Back in the day, being a cowboy often started in the teenage years. These young individuals took on a tough lifestyle that brought together a diverse mix of people, including African-American freedmen, Mexicans, Native Americans, and settlers from different parts of the U.S.
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The Truth Story behind Juneteenth
Happy Juneteenth
Today we are going to talk about the Holiday that almost wasn’t and how it was save by the Civil Rights Movement #HappyJuneteenth #Juneteenth2023
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The First Memorial Day
The First Memorial Day
May 1, 1865, a crowd of 10,000 formerly enslaved people, staged a parade around the Washington Race Course and Jockey Club in Charleston, South Carolina.
This commemoration of “Decoration Day” would be the first celebration of Memorial Day on record.
On March 25, 1931, nine Black teenagers riding a freight train through Alabama and were arrested after being falsely accused of raping two white women.
This is the story of the Scottsboro Boys
MLK and his handgun
Did you know that Martin Luther King used to carry a weapon and even applied for a concealed handgun permit? #blackhistorymonth
On January 26, 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to shut down a public park in Macon, Georgia, rather than integrating it.
In 1911, U.S. Senator Augustus O. Bacon executed his will, bequeathing to the City of Macon, Georgia, “a park and pleasure ground” designed exclusively for white residents. He argued that, despite the lack of malicious intent, the two races should be forever separate.
“in limiting the use and enjoyment of this property perpetually to white people, I am not influenced by any unkindness of feeling . . . I am, however, without hesitation in the opinion that in their social relations the two races . . . should be forever separate.”
In 1920, Baconfield Park opened under the trusteeship of the City of Macon. For many years, the park enforced segregation, only allowing white people to use the facilities.
In May 1963, Black citizens took legal action against the City of Macon, claiming that the racial restriction violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights. Despite this, the City of Macon resigned from its role as trustee in February 1964, and the court appointed three private individuals to take their place. As a result, the racial segregation policy remained in effect.
In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Evans v. Newton that Black residents could not be excluded from the Baconsfield public park. However, Rather than integrate, the Georgia Supreme Court responded by terminating the Baconsfield trust and closing the park to the public altogether.
In 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Evans v. Abney that the Georgia Supreme Court's decision to close the segregated Baconsfield Park did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment. Despite the fact that the park was destroyed in order to comply with the Constitution, the Court felt disheartened by the ruling. As a result, Baconsfield Park is now a strip mall.
Following the conclusion of the Civil War, Reconstruction-era amendments were passed to the United States Constitution. These amendments abolished slavery, granted citizenship to formerly enslaved Black people, and granted them civil rights, most notably the right to vote. For a brief period until 1877, Federal officials and troops remained in the southern states to ensure these rights were protected, This period saw Black people in the South participating in the political process for the first time, running for office and even winning elections. One such example is Mr. Revels, who became the first African American to serve in the United States Senate after being elected in Mississippi.
Upon arriving in Washington, Mr. Revels faced white politicians who opposed his election to the U.S. Congress. The politicians declared his election invalid, citing the claim that he was ineligible for the Senate because Black Americans were not U.S. citizens until after the 14th Amendment was passed.
Hiram Revels was eventually seated in the Senate on February 25, 1870, after a Senate vote of 48 to 8. but this attempt to prevent Mr. Revels from taking office highlighted the deep-seated racism and inequality that still lingered in the South and across the nation and this racial discrimination would continue to terrorize and oppress Black people for generations, especially after the the end of recontruction.
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Martin Luther King has a new monument in Boston. #mlkday #blackhistory #TheEmbrace
Little Rock Nine
New Episode!
S4E6 The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine Black students who enrolled at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957 in an attempt to challenge the segregation after Brown vs Board of Education.
Audio:
https://www.onemichistory.com/the-little-rock-nine/
Mahalia Jackson "The Queen of Gospel" was born on this October 26th 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
During the March on Washington, Mahalia Jackson was present. When Martin Luther King was giving his speech. She would shout “Tell them about the dream, Martin.” At that moment he would throw away his prepared notes and improvise the rest of his legendary speech.
October 14, 1964 Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
The news did not come as a complete surprise to King, They knew about his nomination for the award and of the prize committee's request for copies of his books and speeches. Still, the Nobel Peace Prize was different. This was not simply a personal award, but a significant international endorsement of the civil rights struggle
In 1964, the civil rights movement achieved the ratification of the 24th Amendment, which abolished the poll taxes, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education and outlawed racial segregation in public facilities. So in October at 35, King became the youngest person ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, King decided to donated the prize money totaling at $54,600, $12,000 to SCLC, $17,000 to the other organizations making up CUCRL, and the remaining $25,000 to a special fund closely linked to SCLC.
The Tuskegee Airmen were trained at Tuskegee army airfield. #tuskegeeairmen #blackpodcast #blackpodcastnetwork #dopeblackpods #blackhistorypodcast
S3E7 The ATTACK on Black Veterans Pt. 2
21 years after the end of the first great war with a new great war looming. A new generation of African Americans had to decide if fighting for democracy abroad would offer them a chance for equality at home.
This is a episode about the experiences of 1.2 million African American soldiers during World War 2.
learn more:
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Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles over several decades including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel and pop and she was known as the voice of the civil rights movement.
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