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As we celebrate Black History Month, with Black history under political attack in America’s classrooms, now is probably a good time to look at significant Black history that happened right
By Tamara Shiloh Best known as the man who exposed King Leopold’s “benevolent enterprise” in the Congo as brutal imperialism, George Washington Williams (1849–1891) was also an American historian, clergyman, politician, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier. He was the first person to write an objective, researched history of Blacks in America. His first book, “History of […]| By Tamara Shiloh Best known as the man who exposed King Leopold’s “benevolent enterprise” in the Congo as brutal imperialism, George Washington Williams (1849–1891) was also an American historian, clergyman, politician, lawyer, lecturer, and soldier. He was the first person to write an objective, researched history of Blacks in America. His first book, “History of […]
segregation. at the convention, the racial climate is growing uglier. the negro race sends oh, you see me first as a negro and then a human. i m first a human being! they got a core demonstrator carrying him up the center aisle. a black man protesting goldwater is dragged out by security. others are spat on, called racist names. it does represent to a lot of people watching on tv a nuremberg rally. jackie robinson said he thought he felt like he knew what it was like to be a jew in hitler s germany. any self-respecting negro much walk out of this convention. america s most famous black republican had finally seen enough. mr. robinson, would you senator, president johnson yes, i would very strongly vote for president johnson over goldwater. there s no question about that. he walked out of the