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Tag Archives: W.E.B. DuBois
Racial Reckoning & Reparations
As a society, we (Americans) have talked about a “racial reckoning,” and reparations for the descendants of Africans who built this country. Neither a racial reckoning nor reparations have happened. A racial reckoning has not happened because most white folk … Continue reading
Posted in Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, ezwwaters, Lest We Forget, race, Slavery
Tagged Bryan Stevenson, Critical Race Theory, Equal Justice Initiative, Esperanto, Manifest Destiny, racial Esperanto, racial reckoning, reparations, Slavery, W.E.B. DuBois, White Man's Burden
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I Wanna Go to Bailey’s Cafe
Gloria Naylor is another Scheherazade. She was a consummate storyteller, wrote beautifully, created engaging stories and characters we could judge if so inclined by the content of their character, not their race. Unlike Alice Walker, Naylor’s male characters have more … Continue reading
Posted in Lest We Forget, race, Relationships
Tagged Alice Walker, Bailey's Cafe, Bigger Thomas, Gloria Naylor, James Baldwin, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Wright, The Men of Brewster Place, The Souls of Black Folk, The Women of Brewster Place, Their Eyes Were Watching God, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston
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The Work of Reconstruction Continues. . .
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880, by W.E.B. DuBois, is a must read. One Amazon reviewer wrote, “This book is a great clue to the puzzle of how we got where we are today.” Indeed, this period would inform the next … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Reconstruciton, Civil War, Confederate Monuments, W.E.B. DuBois
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The Gift that Keeps On Giving
J.A. Rogers is probably the greatest autodidact in the history of the world! Not only was Rogers self-taught, but he was also self-financed and self-published. Talk about self-determination and controlling the narrative! I would recommend any book by Rogers. Among … Continue reading
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Tagged #BlackHistoryMonth, Africa's Gift to America, J.A. Rogers, W.E.B. DuBois
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This day in history — April 23, 1899 — Sam Hose Lynched in Newnan, Georgia
In January 1899, five Palmetto, Georgia, businesses were destroyed by two fires of unknown cause. Though there was no evidence to support the theory, white residents quickly concluded that the fires were set by black conspirators intent on destroying property … Continue reading
Posted in Black Shadows and Through the White Looking Glass, ezwwaters, Justice Chronicles, Streets of Rage
Tagged castration, disemboweled, Equal Justice Initiative, firing squad, Lynching, masked whitecaps, OldTroutman Field, Palmetto Georgia, Sam Hold, Sam Hose, U.S. Attorney General John W. Gribbs, W.E.B. DuBois
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