Page 2 - Shammond Smith News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Stay updated with breaking news from Shammond smith. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Top News In Shammond Smith Today - Breaking & Trending Today

Tributes Paid to Dr. Lonnie Smith, Organ Virtuoso, Who Has Died Aged 79

Tributes Paid to Dr. Lonnie Smith, Organ Virtuoso, Who Has Died Aged 79
newsweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.

United States , New York , Iggy Pop , Aaron Cohen , Lonnie Smith , Norah Jones , Johnny Hammond Smith , Joey Defrancesco , George Benson Lou Donaldson , Ted Gioia , Jimmy Mcgriff , Atane Ofiaja , Charles Earland , Blue Note Records , Note Records , Blue Note , Shammond Smith , Hammond Organ , George Benson , Lou Donaldson ,

Putting Black History Back in the Record


Link Copied
I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, like he knows a secret. In their regal suits and poses, their faces are frozen in time. As the crowd meandered b ....

United States , New York , University Of Southern Mississippi , Lyndonb Johnson , Martin Luther King Jr , Fannie Lou Hamer , E Hammond Smith , Orleyb Caudill , Ted Howell , Charles Smith , John Lewis , Wendell Phillips Smith , Shammond Smith , University Of Southern Mississippi Center , University Of Southern Mississippi Giana De Dier , Smith Drug , Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival , Mobile Street , African American , Jim Crow , Freedom Schools , President Lyndon , Civil Rights Act , Black America , Jim Crow South , World War ,

The Future of Black History


The Game Is Changing for Historians of Black America
William Sturkey
© Unknown / Giana De Dier
I first saw the photo at a street fair in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in October 2011. I was at the Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival, an annual celebration of Hattiesburg’s Black downtown. That afternoon, Mobile Street filled with thousands of people spending their Saturday in the sun, drinking sweet tea and eating soul food with their friends and neighbors. I was new in town, and I was excited to join them.
Sitting in the window of an abandoned shop was a black-and-white picture of 12 Black men. They appear in two rows, five seated and seven standing. Each man is wearing a suit and politely holding his hat off to the side. There are at least two generations present, as evidenced by their hairlines and facial features. Their faces carry mixed expressions. Most of them look serious, but some are smiling. One man even appears to be smirking, li ....

New York , United States , Freedom School , University Of Southern Mississippi , Lyndonb Johnson , Martin Luther King Jr , Fannie Lou Hamer , E Hammond Smith , Orleyb Caudill , John Lewis , Ted Howell , Charles Smith , Hattiesburg Smiths , Noah Shackelford , Wendell Phillips Smith , Turner Smith , Shammond Smith , Girls Improvement Association , University Of Southern Mississippi Giana De Dier , Citizens Welfare League , Howell Literary Club , University Of Southern Mississippi Center , Smith Drug , Hattiesburg Negro Business League , National Urban League , Historic Mobile Street Renaissance Festival ,