February 1 will come and February 28/29 will go but Black history is everyday. To that end, we have a wonderful presentation-preserved in time, of a battle-debate… Read more “Books and Things: Back to Black…ATHENA. The Great Debate (1996)”
Category: In Remembrance
6:7
Video deep dive: THAT SHALL HE ALSO REAP: Music by Mattie Moss Clark and Michigan State Community Choir KING COTTON: As pictured in 2018 at National Museum… Read more “6:7”
Don’t Let Them Bury Their Story: T.U.L.S.A…
The Bountiful Businesses of “Black Wall Street” “DAMNABLE AND INEXCUSABLE” The official state report of the horrific events of 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma: A Report by the… Read more “Don’t Let Them Bury Their Story: T.U.L.S.A…”
Tracing History: Slaveholders of Southampton County
In a world where there are increasingly fewer genealogy websites to reference, it was wonderful to connect with the following information, which is Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb… Read more “Tracing History: Slaveholders of Southampton County”
POETRY TIME:On the Way to Jerusalem
We have a situation. We need to find our people and so we journey on… The Genealogy Situation Room
Yes, Virginia and America, There Was a Nat Turner and Revolters of the Despicable, Peculiar Institution of Slavery
Events of August 21-22, 1831 Historical References Brantley Association Southampton County Project The Confessions of Nat Turner…|UNC-CH Exclusive: Inside the Quest to Return Nat Turner’s Skull to… Read more “Yes, Virginia and America, There Was a Nat Turner and Revolters of the Despicable, Peculiar Institution of Slavery”
FAN Club: Rev. Dr. Samuel N. Vass, D.D.
Samuel Nathaniel Vass, D.D. was born the year 1866 in North Carolina, the son of an enslaved woman and white father. He attended St. Augustine’s School in… Read more “FAN Club: Rev. Dr. Samuel N. Vass, D.D.”
SITUATION CRITICAL: Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report
On Wednesday, May 11, 2022 news broke that over 500 deaths have been identified at various Indigenous boarding schools across the country. In 2021, Secretary of the… Read more “SITUATION CRITICAL: Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report”
The State of Spates
Remember how we’ve discussed the saga of Clara Mabry’s daughter, Irvinia, and the explosive 1856 legal case involving both she and Timothy Spates (Irvinia’s husband)? What ever… Read more “The State of Spates”
Historical Newspapers: Dr. W.D. Joyner of Emporia, Virginia
Dr. W.D. Joyner, a prominent physician and businessman of Emporia, Virginia, passed away suddenly in late January of 1950. His death, funeral, and the business implications of… Read more “Historical Newspapers: Dr. W.D. Joyner of Emporia, Virginia”
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