Tag Archives: Black History

Black History | Characteristics of the Lynching Era

Posted on February 15, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The thousands of African Americans lynched between 1880 and 1950 differed in many respects, but in most cases, the circumstances of their murders can be categorized as one or more of the following 1. Lynchings that resulted from a wildly … Continue reading →

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Black History | Breeding American Slaves

Posted on February 14, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Slave breeding in the United States were those practices of slave ownership that aimed to influence the reproduction of slaves in order to increase the wealth of slaveholders. Slave breeding included coerced sexual relations between male and female slaves, promoting … Continue reading →

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Black History | Wet Nursing

Posted on February 13, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The back story, is slavery. Understand that the system of slavery functioned by removing all agency from black bodies. The removal of identity, autonomy, culture and humanity was a necessary facet of slavery. To white slave masters, the only way … Continue reading →

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Black History | The Slave Whipping Post

Posted on February 11, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The ordinary mode of punishing the slaves is both cruel and barbarous. The masters seldom, if ever, try to govern their slaves by moral influence but by whipping, kicking, beating, starving, branding, cat-hauling, loading with irons, imprisoning, or by some … Continue reading →

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Black History | Names of 3,959 victims of “racial terror lynchings” released

Posted on February 10, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Ala., released a report on the history of lynchings in the United States, the result of five years of research and 160 visits to sites around the South. The authors of the report compiled … Continue reading →

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Black History | Black Codes and Pig Laws

Posted on February 9, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Black Codes: A body of laws, statutes, and rules enacted by southern states immediately after the Civil War to regain control over the freed slaves, maintain white supremacy, and ensure the continued supply of cheap labor. Immediately after the Civil … Continue reading →

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Black History | Music and the Civil Rights Movement

Posted on February 8, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Music and singing played a critical role in inspiring, mobilizing, and giving voice to the civil rights movement. ‘‘The freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle,’’ said Martin Luther King, Jr., during the Albany Movement. … Continue reading →

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Black History | School for black civil rights activists

Posted on February 5, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

The African American community created schools to train civil rights activists in effective methods of non-violent protest, voter registration, literacy and the like. Education and training was one way that helped African Americans gain back their freedom not only legally … Continue reading →

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Black History | Phylicia Rashād

Posted on February 4, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

Phylicia Rashād[needs IPA] (born Phylicia Ayers-Allen; June 19, 1948) is an American Tony Award-winning actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an … Continue reading →

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Black History | The Norfolk 17 School Desegregation

Posted on February 3, 2015 by SouthernGirl2

On February 2, 1959, 17 African-American students entered six previously all-white middle and high schools in Norfolk, Virginia. These schools had been closed for five months as the result of Virginia’s massive resistance effort to avoid the desegregation mandated by … Continue reading →

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