Category Archives: African American

Barbara Jordan born this day

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Barbara Jordan stampBarbara Jordan, born February 21 1936, was one of the most   respected and influential American politicians of the 20th century.  She captured the attention and admiration of the nation with her intelligence and integrity, eloquent oratory, ardent defense of the Constitution, and staunch advocacy of equal rights for all American citizens.

This stamp was released as the 34th in the Black Heritage stamp series in September 2011.

In 1976 Barbara Jordan, a congressional representative from Texas, was the first African American and the first woman to be chosen to deliver the keynote speech to the Democratic Party National Convention. The Democratic Party today would do well to listen to this speech and reaffirm the principles that are the foundation of the party.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMX58A6vII

Jerrelene Williamson: African Americans in Spokane

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 BOOK SIGNING

Hope you were able to get out to Barnes and Noble in the Valley last Saturday to have your copy of African Americans in Spokane signed by Jerrelene Williamson and  benefit the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center with a percentage of your purchases. If you haven’t bought a copy yet, it is available for check out at the Spokane Public Library, Spokane County Library, Spokane Community College Library, Eastern Washington University Library, Whitworth University Library and Washington State University Library.

Read more about Jerrelene Williamson and the book……

Can We Take The Pledge?

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2012 Legislative Campaign Kick Off

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FROM THIS DAY FORWARD…
WILL YOU BE THERE TO RAISE YOUR VOICE FOR JUSTICE?

A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE, SEATTLE CHAPTER and Washington Christian Leaders Coalition

Invite you to join us for our 2012 Legislative Campaign Kick Off
Jobs * Education* Gang Prevention
We’re organizing for our future”

Key Note Speakers:
Rev. Carey Anderson, Senior Pastor
First African Methodist Episcopal Church

Jeff Johnson, President
Washington State Labor Council

WHEN:
Saturday February 25, 2012
TIME: 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM
(VIP Candidate Meet and Greet 9:00 AM)

WHERE:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME)
1522 14th Avenue Seattle, WA 98122

 

This event will educate and prepare our community for our legislative day activities in Olympia
February 29, 2012.
People get ready 2012 is here!
The people’s movement starts today to organize for a better future tomorrow.
Will you be there?
For more information contact Seattle APRI at (206) 770-7697 or email us at APRISeattle@hotmail.com

 

The Loving Family

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Photo Booth

The view from The New Yorker’s photo department.

In 1950, a young man from Central Point, Virginia, went seven miles down the road to hear some music. Seven brothers named the Jeters were on that night, playing bluegrass in a farmhouse. The young man had come for the music, but couldn’t help noticing a young woman in the audience. The man, Richard Loving, was white; the woman, Mildred Jeter, was black and Cherokee. Seventeen years later, as a result of their meeting, the Supreme Court struck down Virginia’s Racial Integrity Act, along with anti-miscegenation laws in fifteen other states, ending the legal prohibitions against interracial marriage.

Patricia Stephens Due Dies

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The New York Times

“Unsung Foot Soldiers.”

Patricia Stephens Due, whose belief that, as she put it, “ordinary people can do extraordinary things” propelled her to leadership in the civil rights movement — but at a price, including 49 days in a stark Florida jail — died on Tuesday in Smyrna, Ga. She was 72.

Thank You Whitney 1963 – 2012

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Whitney Houston

Complete Whitney Houston Song List

Year                                                       Song Title            Duration                   # Releases

1990 After We Make Love 5:07 3
1985 All At Once 4:26 15
1990 All The Man That I Need 4:09 13
2001 America The Beautiful 1:31 1
2009 Call You Tonight 4:10 1
2003 Cantique De N�el (O Holy Night) – 1
1995 Count On Me 4:26 6
– Dance Megamix By Love To Infinity (Edit) 5:17 1
– Dance Megamix By Love To Infinity (Full) 9:22 1
1990 Dancin On The Smooth Edge 5:50 2
2003 Deck The Halls / Silent Night – 1
1987 Didn’t We Almost Have It All 5:05 11
1992 Do You Hear What I Hear 3:31 1
2005 Exhale – 1
1990 Feels So Good 4:55 1
2000 Fine 3:34 3
1987 For The Love Of You 5:29 3
2009 For The Lovers 4:14 1
1985 Greatest Love Of All 4:55 16
2003 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – 1
1996 He’s All Over Me 3:53 1
1985 Hold Me 6:00 4
1996 Hold On, Help Is On The Way 3:09 1
1985 How Will I Know 4:28 17
1996 I Believe In You And Me 4:03 7
1990 I Belong To You 5:28 1
2009 I Didn’t Know My Own Strength 3:41 2
1996 I Go To The Rock 4:05 1
2009 I Got You 4:13 1
1992 I Have Nothing – 14
1987 I Know Him So Well 4:26 2
2003 I’ll Be Home For Christmas – 1
2009 I Look To You 4:27 3
1996 I Love The Lord 4:57 1
1993 I’m Every Woman 4:45 10
1990 I’m Knockin’ 4:59 3
1990 I’m Your Baby Tonight 4:09 14
1992 I Will Always Love You 4:31 16
2000 If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful 4:20 4
2002 Instrumental 4:37 1
1995 It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be 4:51 1
1992 Jesus Loves Me 5:11 1
1996 Joy 3:16 1
1996 Joy To The World – 2
1987 Just The Lonely Talking Again 5:30 3
2009 Like I Never Left 3:51 1
2003 Little Drummer Boy – 1
1987 Love Is A Contact Sport 4:16 2
1987 Love Will Save The Day 5:20 3
1990 Lover For Life 4:45 3
2000 Metro Radio Mix 3:55 1
2009 Million Dollar Bill 3:24 3
1990 Miracle 5:43 6
1996 My Heart Is Calling 4:15 2
1985 Nobody Loves Me Like You Do 3:46 4
2009 Nothin’ But Love 3:36 1
2003 O Come O Come Emanuel – 1
1988 Olympic Joy 4:03 1
2003 On My Own (Maurice’s Nu Soul Radio Mix) 4:23 1
2003 On My Own (MaUVe Remix) 7:53 1
2003 On My Own (Pound Boys Radio Mix) 4:42 1
2003 On My Own (Radio Edit) 4:28 1
2003 On My Own (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) 4:41 1
1988 One Moment In Time 4:42 10
2003 One Wish (For Christmas) – 1
2000 Original Version 4:21 1
2002 Radio Edit 3:47 1
1993 Run To You 4:22 10
2009 Salute 4:10 1
2000 Same Script, Different Cast 5:00 2
1985 Saving All My Love For You 3:57 22
1987 Shock Me 5:05 1
1987 So Emotional 4:53 10
1996 Somebody Bigger Than You And I 4:42 1
1985 Someone For Me 4:57 3
1996 Step By Step 4:14 5
1985 Take Good Care Of My Heart 4:13 2
1989 Takin’ A Chance – 1
2003 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) – 1
2003 The First N�el – 1
1985 The Greatest Love Of All – 4
1996 The Lord Is My Shepherd 4:24 1
2001 The Star Spangled Banner 2:14 2
1985 Thinking About You 5:27 3
1990 We Didn’t Know 5:26 2
1988 Where Are You 4:10 1
1987 Where Do Broken Hearts Go 4:37 9
1987 Where You Are 4:10 4
1996 Who Would Imagine A King – 2
2000 Why Does It Hurt So Bad 4:39 3
2009 Worth It 4:40 1
1985 You Give Good Love 4:33 11
1987 You’re Still My Man 4:15 2
1996 You Were Loved 4:09 2

African-American Newspapers and Periodicals: Freedom’s Journal

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Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom’s Journal
OCLC#: 1570144
LC card #: sn83-30455
“We wish to plead our own cause.

Too long have others spoken for us.”
Thus declare Samuel Cornish and John B. Russwurm on the front page of Freedom’s Journal, the first African-American owned and operated newspaper published in the United States. The Journal was published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Samuel Cornish served as co-editor with John B. Russwurm between March 16, 1827 and September 14, 1827. Russwurm became sole editor of the Journal following the resignation of Cornish in September 1827. Freedom’s Journal was superseded by The Rights of All, published between 1829 and 1830 by S. E. Cornish. Learn more about history of the Journal and its editors on the PBS website. <http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/newbios/nwsppr/freedom/freedom.html>
Freedom’s Journal provided international, national, and regional information on current events and contained editorials declaiming slavery, lynching, and other injustices. The Journal also published biographies of prominent African-Americans and listings of births, deaths, and marriages in the African-American New York community. Freedom’s Journal circulated in 11 states, the District of Columbia, Haiti, Europe, and Canada.
The newspaper employed subscription agents. One of these, David Walker, in 1829 published the first of four articles that called for rebellion.  Walker’s Appeal <http://cgi.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2931t.html>  stated that “.it is no more harm for you to kill the man who is trying to kill you than it is for you to take a drink of water,” this bold attack was widely read. Walker distributed copies of his pamphlet into the South, where it was widely banned.

 

For more information about African-American newspapers including lesson plans, interactive activities, a timeline, resources and biographies see the PBS website for the film The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords

 

View Freedom’s Journal
All 103 issues of the Freedom’s Journal have been digitized and placed into Adobe Acrobat format. PLEASE NOTE: Each file is over 1 megabyte in size, refer to the file size information next to the link before clicking on the link.

The digital Freedom’s Journal was prepared by:
Peter Schroepfer – Student Assistant
Heather McCullough – Digital Librarian
Wendt Engineering Library

Youth Worth Watching

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Please please check them out listen, sing and share. Click on the link below. Kudos to our Young People… They are “Keeping it Moving”.. Thanks Velma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeGrgewqEXw&feature=player_embedded

This is worth watching . Please take time to visit the site. Then pass it on.

Reading Beyond the Requirements

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Dr. James Burnley in a recent article for students exhorted them to go beyond what they were presented in classes:  “…. go further and seek the truth about your history. Seeking such truth means that you will have to read beyond what you are required to read in most if not all of the degree programs you are seeking to attain.”

Burley discusses the work of Mamie & Kenneth Clark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqsGTS5TPQ&feature=related

Full text of Dr. Burnley’s article:
Reading Beyond the Requirements or Learning to Love the Black Dolls