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…”
Tag: Historical
Historical Family Photos: Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge (1829-1924) and Fannie Kennedy Aldridge (1870-1920)
Here we have a wonderful photo of a matriarch and her daughter-in-law, taken in 1924. Mary Eliza Balkcum was born in 1829 in Sampson County, NC, to… Read more “Historical Family Photos: Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge (1829-1924) and Fannie Kennedy Aldridge (1870-1920)”
Historical Newspapers: Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood
Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood (1863-1912), born enslaved in North Carolina, attended Hampton University, Shaw University, and Wesleyan Wilbraham Academy. After his schooling, he went back South and… Read more “Historical Newspapers: Dr. John Jefferson Smallwood”
The Genealogy Situation Room 