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I Saw Lincoln (You Should Too!)
I saw Abraham Lincoln, not in person, of course, but in the new movie, Lincoln, directed by Steven Spielberg and staring Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. I was expecting a drama about the life of Lincoln, but this was not that. … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Constitutional Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, American abolitionist movement, American history, black history, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln movie, politics, slavery, Steven Spielberg
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The First African American Medical Doctor
Dr. James McCune Smith was a great American who overcame tremendous obstacles to become a first in black history. He was born a slave in 1813. He received his freedom as a result of the Emancipation Act of the State of … Continue reading
Posted in abolitionists, American Literature, biography, black history, Creator, history, human rights, lifestyles, popular culture, public speaking, Quotations, Quotes, religion, self-help, social justice, Uncategorized
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Tennessee’s Abolitionist Newspaper — The Emancipator
Here’s a little known fact of American history and black history. In the early 1800s there was an abolitionist movement in East Tennessee. Elihu Embree even started an anti-slavery newspaper, The Emancipator, around 1820. Because of stiff opposition the movement … Continue reading
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America’s Bravest Supreme Court Justice — John Marshall Harlan
Although I didn’t rank John Marshall Harlan in my Top 10 Greatest Americans, I do consider him to be American’s Brave Supreme Court Justice ever. In 1896, seven men heard Homer Plessy’s story about being forbidden to ride in the “whites … Continue reading
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The Grimke Sisters — My 6th Greatest American(s)
A new PBS series, The Abolitionists, features five American anti-slavery activists: William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Frederick Douglas, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Here’s the story of Angelina and her sister Sarah. Two sisters, daughters of a prominent South … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Angelina Grimke, black history, PBS, Sarah Grimke, Southern States, the abolitionists
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When Freedom Broke Out — My 7th Greatest American
(Read about all of my Top Ten Greatest Americans by clicking here.) Freedom is breaking out in the Middle East as multitudes take to the streets to courageously demand their right to liberty. In colonial America, one man gave freedom … Continue reading
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My #9 Greatest American — William Monroe Trotter
“There can be no freedom without equality.” –William Monroe Trotter Standing almost alone during the Jim Crow days of forced segregation, open racism, and public lynchings of the early 20th Century, William Monroe Trotter boldly spoke out for equal rights. … Continue reading
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Top Ten Greatest Americans #10 — Dorothy Day
This is the first in a series of 10 articles that incorporate black history into American history with a list of my personal Top Ten Greatest Americans. Number ten is Dorothy Day. “No one has a right to sit down … Continue reading
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