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Charlayne Hunter (1961) leaving the University of Georgia campus after registering as a student. She holds a place in Georgia civil rights history as one of the first two African American students (the other student was Hamilton Holmes) admitted to the University of Georgia. Also known for her career as an award-winning journalist, Hunter-Gault is respected for her work on television and in print. High Society, Holmes, By Any Means Necessary, Brave, University Of Georgia, Civil Rights Movement, African Diaspora, Before Us, African American History
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Charlayne Hunter (1961) leaving the University of Georgia campus after registering as a student. She holds a place in Georgia civil rights history as one of the first two African American students (the other student was Hamilton Holmes) admitted to the University of Georgia. Also known for her career as an award-winning journalist, Hunter-Gault is respected for her work on television and in print.
Earl Francis “Big Cat” Lloyd was the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game. Today In Black History, Black History Facts, Black Power, African American Culture, Black Knowledge, Famous Black, Black Pride
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Earl Francis “Big Cat” Lloyd was the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game.
Today in Black History, 3/13/2014 - Anne Wiggins Brown was the first African American vocalist admitted to the Julliard School in 1928. For more info, check out today's blog! Beautiful Black Women, Amazing Women, Vintage Black Glamour, We Are The World, Black Girls Rock
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Today in Black History, 3/13/2014 - Anne Wiggins Brown was the first African American vocalist admitted to the Julliard School in 1928. For more info, check out today's blog!
Viola Davis Desmond (1914 –1965) was an Black Nova Scotian who was granted a posthumous pardon, the first to be granted in Canada. The gov't of Nova Scotia also apologized for convicting her for tax evasion, when, in fact, she was resisting a "whites only" discrimination policy in a movie theatre in 1946. Desmond's story was one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history. Desmond acted 9 yrs before the famed incident by civil-rights activist Rosa Parks. Viola Davis, Rosa Parks, Black History Month, Kings & Queens, Racial Discrimination, Civil Rights Activists, Canadian History
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Viola Davis Desmond (1914 –1965) was an Black Nova Scotian who was granted a posthumous pardon, the first to be granted in Canada. The gov't of Nova Scotia also apologized for convicting her for tax evasion, when, in fact, she was resisting a "whites only" discrimination policy in a movie theatre in 1946. Desmond's story was one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Canadian history. Desmond acted 9 yrs before the famed incident by civil-rights activist Rosa Parks.
Nathan Francis Mossell (1856-1946) was an African American doctor who helped establish the first black hospital in Philadelphia. Cthulhu, History Pics, Strange History, African History
Nathan Francis Mossell (1856-1946) was an African American doctor who helped establish the first black hospital in Philadelphia.
This picture gave me chills and …look which side is so filled with cowardice that every single one of their faces are covered. Because I couldn’t resist doing some snooping, apparently this picture is from a 1938 stand-off between the Klan and Black residents/locals of Lakeland, Florida. I found it in a special exhibition archive at the Lakeland city website, here. And here’s an article recounting historical and current racial tensions in Polk County and Lakeland in specific. World History, Native American, Study History, European History, American Women, American Art
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This picture gave me chills and …look which side is so filled with cowardice that every single one of their faces are covered. Because I couldn’t resist doing some snooping, apparently this picture is from a 1938 stand-off between the Klan and Black residents/locals of Lakeland, Florida. I found it in a special exhibition archive at the Lakeland city website, here. And here’s an article recounting historical and current racial tensions in Polk County and Lakeland in specific.
Before the Williams Sisters - Margaret and Matilda Peters, affectionately known as ‘Pete” and Repeat’. The Peters made history with their doubles record from the 1930s to the 1950s. At a time when African Americans were not allowed to compete against whites, the Peters sisters played in the American Tennis Association, which was created specifically to give blacks a forum to play tennis competitively. Inducted into the USTA’s Mid-Atlantic Section Hall of Fame in 2003. Interesting History
Before The William Sisters There Was Pete and Repeat
Before the Williams Sisters - Margaret and Matilda Peters, affectionately known as ‘Pete” and Repeat’. The Peters made history with their doubles record from the 1930s to the 1950s. At a time when African Americans were not allowed to compete against whites, the Peters sisters played in the American Tennis Association, which was created specifically to give blacks a forum to play tennis competitively. Inducted into the USTA’s Mid-Atlantic Section Hall of Fame in 2003.
First  Miss Black California and First Miss Black America (1973),   Fashion model Von Gretchen Shepard captured the crown after graduating cum laude from Howard University. Jet Magazine, Black Magazine, 140 Pounds, Ebony Magazine Cover, Magazine Covers, Easy Diets, Women In History, Black History
First Miss Black California and First Miss Black America (1973), Fashion model Von Gretchen Shepard captured the crown after graduating cum laude from Howard University.
The Dahomey Amazons are the only documented all-female official front-line combat arms military unit in modern history. Single-mindedly devoted to hardening themselves into ruthless instruments of battlefield destruction, these machete-wielding, musket-slinging lady terminators were rightly-feared throughout Western Africa for over 250 years, not only for their devotion to battle, but for their utter refusal to back down or retreat from any fight unless expressly ordered to do so by their king. Yoruba, Benin, Ancient Aliens, Haiti History, Modern History, Dahomey Amazons
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The Dahomey Amazons are the only documented all-female official front-line combat arms military unit in modern history. Single-mindedly devoted to hardening themselves into ruthless instruments of battlefield destruction, these machete-wielding, musket-slinging lady terminators were rightly-feared throughout Western Africa for over 250 years, not only for their devotion to battle, but for their utter refusal to back down or retreat from any fight unless expressly ordered to do so by their king.
"The Harlem Playgirls was an African American swing band active in the Midwest and throughout the United States from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s.  This is great!" Black Like Me, Vintage Style, My Heritage, Les Arts, Historical Photos
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"The Harlem Playgirls was an African American swing band active in the Midwest and throughout the United States from the mid-1930s to the early 1940s. This is great!"
Columbus Ledger, July 30, 1910. Garden variety racism....know your history before you're doomed to repeat it. History Books, Pseudo Science
Columbus Ledger, July 30, 1910. Garden variety racism....know your history before you're doomed to repeat it.
BUCK FRANKLIN |  (shown here ca. 1899 with his older brother, Matthew) was named after his grandfather, who had been a slave of a Chickasaw family in Oklahoma. Buck Franklin became a lawyer, notably defending survivors of the Tulsa Riots in 1921 which had resulted in the murder of 300 African Americans. (source: http://nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/indivisible/slavery.htm) Native American History, American Heritage, Native American Indians, Native Indian, Black Art
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BUCK FRANKLIN | (shown here ca. 1899 with his older brother, Matthew) was named after his grandfather, who had been a slave of a Chickasaw family in Oklahoma. Buck Franklin became a lawyer, notably defending survivors of the Tulsa Riots in 1921 which had resulted in the murder of 300 African Americans. (source: http://nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/indivisible/slavery.htm)
This 1962 Charles Williams image shows Brenda A. English, the first African American Rose Queen candidate. Vintage Beauty, Vintage Fashion, Women's Fashion, 1960s Fashion, Female Fashion, Fashion Ideas, Retro
Postwar black Los Angeles captured in photographs
This 1962 Charles Williams image shows Brenda A. English, the first African American Rose Queen candidate.
This 1940s ad for Pepsi is one of the first ads specifically targeted toward African Americans. The young boy pictured is Ron Brown, future United States Secretary of Commerce. Clock Vintage, Vintage Ads, Vintage Posters, Vintage Photos, Vintage Stuff, Vintage Black, Pepsi Vintage, Vintage Ephemera, Vintage Frames
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This 1940s ad for Pepsi is one of the first ads specifically targeted toward African Americans. The young boy pictured is Ron Brown, future United States Secretary of Commerce.