The following was an editorial written in Ebony Magazine back in September of 1961, “One night Representative Charles C. Diggs (D-Mich.) witnessed a vicious attack on a man in a Washington, D.C. street by a gang of Negro youth. Diggs, himself a Negro, said they acted like a pack of wolves and that the incident […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When being “thick” was in (in White America)
Back in the day when we did not have computers. But we were never short on talent.
Lawd knows, I’m not suggesting that they should not be compensated for this mess, but how do you come up with the figure?
I’m doing a little rewind here by going back to some posts I did in the past.
Chimney Sweeps C1870 anaglyph 3D ANAGLYPH, made from original card stereoview in my collection: “No. 29 Chimney Sweeps” Photogrphed by J.N. Wilson No. 143 Broughton street, Savannah, Ga.
(Auction Central News)The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired the painting Yarrow Mamout, 1819, an
What’s this ’bout Black boys wearing their pants hanging from their waist? Anytime we saw something like that in our day, it either meant you just finished using the toilet, or massa just finished beating you. Allow us to show you how we used to roll.
Did you know that Sunday school started off as an actual school that was held on Sundays to teach poor children how to read and write?
Yup! I’m taking it waaaaay back again. In a time when government flat out refused to help Black folks, we got together along with a few friendly Whites who believed in us and built our own economy. You have to click on each picture to read the text. Just mouse over the picture once you […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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