetical offices of the priesthood. A men is a prophet, not because he foretells the future, but because he tells forth a message from God. A priest, from the very nature and fulness of his office is, or should be, a prophet. But a prophet is not necessarily a priest. There are many others who, from time to time, have been called to that work and have fulfilled it. Not a few of its who are he tonight were here on Thursday, when we met to say the last office for one called away, as it seems to us, just when his work was well begun. I think it is not too much to say that apart from all his great talent as a musician, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a prophet. For he proclaimed a truth which is often lost sight of even by Christian men - the truth of the unity of the human race. No doubt his own parentage had something to do with his power to proclaim that truth. But, anyway, be did proclaim it. The congregation that met here on Thursday was an outward and visible sign of it. We are told by those who know that even his very music proclaims it. Let us lay to heart the lesson he has taught us. That life cut off, as it seems to us so early, has not been lived in vain- even apart from his work as a great musician if he has helped, in his quiet, courteous way, to bring that truth of the unity of the race - beneath all distinctions of colour and nationality - home to the minds and hearts of Englishmen."
An interesting sermon on racial equality given by the Rev Hoare of St Michael &All Angels #Croydon a few days after he had taken Black composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's funeral in September 1912. Apparently people lined the streets of Croydon to honour him #BlackHistory 🗃
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#charleston #chsnews #lowcountry #southcarolina
#history #archeology #blackhistory #african #burialground #ancestors #development
📅 Dec 18, 1865: The 13th Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery “except as punishment for crime.” Freedom wasn’t fully free, and the loophole echoes today. #13thAmendment #BlackHistory
1968: Major League Baseball decides to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr #BlackHistory
On April 8, 1975, against the New York Yankees in Cleveland, the Indians' Frank Robinson becomes the first African American to manage a game in Major League Baseball. #BlackHistory
Major Taylor wurde als globaler Sportstar frenetisch in Berlin gefeiert, auch wenn er im Rennen gegen Willy Arend unterlag.
Mehr dazu: https://sportmuseum.hypotheses.org/1334
Foto: Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, Radsport-Archiv Fredy Budzinski, Nr. 57
#MajorTaylor #Fahrradgeschichte […]
TODAY’S AFRO BIRTHDAYS ! UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, KOFI ANNAN ! B.E.T FOUNDER, ROBERT JOHNSON ! RAPPER, BIZ MARKIE ! ACTRESS, SKAI JACKSON ! #KofiAnnan #BizMarkie #BlackExcellence #BlackHistory
TODAY IN AFRO HISTORY ! HANK AARON BREAKS HOME RUN RECORD IN 1974 ! #HankAaron #MLB #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Dawn
Has anyone seen this..!?
Of course not....
The u.s wouldn't even distribute it...
#zuludawn
#bobhoskins #blackhistory #filmandtv #movies #burtlancaster
Growing list of those born or died on April 8 in any year
Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897 – April 8, 1993) was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in
#blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky
#OTD: April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday was born. Known as Lady Day, she became one of the most influential voices in jazz, leaving behind a legacy that continues to shape American music. Clay Cane
#aurn #aurnonline #blackhistory #history #onthisday #todayinhistory #billieholiday #blackmusic
Join us on April 23rd for the incredible story of the schools that helped Black voters pass the daunting Jim Crow era voter registration literacy tests that were designed to disenfranchise them.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/9mxK50YEXru
#SpellFreedom #VoterRights #BookTalk #BlackHistory
