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School Street's pedestrian environment was partially reconstructed in Spring 2011; yet, this major bus stop intersection right next to Somerville's City Hall at 93 Highland Ave., was not included in the scope of work.
School Street was also reconstructed in 2005, according to City Reconstruction records (which were removed from the City's homepage web links in 2011).
Hard to tell if these are new buildings or updated barracks from the detention center. Hard to imagine they'd go to all that work to put siding on such crappy little buildings, but they are in the right place and about the right dimensions. From the map, this is probably the grounds of the municipal airport, but that's another mystery -- why would such a small facility need all this housing? We didn't have much time to explore the new national monument, which is adjacent to this property, and there isn't really that much information to be had, so we get to puzzle about it, I guess.
I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
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Put up barely six months ago (July 2009), it depicts places around the world where walls are used to keep people at bay, including Israel and Berlin, among others.
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
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This yard sign was placed in the front yards of African American families receiving loans from the Black owned Washington Shores Federal Savings and Loan Association in Orlando. The Washington Shores Federal Savings and Loan was the first of it's kind and enabled African American families to buy homes when the other banks would not give them credit or business loans.
There is a TV drama forthcoming on WowWow TV on racial discrimination, segregation versus integration issues. Here is a collection of cast members taken in between production shooting. It was perfect weather as well being an unusually warm day (19ºC) for early February. Every one seemed to enjoy themselves, except there was a lot of excess standing, so our legs became quite tired and sore.
Shoot location was Showa Memorial Park near Nishi Tachikawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. Anyone who is a subscriber to Wow Wow and is interested in viewing the movie, please send me a personal message. Cheers…..
本日のプロダクションは人種差別の主テーマとしてWowWowテレビで近い将来に放映する予定です。この写真集は撮影ロケでその番組のキャストメンバーです。天気も最適で最高でした。19ºCは２月の昇順ごろとしてとても例外的です。皆さんは楽しんでいましたが立つことはかなりありましてメンバーの一部の足み疲れてきて痛くなりました。
撮影ロケは西立川の昭和記念公園です。その番組予定の詳細を知りたい場合はメッセージを送って下さい。
I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions. I look forward to reading them!
The May 18, 1954 Washington Post leads with the U.S. Supreme Court decisions that outlawed school segregation, including the Bolling v. Sharpe decision that ended Jim Crow in District of Columbia public schools.
The impetus for the Bolling decision began in 1947 when the Consolidated Parents Group led a boycott of deplorable conditions at the segregated Browne Junior High School on Benning Road NE.
The subsequent events gave rise the Bolling v. Sharpe suit that broke new ground in interpreting the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution and the meaning of “due process.” The other major cases were decided on the 14th Amendment’s “equal protection” clause.
Bolling v. Sharpe was the only major school case that was brought outside the NAACP team and argued without their assistance.
For more information and related images, see www.flickr.com/gp/washington_area_spark/m2x047
Read the story of of DC desegregation from the pickets to the courts: washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/dcs-fighting-bar...
Street scene in St. Paul's Bottoms. The Majestic Cafe, the New Way Cafe, and the Rainbow Cafe all on the right. North Side Drug on the corner. The smokestacks in the background are Southwestern Power & Light Company.
May 15, 1963. Coll. 393, Jacket 29924.
We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth; and because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation, and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West: Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
From Inaugural Address of President Barak Obama
The local youth centre, where black is the new black. The girl on the left in the white is no doubt thinking "damn i wish my black t-shirt wasnt in the wash"
My Great Grand Mother Lillie Ada Lavinia Carson Rice.
(1925-2011)
Born in 1925 in Huntersville, NC, to Frank Morehead and Zula Alexander Carson, Lillie was married to David RIce and raised 9 children on the families farm outside of Kannapolis, NC. She was a devout church worker, and a lover of singing gospel.
This picture was taken in Kannapolis NC in 1955.
In 1905, W. H. H. Hart refused to give up his seat on a train upon arrival in Maryland and move to a Jim Crow car.
Hart was a resident of Washington, D.C. and a practicing attorney. He was one of the founders of the Niagara Movement—the predecessor to the NAACP--and one of the founders of the NAACP.
Hart was arrested and spent three days in jail. Hart sued that Maryland’s Jim Crow law could not apply to interstate travel. He won his case but was awarded only $1 in damages.
Hart’s action as an individual intending to file suit in order to enforce his rights was an early example of the predecessors of the organized, ongoing sit-ins that developed later in the century.
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896, Jim Crow laws began proliferating across the U.S.
Hart and others sought ways to combat this reversal of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era gains for African Americans.
For a lengthy blog post on the origins of the sit-in tactic, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/origins-of-the-c...
For related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmcArGZz
The photographer is unknown. It is cropped from a larger photograph of the founders of the Niagara Movement in 1905. Courtesy of the Library of Congress Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-37818 (digital file from original item)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Visits former Colored School #4 in Chelsea on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Visits former Colored School #4 in Chelsea on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
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I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history of People of Color.
Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... I look forward to reading them!
A FIGHT AGAINST INJUSTICE
1961, and in the United States George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in the Kennedy administration and fierce supporter of the civil rights movement, boards a Greyhound bus in Washington with Verena, an employee of Martin Luther King whom he is in love with, to protest against segregation.
A RISING TIDE OF DANGER
In East Germany, teacher Rebecca Hoffmann finds her entire life has been a lie as she is targeted by the secret police, even as her younger brother, Walli, dreams of escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain. In Russia, activist Tania Dvorkin narrowly evades capture for producing an illegal news-sheet, her actions all the more perilous because her brother, Dimka, is an emerging star of the Communist Party.
A COLD WAR THAT COULD ELIMINATE THE WORLD FOREVER
In a sweeping tale that began in 1911, the descendants of five families will now find their true destiny as they fight for their individual freedom in a world facing the mightiest clash of superpowers it has ever seen.
There is a TV drama forthcoming on WowWow TV on racial discrimination, segregation versus integration issues. Here is a collection of cast members taken in between production shooting. It was perfect weather as well being an unusually warm day (19ºC) for early February. Every one seemed to enjoy themselves, except there was a lot of excess standing, so our legs became quite tired and sore.
Shoot location was Showa Memorial Park near Nishi Tachikawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. Anyone who is a subscriber to Wow Wow and is interested in viewing the movie, please send me a personal message. Cheers…..
本日のプロダクションは人種差別の主テーマとしてWowWowテレビで近い将来に放映する予定です。この写真集は撮影ロケでその番組のキャストメンバーです。天気も最適で最高でした。19ºCは２月の昇順ごろとしてとても例外的です。皆さんは楽しんでいましたが立つことはかなりありましてメンバーの一部の足み疲れてきて痛くなりました。
撮影ロケは西立川の昭和記念公園です。その番組予定の詳細を知りたい場合はメッセージを送って下さい。
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These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external harddrive. I thought others might appreciate these tidbits of forgotten history.
Please feel free to leave any comments or thoughts or impressions... Thanks in advance!
Reflections in Black and White exhibit - Cape Fear Museum - January 30, 2017 - New Hanover County, NC
Reflections in Black and White, features a selection of informal black and white photographs taken by black and white Wilmingtonians after World War II before the Civil Rights movement helped end legalized segregation. Visitors will have a chance to compare black and white experiences and reflect on what people’s lives were like in the region during the latter part of the Jim Crow era.
Examine mid-century cameras and photographic equipment and experience the “thrill” of opening a replica camera store photo envelope, a rare experience in today’s digital world. Flip through some recreated pages from Claude Howell’s scrapbooks, and take your own photograph in a 1950s setting.
Reflections in Black and White features selections from four large photographic collections:
•African American photographer Herbert Howard was a postal worker, a member of the NAACP, and a semi-professional photographer. Cape Fear Museum has a collection of more than 1,000 images he took documenting Wilmington’s black community.
•Artist Claude Howell left an extensive collection of scrapbooks to the Museum. The albums include hundreds of pages with photographs of Howell’s friends, local scenery, and people.
•Student nurse Elizabeth Ashworth attended the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing right after World War II. Her photographs provide a glimpse of a group of young white women’s lives in the late 1940s.
•In 2012, the Museum acquired a collection of photos that were taken in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and left at the Camera Shop, a downtown business that was a fixture from the late 1910s through the early 1980s.
Historian Jan Davidson explained why the concept behind the exhibit: “The different historical images speak to each other in some fascinating ways. Most of us can see our own lives reflected in the images, We all eat, hang out with friends, and many of us have taken silly pictures of ourselves or our loved ones. These images show our common humanity, and allow us to relate to people in the past as we might relate to a friend.”
Cape Fear Museum hopes the exhibit will spark reflection and conversation about the history of race relations. Davidson states, “When you look at these images as a group, they give us a chance to reflect on how legally-sanctioned racial segregation helped shape people’s daily lives. We want today’s visitors to have a chance to imagine what it felt like to live in a world where Jim Crow laws and attitudes deeply affected the textures of daily life.”
See more at: www.capefearmuseum.com/
Photo by Brett Cottrell, New Hanover County
New York City Mayor Eric Adams Visits former Colored School #4 in Chelsea on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
There is a TV drama forthcoming on WowWow TV on racial discrimination, segregation versus integration issues. Here is a collection of cast members taken in between production shooting. It was perfect weather as well being an unusually warm day (19ºC) for early February. Every one seemed to enjoy themselves, except there was a lot of excess standing, so our legs became quite tired and sore.
Shoot location was Showa Memorial Park near Nishi Tachikawa Station, Tokyo, Japan. Anyone who is a subscriber to Wow Wow and is interested in viewing the movie, please send me a personal message. Cheers…..
本日のプロダクションは人種差別の主テーマとしてWowWowテレビで近い将来に放映する予定です。この写真集は撮影ロケでその番組のキャストメンバーです。天気も最適で最高でした。19ºCは２月の昇順ごろとしてとても例外的です。皆さんは楽しんでいましたが立つことはかなりありましてメンバーの一部の足み疲れてきて痛くなりました。
撮影ロケは西立川の昭和記念公園です。その番組予定の詳細を知りたい場合はメッセージを送って下さい。
Reflections in Black and White exhibit - Cape Fear Museum - January 30, 2017 - New Hanover County, NC
Reflections in Black and White, features a selection of informal black and white photographs taken by black and white Wilmingtonians after World War II before the Civil Rights movement helped end legalized segregation. Visitors will have a chance to compare black and white experiences and reflect on what people’s lives were like in the region during the latter part of the Jim Crow era.
Examine mid-century cameras and photographic equipment and experience the “thrill” of opening a replica camera store photo envelope, a rare experience in today’s digital world. Flip through some recreated pages from Claude Howell’s scrapbooks, and take your own photograph in a 1950s setting.
Reflections in Black and White features selections from four large photographic collections:
•African American photographer Herbert Howard was a postal worker, a member of the NAACP, and a semi-professional photographer. Cape Fear Museum has a collection of more than 1,000 images he took documenting Wilmington’s black community.
•Artist Claude Howell left an extensive collection of scrapbooks to the Museum. The albums include hundreds of pages with photographs of Howell’s friends, local scenery, and people.
•Student nurse Elizabeth Ashworth attended the James Walker Memorial Hospital School of Nursing right after World War II. Her photographs provide a glimpse of a group of young white women’s lives in the late 1940s.
•In 2012, the Museum acquired a collection of photos that were taken in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and left at the Camera Shop, a downtown business that was a fixture from the late 1910s through the early 1980s.
Historian Jan Davidson explained why the concept behind the exhibit: “The different historical images speak to each other in some fascinating ways. Most of us can see our own lives reflected in the images, We all eat, hang out with friends, and many of us have taken silly pictures of ourselves or our loved ones. These images show our common humanity, and allow us to relate to people in the past as we might relate to a friend.”
Cape Fear Museum hopes the exhibit will spark reflection and conversation about the history of race relations. Davidson states, “When you look at these images as a group, they give us a chance to reflect on how legally-sanctioned racial segregation helped shape people’s daily lives. We want today’s visitors to have a chance to imagine what it felt like to live in a world where Jim Crow laws and attitudes deeply affected the textures of daily life.”
See more at: www.capefearmuseum.com/
Photo by Brett Cottrell, New Hanover County
The “COMMUNIST TRAINING SCHOOL” CONTROVERSY
Many "state's rights" and pro-segregation groups were fond of repeating the assertion that Martin Luther King Jr. once "attended a Communist training school" --- which was meant to be a reference to King's attendance at a 1957 Labor Day weekend seminar at Highlander Folk School in Monteagle TN.
The Birch Society and its front-group, Truth About Civil Turmoil, plastered the country with billboards and postcards showing a photo of King "attending a Communist training school". Governors (like Ross Barnett of MS) repeated the charge in testimony before Congress. Many Congressmen inserted remarks into the Congressional Record which described Highlander in that same fashion.
The attack upon Highlander Folk School was part of a larger effort to discredit and demonize anyone connected to the civil rights movement in the United States -- and in particular to our most prominent national civil rights organizations.
Controversial billboard labels MLK a Republican
October 2012
“Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. VOTE REPUBLICAN!” the controversial billboard reads from above Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Dallas, Texas.
TheHuffington Post reports that this voter registration tactic is nothing new, having been used before in Austin and Houston in 2009. The ads are the work of Claver Kamau-Imani, a Houston, Texas church leader and the founder of RagingElephants.org. His organization works to encourage African Americans to make the switch to the Republican Party.
But despite these claims, there has yet to be any evidence suggesting King was affiliated with the Republican Party.
“Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was not a Republican or a Democrat,” Quanell X, the leader of a local Texas New Black Panther Party chapter told Fox News in 2009, when Kamau-Imani first put up a billboard.
“[He] would not be with the party of Newt Gingrich. He would not be with the party of Sarah Palin. He would not be with the party of Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage or Sean Hannity,” Quanell X also said.
Rep. Cyrus Sulloway (R-N.H.) served as a U.S. representative from New Hampshire who served from 1895-1913 and 1915-1919.
Sulloway was a veteran of the Civil War who practiced law before becoming involved in politics. He was a classic Republican, upholding the rights of African Americans, but a protectionist in regards to goods produced overseas.
During his congressional career he headed the committee that oversaw Civil War pensions, insuring that former soldiers received their benefits.
Sulloway outraged the white supremacists during the period when Jim Crow spread across the nation because in 1902 he:
“…almost daily has as his guest in the House [of Representatives] restaurant his negro messenger, and the two, sitting at one table, break bread together and discuss the questions of the day.”
For a detailed account of the fight against Jim Crow in the U.S. Capitol, see washingtonspark.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/origins-of-the-c...
For related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmcArGZz
The photographer is unknown. The image is courtesy of the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives.
From the late 19th through the mid-20th centuries, segregation laws in Southern states separated African Americans and whites in almost every aspect of public life -- from railroad cars and schools to restrooms and drinking fountains. Varying from state to state, these laws were supposed to establish facilities that were "separate but equal." In reality, these were almost never equal.
Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968, part of the the History Galleries, explores the years following the end of Reconstruction to show how the nation struggled to define the status of African Americans.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, was established in December 2003 and opened its permanent home in September 2016. The 350,000-square-foot, 10-story (five above and five below ground) was built to the postmodern design of Phil Freelon's Freelon Group, Sir David Adjaye's Adjaye Associates and Davis Brody Bond. The above ground floors feature an inverted step pyramid surrounded by a bronze architectural scrim, which reflects a crown used in Yoruba culture. With more than 40,000 objects in its collection, although only about 3,500 items are on display, the NMAAHC is the world's largest museum dedicated to African-American history and culture.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
A tattered copy of black owned newspaper, San Francisco Bay View, calls for racial justice in Hunter's Point.
City officials and experts examined solid waste management best practices at ADBI in Tokyo and during field visits of waste management sites in Yokohama on 9 -11 December 2019. Read more about the event: bit.ly/2EqVdCf
Oil and acrylic on wood.
If someone made a Kermit greensploitation flick. STOP SPECIES SEGREGATION!!!