DID YOU KNOW: One of the Black men who fought with George Washington and is pictured crossing the Delaware with him was actually a wealthy African sent to the United States to get an education and was sold into slavery by a crooked white man? Click here to learn more about Prince_Whipple.
DID YOU KNOW: That after President Abraham Lincon signed the famous Emancipation Proclamation the slaves in Texas continued to live in bondage for 2 to 3 years before learning that they were in fact free? Click here to read the story of the famous Juneteenth revelation. Click here to read the Emancipation Proclamation.
DID YOU KNOW: That at an Atlanta Cotton Expo in 1895, Booker T. Washington made a speech to a host of prominent whites in which he promised them that if they put their trust in negros, we would, without malice, be loyal servants and even die for them if need be. Decide for yourself. Click_here to read his speech, "The New Negro" and E-mail me to tell me what you think. (Print it out, sit down, read it and think about it for yourself first.)
DID YOU KNOW: That on Sept 19, 1868 nearly a dozen African Americans were massacred while attending a Republican political rally in Camilla Ga.? The events surrounding the massacre were compiled by Prof. Lee W. Formwalt of Albany State University. The book "The Camilla Massacre of 1863" can be found in the City of Albany Main Library in Genealogy RG957.8 If you get a chance, check it out and send me E-mail to tell me what you think.
More to come!