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Lincoln Ware

Feb 1, 2012 at 9:29 am

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Letter From Former Slave To Slave Owner Goes Viral

Letter From Former Slave To Slave Owner Goes Viral

A letter from a former slave, Jourdan Anderson to the man who owned him, Colonel P.H. Anderson has drawn a lot of attention  in 1965 was posted on several sites and even became the top story at Yahoo News.

In the letter Jourdan Anderson offers a smart retort to P.H. Anderson’s request that he come back and work for his former slave master in Tennessee.

Here are some excerpts from the

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Lincoln Ware

Dec 21, 2011 at 3:53 pm

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10 Black Women Who Made America Great

10 Black Women Who Made America Great

Men tend to get all of the credit for everything, especially the Civil Rights Movement. While Dr. Martin L. King Jr. and Malcolm X are known as the faces of the movement, black history is brimming with women whose contributions are equally noteworthy. Here’s our list of black women who helped to advance the race under the most challenging of circumstances.

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Lincoln Ware

Nov 30, 2011 at 8:54 am

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Smithsonian Black History Museum Will Showcase KKK Robes

Smithsonian Black History Museum Will Showcase KKK Robes

WASHINGTON-The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired two Ku Klux Klan robes that will be exhibited in its future home on the National Mall.

One of the robes donated Monday comes from the family of the late writer Stetson Kennedy, who died in August some six decades after he infiltrated the KKK and exposed its secrets.

The second robe belonged to Phineas Miller Nathaniel Wilds, a chaplain in

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Lincoln Ware

Oct 27, 2011 at 1:06 pm

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National Black History Museum Gets $5 Million Dollar Gift

National Black History Museum Gets $5 Million Dollar Gift

The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture recently received a $5 million donation from Walmart bringing the museum a step closer to being completed.

Construction for the museum is scheduled to begin next year and a planned grand opening is set for 2015.

See also: Black New York: Historic Photos From the Museum of the City of New York

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Aug 12, 2011 at 8:31 am

Female Black Historians Criticize Movie “The Help”

Female Black Historians Criticize Movie “The Help”

The Association of Black Women Historians have released a statement criticizing the controversial new movie, “The Help,” which tells the story of African American maids in Jackson, Mississippi during the 1950′s and 1960s.

Entertainment Weekly reports:

“Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, The Help distorts, ignores, and trivializes the experiences of black domestic workers,” the statement read.The group of scholars took

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Lincoln Ware

Aug 4, 2011 at 2:48 pm

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Howard University Launches Mobile Black History Museum

Howard University Launches Mobile Black History Museum

Howard University is taking individuals on a ride through the pages of American Legacy Magazine.

The quarterly, which chronicles African-American history, will unveil an 18-wheel mobile museum of Black history.

The exhibition is across from the Howard University bookstore and features photos, stories, artifacts, memorabilia and interactive learning stations that celebrate the story of Blacks in America.

Read more at BET.com

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Lincoln Ware

Aug 1, 2011 at 11:53 am

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Archaeologists Uncover Lost Black Village Under Central Park

Archaeologists Uncover Lost Black Village Under Central Park

NEW YORK-Professors from New York colleges including NYU, Barnard and Columbia as well as their archaeology students have uncovered a lost Black village under Central Park in New York City. BET.com reports:

At its height, Seneca Village was a robust community of nearly 300 people that existed between between the 1820s and 1850s. Though it was a predominately Black neighborhood, housing some of the first Black property owners in the city, it

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Lincoln Ware

Jul 6, 2011 at 4:28 pm

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Black Soldiers Sacrifice Finally Told In New Film

Black Soldiers Sacrifice Finally Told In New Film

While stories of black soldiers in WWII are normally an afterthought, one story of black heroism is finally being told.

The Aubrey Stewart Project tells the story of James Aubrey Stewart, a soldier from Piedmont, West Virginia, who along with 10 other black soliders sacrificed their lives to save a family during the Battle of the Bulge.

The Aubrey Stewart Project will showcase the story at schools, churches, and libraries throughout

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Lincoln Ware

May 24, 2011 at 11:53 am

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Oakland’s African American Museum And Library Faces Closure

Oakland’s African American Museum And Library Faces Closure

The majority of Oakland’s libraries are in danger of having their doors shut, as Mayor Jean Quan tackles with budget proposals to handle the city’s $58 million deficit.

One of them is the African American Museum And Library, which is home to rare books, papers and memorabilia documenting black life in the Bay Area since California was still part of Mexico.

InsideBayArea.com reports:

AAMLO is unique among Oakland’s 18 branches because

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Lincoln Ware

May 19, 2011 at 4:21 pm

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Huh?! Tea Party Favorite Claims Expertise In Black History

Huh?! Tea Party Favorite Claims Expertise In Black History

Tea Party historian David Barton claims to be an expert on African American history.

Internal Revenue Service records show that Barton’s nonprofit, Wallbuilder Presentations Inc., used a video project  about the moral heritage and political history of African Americans to claim its non-profit status.

A favorite among right wing conservatives, Barton’s controversial editing has posited a history where Thrugood Marshall is stripped from the history books and  where republicans are credited for passing

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