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Tag Archives: Jim Crow
On this Day in American history, September 7, 1976 — First Black Person Elected to Statewide Office in the South Since Reconstruction
On September 7, 1976, Joseph Woodrow Hatchett was elected to a seat on the Florida Supreme Court, becoming the first black person elected to any statewide office in the South since the end of Reconstruction nearly a century before. A … Continue reading
On this Day in History — April 14, 1945 –White House Correspondents’ Association Denies Black Reporter Access to FDR Funeral
On April 14, 1945, the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) tried to exclude Harry McAlpin, the only African American White House correspondent, from observing a funeral service for President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. Two of twelve spots … Continue reading
This day in history — April 11, 1913 — President Wilson Permits Segregation Within Federal Government
On April 11, 1913, recently inaugurated President Woodrow Wilson received Postmaster General Albert Burleson’s plan to segregate the Railway Mail Service. Burleson reported that he found it “intolerable” that white and black employees had to work together and share drinking … Continue reading
Posted in Lest We Forget, Politics, race, Slavery
Tagged "racial screening", civil service applictions, Jim Crow, NAACP, Postmaster General Albert Burleson, President Wilson defended racial segregation, President Woodrow Wilsom, racial profiling in employment, Segregation, segregation in federal employment, William McAdoo
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Fabricated Racism?
Bill O’Reilly, well known Republican hack, in today’s (06-01-15) amNewYork column, “City Council sees racism at every turn,” writes about “fabricated racism.” O’Reilly is looking at the City Council’s proposed response to the fact that, according to a UCLA study, … Continue reading
Excerpt from my book, “Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass: Remembering Things Past and Present”
From George Washington to George Bush. From the birth of a nation to a kinder, gentler nation. From Thomas Jefferson to William Jefferson Clinton. From Democratic Republicanism to the New Democrats. From honest Abe to tricky Dick to Slick Willie. … Continue reading
Posted in Black patriotism, Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, John F. Kennedy, Politics, Revolution, Slavery
Tagged Democratic Republicanism, dialogue on race, Dixiecrats, Do Nothing Party, Freedom Now Party, George Bush, George Washington, Grand Old Party, Great Society, Honest Abe, Jim Crow, melting pot, multiculturalism, New Covenant, New Deal Democrats, New Democrats, Police State, public works, Radical Republicanism, Rainbow Coalition, Reaganism, Reconstruction, Roosevelt, Slick Willie, Thomas Jefferson, trickle-down economics, Tricky Dick, Welfare state, William Jefferson Clinton
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Reflections on Black Patriotism
I remember, in the summer of my life, when my blood boiled, as hot as the sun, with righteous indignation at American injustice. This, from a native son, a born and bred Brooklynite. I remember, in my youth, questioning Black … Continue reading
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