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Motorsports encompasses a wide variety of vehicles and venues from go karts to Formula 1, with racism present at all levels. In recent weeks we have learned more about NASCAR and the Indy 500 historically. This week we focus on a few of the other types of racing.
UPPITY: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (trailer)
NASCAR: Its History Of Racism And Relations With The Confederate Flag : NPR
The Black American Racers fought for equity in auto racing | National Museum of American History
Racing past racism: NASCAR and its haunting historical fanbase – Annenberg Media
Who really broke the color barrier in motorsports? | The Online Automotive Marketplace | Hemmings, The World's Largest Collector Car Marketplace
The Hamilton Commission’s Findings of Racism in F1 Are Damning
Racism in the paddock - Motor Sport Magazine
Ethnic Minority in Motorsport: My Experience
Willy T Ribbs: Motorsport's Black Pioneer Full Documentary | The first black man to drive an F1 car
If your history books led you to believe that racism was an issue confined to the South, you might be surprised to learn that it was so entrenched in Indiana that the famed Indianapolis 500 did not have a Black driver until 1991. To showcase their talents, Black drivers who were shut out of the Indy 500 launched their own successful racing organization and the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes.
The Forgotten Race - Seg. 1
The Forgotten Race - Seg. 2
The Forgotten Race - Seg. 3
The Forgotten Race - Seg. 4
The Forgotten Race - Seg. 5
The Forgotten Race - Final Segment
African-American Auto Racing : NPR
» Charlie Wiggins | Automotive Hall of Fame
The Incredible Story of Race Driver Charlie Wiggins — Gold and Glory Championship Winner
A Missing Piece: Why African-Americans are poorly represented in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” - Indianapolis Recorder
Meet Willy T. Ribbs, The Man Who Broke Sport Racing's Color Barrier
Willy T Ribbs on becoming the first black driver in Indy 500: 'The pressure was unbelievable' - Motor Sport Magazine
For Gold and Glory | PBS
What American sport had its origins in bootlegging? NASCAR. But while bootlegging was equal opportunity, NASCAR was not, steadfastly rejecting integration. Learn about Wendell Scott, the Danville resident who became the first successful Black NASCAR driver.
Driven
StoryCorps 411: The Ballad of Wendell Scott (Reprise) - StoryCorps
Wendell Oliver Scott Sr. (1921–1990) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Wendell Scott | Class of 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee
Wendell Scott: The Nascar pioneer whose legacy is now more powerful than ever - BBC Sport
Wendell Scott Untold NASCAR Story: Robbery, Struggle & Triumph
Wendell Scott's son, grandson discuss his career and legacy | Coffee With Kyle | Motorsports on NBC
Wendell Scott's Legacy in NASCAR Today | feat. Warrick Scott & Brehanna Daniels
♫ Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 1
♫ Wendell Scott: Black NASCAR Driver in the Jim Crow Era, Pt. 2
On August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 formally established the rights enshrined in the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This week's resources examine the interplay between them and current status of the Voting Rights Act.
Sound Smart: The 15th Amendment | History - YouTube
“If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Count” (arlingtonva.us)“If You Don’t Vote, You Don’t Count”
TT-Voting-Rights-Timeline-Handout-October-2020.pdf (learningforjustice.org)
15th Amendment: Constitution & Voting Rights - HISTORY - HISTORY
History Of Federal Voting Rights Laws (justice.gov)
50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
The Docket: The Rise And Fall Of The Voting Rights Act Of 1965 : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR
The 15th Amendment and the right to vote - Podcast | Constitution Center
A.E. Dick Howard rewrote Virginia’s constitution to guarantee Black voting rights in 1971 - The Washington Post
50 Years After Leading Constitution’s Revision, Professor Reflects on Changes | University of Virginia School of Law
The Promise and Pitfalls of the 15th Amendment Over 150 Years | Brennan Center for Justice
A Pivotal Time for Voting Rights | Brennan Center for Justice
Attacking and Defending Voting Rights - CAFE
Stolen justice : the struggle for African American voting... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Equality's call : the story of voting rights in America / | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Lillian's right to vote : a celebration of the Voting Rights... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
There has been widespread lack of acknowledgement that Black people have lived in Appalachia for generations and contributed extensively to its culture. The correction for that gave rise to the term Affrilachian. Take this opportunity to learn more about the writers, musicians, and artists who call themselves Affrilachians.
Author and scholar takes readers through the mountains and kitchens of Appalachia in new book
The Word That Changed Appalachia Forever - Salvation South
How Black poets and writers gave a voice to ‘Affrilachia’
An Asheville Powerhouse Chef Digs Into the Roots of Black Appalachian Cuisine | The Root
Excerpt From 'AFFRILACHIA: TESTIMONIES' - Deep South Magazine
'We're here': Affrilachian Poets make visible the African Americans in Appalachia | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences
Connections | Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker | Season 18 | Episode 20 | PBS
ACP Spotlight Series: Chris Aluka Berry
Deluxe: A Trip To Affrilachia | Georgia Public Broadcasting
Black in Appalachia: Frank X Walker | Podcasts
Affrilachian Music - Home
Home New - Affrilachian Artist Project
Affrilachia : poems / | Arlington Public Library
Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from... | Arlington Public Library
A is for Affrilachia / | Arlington Public Library
Accompanying the unfounded belief that Appalachia has been historically White, is the assumption that the main industry, coal mining, was also White. This week learn about Black coal miners and the deep cultural roots planted there.
Life in Lynch | Kentucky Life | KET
African American Coal Miners: Helen, WV - New River Gorge National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
'Harlan Renaissance': An Interview with Author William H. Turner
Remembering Black History in Appalachia - Mountain Watershed Association
Black Coal: The African-American Miners of West Virginia’s Southern Coalfields. - expatalachians
Black in Appalachia: Power and the West Virginia Coalfields | Podcasts
Black in Appalachia: Black Coal Miners and The Great Migration • Black in Appalachia
Black in Appalachia Podcast: LIVE at National Archives
The Eastern Kentucky Social Club
The Harlan renaissance : stories of Black life in Appalachian... | Arlington Public Library
Appalachia is generally understood to be and to have been exclusively White. This week's resources show us that, in fact, Blacks have continuously lived in Appalachia, arriving either as freedmen or involuntarily, and contributing to what we understand as Appalachian culture.
Black in Appalachia: Showcasing Black Appalachian History | The Appalachian Retelling Project
Stolen Stories: Reclaiming the lives of East Tennessee slaves
The Erwin Expulsion of 1918
The Profound Influence of African Americans on Appalachian Culture – Echoes of Appalachia
Expert recovers the history of Black communities in late-1800s Appalachia | Virginia Tech News - In The Black Net
The Lost History of Freemen in Appalachia | Blue Ridge Tales
The Black Freedom Colonies of Appalachia Where Former Slaves 'Could Speak Their Minds' | What It Means to Be American
Bluefield welcomes the smallest historic district in West Virginia
Restoration of a Bluefield icon: Hotel Thelma | WVNS
Liberated Landscape: Black Appalachian Ohio
The Swift Story
Black in Appalachia | Podcasts
Bristol, TN/VA | Black In Appalachia
Yall Aint Heard Us? Black Identity and Belonging in Appalachian Virginia (PhD Dissertation)
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There has been a lot of talk about kings lately but after the Civil War an actual kingdom was established in the United States, the Kingdom of the Happy Land. Learn about this Kingdom of freed people along the North and South Carolina borders.
Dolen Perkins-Valdez's 'Happy Land' draws from secret Appalachian history : NPR's Book of the Day : NPR
Lost & Found: The Kingdom of the Happy Land | Our State
Kingdom of the Happy Land — Flat Rock Together
The Kingdom of the Happy Land (VIDEO PODCAST) #appalachia #history #blackhistorymonth #northcarolina
My visit to the Kingdom of the Happy Land
Episode 85 The Kingdom of the Happy Land - A Southern History & True Crime Podcast
Happy land | Arlington Public Library
The American queen : a novel / | Arlington Public Library
Pride Month wraps up as the summer reading season is getting underway. The American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awards provide lots of possibilities to expand your reading list. And good news, many of the books are available through your public library!
Barbara Gittings Literature Award
Barbara Gittings POETRY Award
Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
Stonewall Honor Books Literature
Stonewall Honor Books in Non-Fiction
Stonewall Honor Books in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Have LGBTQ+ individuals always been welcomed in outdoor spaces? This week meet some activists who have worked to ensure that everyone is welcome and some who have found other ways to support a healthy planet for everyone.
Meet Environmentalist Drag Queen Pattie Gonia
Why Joy Is a Serious Way to Take Action | Pattie Gonia | TED
Forces of Good: So a Drag Queen Walks into a Mountain Town… - Outside Online
Perry Cohen, Founder of The Venture Out Project - The Inquiry Series: Exploring Inclusivity
Finding queer joy and empowerment outdoors
5Talks meets Queer Brown Vegan Isaias Hernandez | Imagine5 & Time for Better
Isaias Hernandez started his organization "Queer Brown Vegan" with a mission to fight climate change
Living on Earth: Queer Brown Vegan
My Story - Isaias Hernandez | Environmentalist & Storyteller
Brooklyn's bike-powered compost service - YouTube
Episode 2: Community, Compost, and Climate – Climate Check
Finding Your Way as an Environmentalist in Rural America — Even if You’re LGBT • The Revelator
Although climate change affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally, hitting marginalized communities much harder. This week learn about how climate change affects the LGBTQ+ community.
Youth Climate Activist Jamie Margolin on the intersection of the climate justice and LGBTQ movements
How climate change and LGBTQ rights intersect | The Common
How climate change affects the LGBTQ+ Community - Earth Day
4 Ways the Climate Crisis Impacts LGBTQI+ People | Earth.Org
LGBTQ+ people are more at risk of adverse effects of climate change - LGBTQ Nation
Why Climate Change is an LGBTQ+ Issue
“Queer and Present Danger”: The LGBTQ+ Community Adapts to Climate Change — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast
Climate Change Risk for LGBT People in the United States
Queering Environmental Justice: Unequal Environmental Health Burden on the LGBTQ+ Community | AJPH | Vol. 112 Issue 1
Climate change-related disasters & the health of LGBTQ+ populations - ScienceDirect
Wearing clothing not in accordance with the gender assigned at birth is not a new phenomenon, dating back millennia. In the mid 1800s some US cities began criminalizing crossdressing or masquerading or using other catchall crimes such as vagrancy to police what people wore. Learn more about this topic in this week's resources.
Why Was Crossdressing Illegal?
Bills targeting drag have a long history in the U.S., says historian : NPR
Arresting Dress [video] - Virginia Commonwealth University
A formerly enslaved man as the first drag queen and gay activist? As unlikely as that combination might seem, learn about William Dorsey Swann in this week's resources.
The First Queen of Drag - Civics & Coffee (podcast) | Listen Notes
William Dorsey Swann, the First Self-Proclaimed Drag Queen, Was a Formerly Enslaved Man
A History of Drag
UNERASING LGBTQ HISTORY AND IDENTITIES PODCAST SEASON 3 EPISODE 2 - History UnErased
The History of Drag (Part One) | Town Hall: A Black Queer Podcast
Thousands of American troops and civilians occupied Japan after World War II and despite a short-lived no-fraternization policy, many American men married Japanese women. Learn more about the legislation that was required so that the brides could join their husbands in the US, "bride school," and first-hand accounts of the lives of resilient women who came to the US.
Japanese War Brides: An Oral History Archive – Stories from across the United States as told to a daughter of a war bride (Multiple oral history vignettes)
Anti-Japanese sentiment caused the US and Japan to enter the Gentlemen's Agreement restricting the immigration of most Japanese men between 1907 and 1924 but not their wives. Most of the Japanese men already on the West Coast and Hawaii were not married so this provision seemed like it would have had little applicability. The workaround? Photographs, matchmakers, proxy marriages, and wharf weddings, all of which resulted in tens of thousands of "picture brides" journeying to America and joining husbands they had never met.
Rice & Roses presents PICTURE BRIDES
SHIPS - Japanese Immigration by Steamship and Picture Brides with Kelli Nakamura, Part I
SHIPS - Japanese Immigration and Picture Brides with Kelli Nakamura, Part II
The "Picture Bride Problem": Experiences of and Attitudes Toward Japanese Picture Brides in California, 1908-1920 | DG (particularly pages 62-72 pertaining to Methodist and other Christian organizations)
In the early 1900s, racism against Japanese immigrants increased on the West Coast, particularly San Francisco, threatening diplomatic ties between the US and Japan. The administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, who ostensibly held the Japanese in high regard, crafted an agreement in 1907 whereby Japan voluntarily restricted emigration, known as the Gentlemen's Agreement. (Canada had its own Gentlemen's Agreement with Japan at roughly the same time.) Next week we will explore one of the results of the Gentlemen's Agreement, the arrival of Picture Brides.
The Gentlemen's Agreement: Restricting Japanese Immigration to America
The Gentleman's Agreement of 1907 - YouTube
Race, Federalism, and Diplomacy: The Gentlemen's Agreement a Century Later by Paul Finkelman :: SSRN
As Earth month draws to a close, we will learn a little about sanitation justice, particularly the almost 25% of households that rely on septic systems for waste disposal and the intersection with public health. Despite the possibility that progress would be made in one locality, a recent announcement curtailed that.
Catherine Flowers: Confronting Failing Wastewater Systems | TED Talk
In rural Virginia, sea level rise swamps septic systems. A local partnership is testing a solution.
Sanitation blues in Alabama's Black Belt | WWNO
Public Health: How the Fight Against Hookworm Helped Build a System - REsource
Waste: one woman's fight against America's dirty secret | Arlington Public Library
When Dietrich Bonhoeffer visited Harlem during his time at Columbia, he would have encountered a wide variety of entertainment venues: clubs, ballrooms, speakeasies and more. And among those, some featured Black performers that did not permit Black audiences, some were integrated, and some catered to LGBTQ+. Find out more about some of these historic places.
Where the Harlem Renaissance Got Its Swing
Harlem in the Jazz Age: A Renaissance in New York, a Revolution on Swing Street - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
There are two sides to every story—including that of Harlem's legendary Cotton Club
March Madness . . . and the Harlem Renaissance? Not quite, but close: this week learn about the Black-owned professional basketball team that called Harlem home during the Harlem Renaissance. Hint: it's not the Harlem Globetrotters, which was a team from Chicago capitalizing on the Harlem name.
Court Kings: Celebrating Harlem's Greatest Basketball Legends
The New York Rens: Keeping The Legacy Alive - YouTube
Fairfax County Public Library (On the Shoulders of Giants, My Personal Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
The black fives : the epic story of basketball's forgotten era / | Arlington Public Library
Historian Henry Louis Gates has said that the Harlem Renaissance "was surely as gay as it was black." In the last week of Women's History Month, learn about some women who today would be part of the LGBTQ community.
The writings and activism of Black, bisexual feminist Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Renaissance Women: Nella Larsen • Womanica
Renaissance Women: Edna Lewis Thomas
The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules | Smithsonian
You can probably name several notable figures from the Harlem Renaissance but how many of them are women? This week learn about a sculptor and a writer who may be new to you.
Augusta Savage.
Georgia Douglas Johnson -- at the Heart of the New Negro Renaissance
♫ Renaissance Women: Georgia Douglas Johnson
Johnson - Song of America Song of America
Sculptor Augusta Savage Said Her Legacy Was The Work Of Her Students : NPR
Georgia Douglas Johnson | National Women's History Museum
The New York Historical
Searching for Augusta Savage | Full Documentary | American Masters Shorts | PBS - YouTube
Augusta Savage | Smithsonian American Art Museum
Georgia Douglas Johnson – rereading the harlem renaissance
Georgia Douglas Johnson with Kassidi Jones - Mondays at Beinecke, February 7, 2022
Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a PhD when he arrived in New York to study at Columbia University's Union Theological Seminary in 1930. Through classmate A. Franklin Fisher, he was introduced to and began attending Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, learning firsthand about racism and response to racism in America. Learn more about this historical Black church, founded in 1808.
Historic NYC Church's Rich History, Mission to 'Make Traditional Church Cool'
AAHIAH SPECIAL: "The Abyssinian Baptist Church" [One of the oldest Congregations in America] - YouTube
Abyssinian Baptist Church and Community House
The Harlem's Abyssinian Mass, Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis (Full Video)
Our Lenten study this year (2025) is The Cost of Discipleship by theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Did you know that Bonhoeffer spent time in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance and is said to have been influenced by what he experienced there? This week's resources provide a general overview of that period in Black history, to be followed in coming weeks by more specific topics.
Episode 49: The Harlem Renaissance (15minutehistory.org)
Hurston & Hughes: Two Major Figures of The Harlem Renaissance | The New York Public Library
Harlem Is Everywhere: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism | iHeart (Multiple episodes)
E2: 'Harlem Renaissance Party' (Read Aloud)
Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee | Kids Read Aloud Books | Classroom Read Aloud Books
March is Women's History Month and this year's theme is Moving Forward Together! Women Educating & Inspiring Generations. Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) is well-known for its founder, Booker T. Washington, but not for the women associated with its educational and other programs during its early years. Learn about the contributions of a Tuskegee teacher and founder of the first Black chapter of the Red Cross in Alabama, the librarian who was a suffragist, and the three wives who made their own educational contributions.
Bess Bolden Walcott | They Dared! - YouTube
Wonderful Women Wednesday- Fannie Norton Smith | Fannie Norton Smith was an important early figure in the life of Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute watch this short video to learn more about... | By Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | Facebook
Margaret Murray Washington, Educator & Suffragist - YouTube
Margaret Murray Washington and the Tuskegee Women's Club | Join us in this short video as we talk about Margaret's involvement in the Tuskegee Women's Club. And join us again the Friday after next at the same... | By Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | Facebook
Margaret Murray Washington and the Club Movement part 2 | Join us in this short video as we talk about Margaret's involvement in the National Association of Colored Women's Club and the International Council of... | By Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site | Facebook
They Dared! | Adella Hunt Logan
Margaret Murray Washington pioneered women's education
Bess Bolden Walcott - Encyclopedia of Alabama
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame - Bess Bolden Walcott
Olivia America Davidson (1854-1889) | Ohio University
Margaret Murray Washington (U.S. National Park Service)
Margaret Murray Washington — A Woman's Place
Just as Well as He: Adella Hunt Logan (U.S. National Park Service)
Adella Hunt Logan: Suffragist and Educator | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
In bondage to George Washington and ultimately released, albeit involuntarily, by Robert E. Lee: learn the remarkable history, accomplishments, and local connections of Charles Syphax and the similar connections of his wife Maria. The couple and other family members are remembered for their remarkable legacy.
The Syphax Family - Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
The Syphax Family - Black Heritage Museum of Arlington
Syphax Family | George Washington's Mount Vernon
Syphax Descendants Interviews | C-SPAN.org
How the African-American Syphax Family Traces Its Lineage to Martha Washington | Smithsonian
1984-10-Syphax.pdf
The Alexandria Story of the Syphax Family: an African American Genealogy
The History of the Syphax Family
Tracing the History of the Syphax Family with Steve Hammond and Brenda Parker
Did you know that the poet, Langston Hughes', full name was John Mercer Langston Hughes? He was named after his great uncle, John Mercer Langston, a man who accumulated a long list of "firsts" during his lifetime and who was recognized in Arlington with the 1925 naming of the Langston School for him. Learn more about his accomplishments in this week's resources.
John Mercer Langston - African American Trailblazers - YouTube
Virginia History - Sept 22 - John Mercer Langston by wtju
From Lee Highway to Langston Boulevard / | Arlington Public Library
Virtual Presentation: Who was John Mercer Langston?
John Mercer Langston, "Equality Before the Law" •
From the Virginia plantation to the national capitol; or, The first and only Negro representative in Congress from the Old Dominion : Langston, John Mercer, 1829-1897 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Many of us are aware that Arlington became the first school district in Virginia to admit Black students to a white public school and have seen the photo of the four students who did so. When a new middle school was opened in 2019 it was named for a plaintiff in a lawsuit that led to those four students being admitted, Dorothy Hamm. This mid-20th Century activist was not content with limited de-segregation and focused on athletics, voting, and public accommodations as well. Hear her daughter's remarks at the ribbon-cutting of the new school and learn more about her activism in this week's resources.
Dorothy Hamm, Civil Rights and Community Activist
Oral History: Desegregation of Arlington’s Public Schools
https://www.listennotes.com/pt/podcasts/tommy-and-kelly-show/dorothy-hamm-makes-history-snBV17zqxA8/
Dorothy Hamm Middle School Ribbon-Cutting - YouTube
Desegregation in Arlington - Crossing the Divide at Stratford Junior High
The Black History Month theme for 2025 is African Americans and Labor. This week, delve into the history of domestic workers and their efforts at organizing. Spend some time in the Labor History Project timeline to gain more understanding of the depth and breadth of the subject and then learn a little more about some of the major participants and issues.
Premilla Nadasen, "Household Workers Unite"
Episode 17: Dorothy Lee Bolden - YouTube
Martin Luther King, Jr. had hoped that President Johnson's War on Poverty would provide economic support to the poor but saw that "war" de-emphasized as the Vietnam War escalated. What was the War on Poverty and why do many consider it a failure?
Declaring War on Poverty • HISTORY This Week
This is the weekend when we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., of course well known for the accomplishments of the civil rights movement. Did you know that when he sought to advocate for an end to U.S. involvement in Vietnam that was consuming lives and resources in the 1960s, he was basically admonished to stay in his lane? Despite being denounced for his stance, he powerfully preached on the subject. This week read or listen to his sermon at Riverside Church from April 1967 or hear the shorter version, a lecture for the CBC later that year, and then explore other sources on the subject.
Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence ~ MLK Speech 1967
MLK: Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence (audio)
Martin Luther King Speaks! "Conscience and the War in Vietnam" Massey Lecture Two (audio)
Martin Luther King at the UN for an Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration (15 April 1967) (first and last several minutes are silent)
In the mid-1800s, New York City was teeming with immigrants and their children, but lacked social services. Enter a Protestant minister (sometimes said to be Methodist) who was concerned about the estimated 10,000 to 30,000 children living on the streets. Thus, he founded the Children's Aid Society, establishing lodging houses and industrial schools. What he is also remembered for is finding new--Protestant--homes for hundreds of thousands of children far away from their impoverished pasts, also known as the orphan trains. This was then copied by other aid societies with their own religious agenda.
The Orphan Trains
AF-086: The American Orphan Trains | Ancestral Findings Podcast - YouTube
Revisiting the Orphan Train: An American Odyssey • Mobituaries with Mo Rocca
History – National Orphan Train Complex
Children of Color on the Orphan Train – National Orphan Train Complex
Like many musicians of color, Mary Cardwell Dawson was denied the opportunity to use her gifts and training. Her response: to create a music empire, culminating in the founding of the National Negro Opera Company. Learn more about her and efforts to preserve her legacy.
How Mary Cardwell Dawson's opera company influenced Pittsburgh’s music scene | 90.5 WESA
The Fight to Save the National Negro Opera Company House | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Music in Black Pittsburgh: Reclaiming a Community | Secret Pittsburgh
Famous Opera Company Gets Its Own Opera | Pittsburgh Magazine
MusicalAmerica - New England Conservatory Honors Alumna Mary Cardwell Dawson with Portrait Unveiling
Madame Dawson's Opera Company
The Founder of This Trailblazing Opera Company Put Black Singers at Center Stage | Smithsonian
One of the relatively unknown Black participants in the Revolutionary War had significant ties to Virginia and one of its educational institutions. Learn about John Chavis, thought to be the Nation's first Black college graduate and first Black Presbyterian pastor, for whom a residence hall at Washington and Lee University was recently named.
John Chavis: An American Story - YouTube
Many Black Social Movements Began In The Pulpit : NPR
Just a little history: John Chavis, early trailblazer - The Wake Forest Gazette - Local News & Events in Wake Forest, NC
Chavis Hall Dedication Address
Chavis_Hall_Brochure.pdf
History of John Chavis Memorial Park | Raleighnc.gov
Ceremonial Dedication of Chavis Hall on Vimeo
Other than Crispus Attucks, were any persons of color mentioned with regard to the Revolutionary War? Were you aware that 700 or more such patriots encamped at Valley Forge during their frigid winter? There were, in fact, Blacks participating in significant numbers on both the Patriot and Loyalist sides.
Black Soldiers of the Revolutionary War - YouTube
James Horton on Slavery and the American Revolution
Broken Promises And Black Revolutionary War Soldiers | WETA
10 Facts: Black Patriots in the American Revolution | American Battlefield Trust
African Americans in the Revolutionary War | George Washington's Mount Vernon
Patriots of Color at Valley Forge - Valley Forge National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
African American Women and the American Revolution
NHA Podcast Season 3 (2019) - National Heritage Areas (U.S. National Park Service)
Black Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
African American Service during the Revolution | American Battlefield Trust
Did your high school literature anthologies contain any Native American poets? In the last two decades the works of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, an Ojibwe poet who lived between 1800 and 1842, have been found and recognized for their contributions to American literature, as have her contributions to ethnography of Native Americans. As Native American Heritage Month closes, learn more about her.
Mazinaajimowin (poetry): "To the Pine Tree" by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft | The North 103.3 FM
“She Could Look Into the Heavens”: Ojibwe Poet Jane Johnston Schoolcraft | From the Catbird Seat
Native Culture: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, the First American Indian Poet - ICT News
Invocation by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft - Poems | Academy of American Poets
Biographical Essay of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842) | Articles and Essays | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft Papers | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Listen
GREAT BOOKS 39: JANE JOHNSTON SCHOOLCRAFT, with Robert Dale Parker (UIC) | by Uli Baer - YouTube
A short-lived program between 1934 and about 1950 sought to reverse the official Government policies toward indigenous people. During the period of the Indian Reorganization Act, colloquially known as the Indian New Deal, tribes had more opportunity for self-governance and to engage in traditional cultural practices, among other things. It was not especially successful and more destructive policies were again enacted into law in the early 1950s. Read about the Indian New Deal here.
"Poor, Even Extremely Poor": The Unambiguous Findings of the Meriam Report - YouTube
Indian Reorganization Act
American Indians and the New Deal | Living New Deal
Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A New Deal for Indians - ICT News
Indian Reorganization Act (Indian New Deal) | Colorado Encyclopedia
“Indian New Deal” – Pieces of History
[Rebuilding Indian Country] | C-SPAN.org (Patronizing Government film contemporaneous to the IRA)
Indian Reorganization with Shiloh Maples • Spirit Plate
Many people associate Native American fashion with feather headdresses and fringed buckskin jackets. Learn about Indigenous fashion designers from the 1950s, until now who have brought their creativity and history to the world of fashion.
Groundbreaking fashion show spotlights work of Indigenous designers | PBS News
Native American fashion aims to reclaim its culture with authentic designs - YouTube
Lloyd Kiva New: Pioneering Native Fashion - YouTube
"A Lot of Our Traditional Clothing, We Had to Fight to Keep"—Fashion Designer Norma Baker–Flying Horse | Smithsonian Voices | National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Magazine
Native Fashion Redefined: SWAIA Showcasing Innovative Designers
BEYOND BUCKSKIN: Designer Profile | Margaret Wood
Pamela Baker named KPU first Indigenous Designer in Residence | Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Native American Culture in Fashion | Jessica Metcalfe | TEDxFargo
Native/American Fashion 9 | Adrienne Keene
Margaret Roach Wheeler: Hall of Fame | Chickasaw.tv
These Designs Showcase the Provocative World of Native Fashion | Smithsonian
LISTEN | All My Relations
Have you ever visited one of those quaint 18th century missions that ran up the west coast of California? Did the guide or brochure mention that they were built by forced labor of the indigenous people from the area? Did your long-ago study of the Gold Rush mention state-sanctioned killing of the California Indians? The indigenous population plummeted during the mission period but was reduced another 80% during the period during the Gold Rush and early statehood due to what one scholar has called genocide. Learn more about this little- publicized chapter of California history in this week's resources. Note: portions of the material are disturbing.
History of Native California
Why The Gold Rush Is One Of The Darkest Moments In US History | Whitewashed
Native American history: New law changes what students learn - CalMatters
California Indians – California Missions Foundation
Addressing the Wrongs of Serranus Hastings - UC Law San Francisco (Formerly UC Hastings)
California Indian Genocide and Resilience | Bioneers
Gold Chains Podcast: The Hidden History of Slavery in California | ACLU NorCal
Untold History: The Survival of California's Indians | Tending the Wild | PBS SoCal
Involuntary Servitude Apprenticeship and Slavery of Native Americans in California « California Indian History
An Overdue Encounter with the Past - Stanford Politics
Killing of Native Americans in California | C-SPAN.org
Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (American Indians)
Hastings-Legacy-Review_FINAL-1.pdf
November is Native American Heritage Month. When Spanish colonizers arrived in California, they bought livestock and plants that displaced the ecology that Native Americans had relied on for millennia. In October a small step to reverse the wresting of control from Native Americans was taken with the creation of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, more than 4,500 square miles of Pacific Ocean and coastline in the ancestral area inhabited by the Chumash and Salinan Peoples. This marine sanctuary will be the first managed by both NOAA and the indigenous people of the area.
The Chumash People -- A Living History on Vimeo
CLIP - Sovereignty Defined (Spring 2015) - YouTube
Representing the Chumash Way of Life
Chumash Culture — Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
CLIP - A Linguistic Rebirth (Winter 2014/15) - YouTube
Chumash Revolt of 1824
The newest national marine sanctuary is also the first to be led by a tribe : NPR
A New Marine Protected Area on America’s West Coast: Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary
Indigenous Heritage | Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
History — Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
If you were to name FDR's major accomplishments, they would most likely be the numerous programs that comprised the New Deal. You might be surprised to learn that the architect of those programs was his Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, generally relegated to history books as the first woman Cabinet member. She brought a wealth of experience in worker safety and rights with her, along with a list of programs she wanted enacted on the Federal level before she would accept FDR's offer of the position of Secretary.
Frances Perkins: First Female Presidential Cabinet Member | 7 Days Of Genius | MSNBC - YouTube
How a woman with Maine roots improved the lives of millions
Her Life - Frances Perkins Center
Frances Perkins | Americans and the Holocaust
Frances Perkins & Faith - Frances Perkins Center
Frances Perkins - FDR Presidential Library & Museum
Frances Perkins - YouTube
The Cost of a Five-Dollar Dress by Frances Perkins, Survey Graphic 1933.pdf
African Americans | Living New Deal
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Frances Perkins: The Life and Legacy of FDR's Secretary of Labor & The Relevance of Her Work Today | Maine Public
The woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins,... | Arlington Public Library
Did the 1992 movie A League of Their Own make you aware that women played baseball during World War II? Did you notice that all the players in this movie were White? In fact there were 11 Latina players in the league but because of colorism, only White-appearing women were permitted. Marge Villa was one of those players and she had a major impact during the heyday of the league. Learn more about her this week.
The Record-Setting Latina Player Marge Villa Leveled the Playing Field | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
Marge "Poncho" Villa: Baseball Legend and All-American Women's Baseball Classic (prettystrongpodcast.blogspot.com)
The baseball World Series is coming up and while there will be many Latinos on the field, there won't be any in the owner's boxes. Learn about the Latina who became the first Latinx person with an ownership interest in a major league team.
Linda Alvarado Kicks Off New Speaker Series With History Colorado (youtube.com)
Interview with Linda Alvarado, 2021 CREW Network Convention Featured Speaker (youtube.com)
How Linda Alvarado Went From Manual Labor To Becoming One Of America’s Richest Self-Made Women (forbes.com)
Profile: Linda Alvarado scores firsts in her career field and the world of baseball - Denver Woman
Rockies Origin Stories: Part 1: Linda Alvarado - Purple Row
Our Story - Alvarado Restaurant Nation (teamarn.com)
Linda Alvarado- My Team, My Family (youtube.com) (14 sort segments)
Caitlin Clark has recently brought attention to women's basketball with her stellar college career and rookie season in the WNBA. But would there even still be a WNBA without two standout Latina players? Keep their accomplishments in mind as you watch the ongoing WNBA playoffs.
A diminutive, but mostly unheard of, immigrant from Guatemala helped pave the way for later Latinx figures like Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez. Learn about Luisa Moreno, who was an active union organizer from coast to coast.
A Christian, anarchist, feminist labor organizer in the early 20th century in Puerto Rico? Here is your opportunity to become acquainted with activist Luisa Capetillo.
Taína Caragol Talks About Luisa Capetillo: Breaking the Mold | National Museum of American History (si.edu)
Workers: Luisa Capetillo - Womanica (podcast) | Listen Notes
Feminist Faves: Luisa Capetillo - Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist (podcast) | Listen Notes (some potentially offensive language)
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15. This week learn about unequal pay and conditions at a New Mexico mine in 1950, a creative strike to effect some changes, and the blacklisted movie that memorialized it.
And They Will Inherit It : NPR
Mission & Vision Statements – Salt of the Earth Recovery Project (wordpress.com)
The Film – Salt of the Earth: A Teaching & Learning Resource (saltoftheeartheducation.org)
Labor Day is behind us for this year. When we think about the history of workers in the United States, we may overlook the millions of children who were in the labor force, often in dangerous jobs, as a result of the industrial revolution. Learn more about the increase in child laborers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the successful and unsuccessful efforts to limit children's work, images taken by a remarkable photographer now digitized by the Library of Congress, and efforts to track down descendants of some of the children captured in those photos.
Labor Photos Shed Light on Family History : NPR
Child Labor | C-SPAN.org
It is Labor Day weekend, which is now mostly recognized as the first three-day weekend of the Fall. But looking back to the beginning of the 20th Century, the need for worker protections was becoming more apparent. Learn about efforts of immigrant Jewish women in garment manufacturing to obtain labor fairness and their surprising allies, the Mink Brigade.
November 14 - Founding of the National Women’s Trade Union League | Labor History in 2:00 (podbean.com)
She was one of the most influential leaders of the American labor movement | American Masters | PBS
Yiddish Socialists and the Garment Industry Transcript (associationforjewishstudies.org)
The Eight-Hour Day for Women. Pamphlet by the National Women's Trade Union League · Social Welfare History Image Portal (vcu.edu)
Would you be surprised to find out that there is a connection, perhaps loose, between the Olympics and Christianity? Or that in the Victorian era concerns about the "feminization" of church resulted in the rise of Christian masculinity? And that one component of Christian masculinity was a focus on social action? Learn more in this week's resources.
‘Muscular Christianity’ Influenced the Creation of the Modern Olympics | Christianity Today
Muscular Christianity: Its History and Lasting Effects | The Art of Manliness The Art of Manliness
When the Olympics were reestablished in 1896, it was open only for male athletes and generally somewhat exclusive. The workers movements in the 1920s and 1930s established their own versions of the sporting competition, open to all. Learn more about these games in this week's resources.
These Stunning Photos Show How Workers Held Their Own Olympics - PM Press
Workers united: the International Workers' Olympiads | Europeana
‘Democratised’ Olympics? The International Workers’ Olympiads – Just blogging away … doing the hard blog (7dayadventurer.com)
The Workers’ Olympiad — Jewish Renaissance
Spartakiady: mass events that exercised the Czechoslovak Communist regime | Radio Prague International
Although concerted efforts to boycott the 1936 Olympics failed, more than 6,000 athletes traveled to Barcelona in July 1936 for The People's Olympiad, meant to be an alternative to Hitler's Fascist spectacle. Learn about how it would have differed from an IOC games, why the athletes never had the opportunity to compete, and about some of the Americans who would have participated.
The other 1936 Olympics: The People’s Olympiad - YouTube
19183 The Olimpiada Popular of 1936 tracking off.pdf (uclan.ac.uk)
Have you been looking forward to the pomp and circumstance of this week's Olympic Opening Ceremony? We are familiar with Jesse Owens' historic performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics but what if the United States had declined to participate? Learn about efforts to boycott those Olympics and whether the triumph of our Black athletes derailed the Nazi propaganda surrounding the Games at all.
The 1936 Berlin Olympics and the Controversy of U.S. Participation - Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) - Viewshed (nps.gov)
Nazi Olympics: How Black and Jewish Athletes Challenged the "Master Race" (youtube.com)
You don't need to wait for adulthood before standing up for people at the margins. This week meet Emma Tenayuca, arrested while in high school for joining the cigar workers strike and later becoming the leader of the pecan worker strike, then the largest in Texas history, at age 21.
That’s Not Fair! No Es Justo! Read Aloud English (youtube.com)
Is "microagressions" simply a trendy word or a half-century old subject of academic research? Hear from some of the experts in the field and why even unintentional or unconscious statements can be deeply damaging.
How unintentional but insidious bias can be the most harmful (youtube.com)
You'll never believe what happened to Lacey: crazy stories... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Microagressions in Everyday Life Fairfax County Public Library
In 2019 the Museum of the Bible hosted an exhibit on the Slave Bible, an abridged version of the King James Bible created for the use of missionaries in the British West Indies to educate and convert enslaved workers there. Learn more about what was included and excluded, as well as a commentary on whether the project was as nefarious as it seems.
Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion : NPR
Select parts of the Holy Bible : for the use of negro slaves, in the British West-India Islands : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Pride is celebrated in June mainly because it is the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York. But there were gay activists long before that, including a short-lived organization founded in Chicago in 1924. Add the names of its founder, Henry Gerber, and first President, John Graves, as well as another Chicagoan, lesbian lawyer Pearl Hart to the list of people who helped lay the foundation for the Gay Rights movement.
SIP OF HISTORY: HENRY GERBER (youtube.com)
John T. Graves: 1920s Clergyman and Gay Rights Activist - YouTube
https://www.listennotes.com/top-podcasts/henry-gerber/#episodes
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Meet Henry and Pearl… – Gerber/Hart Library and Archives (gerberhart.org)
Pearl M. Hart: Defender of the Oppressed and Vulnerable - Chicago History Museum
Pearl Hart's Life and Work · Pearl M. Hart · GH Exhibits (gerberhart.org)
LGBTQ Activism: The Henry Gerber House, Chicago, IL (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Henry Gerber - Governors Island National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
♫ Henry Gerber and Chicago's Society for Human Rights (iheart.com)
Why Did Gay Rights Take So Long? - The Atlantic
How Alfred Kinsey armed the early gay rights movement with research - LGBTQ Nation
Are you still gathering your summer reading list? The American Library Association's Stonewall Book Awards provide possibilities for all ages. Find the list in this week's resources along with information about the trailblazers for whom some of the awards are named.
Barbara Gittings & Kay Lahusen — Part 2 | Making Gay History
Interview · Barbara Gittings: Founding the New York Daughters of Bilitis in 1958, by Jonathan Ned Katz · OutHistory
The Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2016 has the unfortunate distinction of being the largest mass crime directed at LGBTQ+ individuals. Fifty-one years ago the largely unknown Upstairs Lounge fire, which killed 32 people in New Orleans, occurred. Learn more about this tragedy in this week's resources. Note that there are disturbing descriptions and images.
"They turned their back on him like he was subhuman" | Upstairs Lounge fire 50 years later (youtube.com)
After UpStairs Lounge Fire At New Orleans Gay Bar, An Unwavering Resolve: 'We Never Ran Away' : NPR
Prejudice & Pride: Revisiting the tragic fire that killed 32 in a New Orleans gay bar (youtube.com)
Podcast 129: 50 Years of Remembering the Up Stairs Lounge Fire (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
♫ Chapter One: The Story (iheart.com) (and additional episodes)
Tinderbox : the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
The image that has been cultivated of World War II soldiers rarely encompasses the thousands of gays and lesbians who served. This week learn more about the efforts to keep LGBTQ individuals out of service, to discharge those who were subsequently identified, acceptance by their peers, and Army sponsored drag shows.
What It Was Like to Be Gay During WWII Smithsonian Magazine
WW2 and the Progress of the LGBTQ Culture (youtube.com)
Coming Out Under Fire: Trailer (youtube.com)
WWII & NYC: Staging Soldier Shows from Burma to Broadway (youtube.com)
The Role of Drag Performances in Boosting Morale During WWII (youtube.com)
“Gee!! I Wish I Were A Man”: Queer Americans in World War II (wwiimemorialfriends.org)
"Coming Out Under Fire": The Story of Gay and Lesbian Servicemembers | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (nationalww2museum.org)
Lesbians, World War II and Beyond (cont) · Lesbians in the Twentieth Century, 1900-1999, by Esther Newton and Her Students · OutHistory
When the Military Expelled LGBTQ Soldiers With 'Blue Discharges' | HISTORY
Pat Bond Describes the Military Purge of LGBTQ+ Service Members · SHEC: Resources for Teachers (cuny.edu)
Performing Soldiers: Drag as a Safe Space for Men in the American Military (mjhnyc.org)
The Other War | Learning for Justice
You may have heard the term "two spirit" associated with Native Americans. Is it the same as LGBTQ+? This week learn about the traditional acknowledgement and acceptance in indigenous cultures of people who reflected gender nonconformity (from the European perspective), including a Zuni "princess" who was a guest at the White House in the 1880s.
Icons: Osh-Tisch | Womanica (youtube.com)
Memorial Day is a day to honor people who died in active military service. This week's resources honor one Asian-American WASP pilot who died in service and highlight two other remarkable women who served in World War II.
StoryCorps: Their 'Tough' Mom Was Also The Navy's 1st Asian American Woman : NPR
This Chinese American Aviatrix Overcame Racism to Fly for the U.S. During World War II | Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
The battle for women's suffrage at the national level took more than 70 years and in the end benefited mainly white women. But many women took part in the long pressure campaign even though they did not personally obtain the right to vote at that time. During Asian-American Pacific Islander month find out about some women in the AAPI community who worked for suffrage.
Native Hawaiian Women Who Rallied for Suffrage (Narrated) (youtube.com)
She was the first Chinese American woman to vote in the U.S. | WETA
Komako Kimura: the Japanese suffragist on the streets of New York | April Magazine
People sometimes equate the immigration centers at Ellis Island and Angel Island. But if someone was an immigrant from China during the functioning of Angel Island's station, there was no Statue of Liberty waiting to welcome them, just days, weeks or months of detention and interrogation. Learn more about how the station functioned during the Chinese Exclusion Act and reflect on the human spirit of some of the detainees who passed their time writing poetry.
Pacific Gateway Video For Stereo 360 on Vimeo
Breaking the Silence on Angel Island’s Immigration Station | KQED
Angel and Ellis Islands | C-SPAN.org
'Angel Island': Ellis Island Of The West : NPR
The Far Country / Angel Island / China Camp | KALW
Echoes of History: Chinese Poetry at the Angel Island Immigration Station | Smithsonian Folklife Festival (si.edu)
Discover - Immigrant Voices (aiisf.org)
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Like most of the "heritage" months in our calendar, many groups have been lumped together even if they are more likely to describe themselves in relation to their country of origin. Learn more from the Pew Research Center about the people who comprise Asian Americans.
Asian Americans and their origins: Key facts | Pew Research Center
Key facts about Asian Americans living in poverty | Pew Research Center
1 in 10: Redefining the Asian American Dream | Pew Research Center
We are indebted to FDR's vision to put men to work during the Depression years, resulting in the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps and creation of outdoor spaces that we still use. However, like other programs during the Jim Crow years, the opportunities were not equally available to everyone who was unemployed. Nonetheless, those who were able to participate generally benefitted from the experience.
Crosscut Now | Mar. 29, 2023 - How racism reshaped the CCC | Season 4 | PBS
Civilian Conservation Corps on Vimeo
Civilian Conservation Corps – America's National Parks Podcast (nationalparkpodcast.com)
CCC & Segregation | Living New Deal
Fast Fashion is devastating to the environment, but it is also devastating to the workers producing the inexpensive garments that we overconsume. Learn more about fast fashion and its effects in this week's resources.
Inside the Fast Fashion Industry | Workers Rights and Conditions (youtube.com)
Fast fashion’s environmental and human costs | PBS NewsHour Classroom
The high cost of cheap clothing | Trisha Striker | TEDxTownsville - YouTube
I Broke Up With Fast Fashion and You Should Too | Gabriella Smith | TEDxWynwoodWomen (youtube.com)
Gen-Z Sustainable Fashion CEO Maya Penn Wants to End Fast Fashion & Change the Industry - YouTube
How Fast Fashion and Racism Are Intricately Linked (remake.world)
The global environmental injustice of fast fashion | Environmental Health | Full Text (biomedcentral.com)
Fast Fashion’s Effect on People, The Planet, & You | Patrick Woodyard | TEDxUniversityofMississippi (youtube.com)
The High Cost of Our Cheap Fashion | Maxine Bédat | TEDxPiscataquaRiver (youtube.com)
Ep 23 SPECIAL REPORT: GARMENT WORKERS 'WHAT SHE MAKES' — Wardrobe Crisis (thewardrobecrisis.com)
Why the Next Part of the Sustainable Fashion Conversation Will Be About Racial Justice | Vanity Fair
Remake-Fashion-Accountability-Report-2024-Updated3.18.24.pdf
As we celebrate Earth Month and the acknowledged benefits of exposure to nature, learn about the National Park Service's deep dive into racism in the founding of Virginia's National Parks and its long-term effects.
REPLAY: Wearing Down the Appalachian Trail - With Good Reason (withgoodreasonradio.org) [Jim Crow in the Great Outdoors episode]
The Great Outdoors? Tackling Structural Racism in National Parks (youtube.com)
Segregation in Virginia's National Parks, 1916-1965 (nps.gov)
This weekend is college basketball's "Final Four," for some the pinnacle of the season. While you are watching the tournament, think about the local educator who was a civil rights pioneer and also known as the "Grandfather of Black Basketball," inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
E.B. Henderson – Deeply Rooted (historyfortomorrow.org)
A grandson's quest ends with recognition for a Civil Rights pioneer (northernvirginiamag.com)
Imagine a Christian organization with roots in the Underground Railroad, founded by two formerly enslaved Virginia women, that persists to this day. This week learn about The Order of Tents and its lasting legacy.
Reflections on Black Sisterhood and the United Order of Tents - Journal #105 (e-flux.com)
It is Women's History Month. Who is often left out of discussions of women's accomplishments? Women with disabilities and especially women of color. Learn about Lois Curtis, Judy Heumann, Vilissa Thompson, Kitty Cone, Conchita Hernadez Legorreta and Alice Wong. These six women have brought increased awareness to the significant portion of the population that has disabilities.
Lois Curtis
Black History and a Disability Movement: Lois Curtis (youtube.com)
First peek at "The Art of Being Lois" (youtube.com)
A woman who won a landmark civil rights case for people with disabilities has died : NPR
Lois Curtis | National Women's History Museum (womenshistory.org)
Judith Heumann
Our fight for disability rights -- and why we're not done yet | Judith Heumann (youtube.com)
NYU's 2020/2021 Commencement Speaker Judith Heumann - YouTube
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann dies at 75 : NPR
The ADA Was a Monumental Achievement 30 Years Ago, but the Fight for Equal Rights Continues | History| Smithsonian Magazine
In Memory of Judy Heumann (1947 - 2023) - Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (dredf.org)
Vilissa Thompson
Now is the time… by : Vilissa T. - Winnsboro, SC on 22 Jul 2020 (13974) - PBS American Portrait
Vilissa Thompson - #DisabilityTooWhite: Disability Community And Its Diversity Problem (youtube.com)
Black Disability, Disabled Women of Color, Empowerment, Advocacy – Vilissa Thompson, LMSW | Doin' The Work: Frontline Stories of Social Change (podbean.com)
Vilissa Thompson, Creator of #DisabilityTooWhite, Brings An Intersectional Lens to Disability Advocacy (inclusionhub.com)
A Disabled Village Is A Lifeline – Center for Disability Rights (cdrnys.org)
Do you have a table or place where you put mail to deal with later? Has it ever gotten to the point where it took up six airplane hangers? As we begin Women's History Month, find out about the 6888, the only all-Black Women's battalion deployed overseas in World War II and their exceptional service to the troops there, pursuant to their motto "No Mail--low morale." And find out about the connection to Virginia as the name of an Army base here has been changed from a Confederate General's to honor the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the 6888.
As we conclude Black History Month, with the theme of "African Americans and the arts," we continue our exploration of Black luminaries in dance. Learn about Judith Jamison, her history, and her influence.
To Thine Own Self Be True : NPR
Dance and Human Flourishing with Judith Jamison (podcast) | Templeton World Charity Foundation, Inc.
In this second week of Black History Month, with the theme of African Americans and the Arts, we celebrate the legendary Alvin Ailey. If all you knew before was that he started a dance company, learn about his background and how it informed his art.
The life of Alvin Ailey (youtube.com)
Celebrating Revelations at 50 Film on Vimeo
How Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater balances history and innovation | Listen Notes
Alvin Ailey | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Transforming Dance around the World | National Museum of African American History and Culture (si.edu)
Alvin Ailey + Revelations (kennedy-center.org)
Alvin Ailey quotes on life, dance and the Black experience | American Masters | PBS
Race in America: Sylvia Waters & Jamila Wignot explore the legacy of Alvin Ailey | Listen Notes
Explore Our History | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The theme for this year's Black History Month is African Americans and the Arts. "African American artists have used art to preserve history and community memory as well as for empowerment." (ASALH) This week we focus on Katharine Dunham, a dancer whose work was informed by her anthropological studies, founder of a dance school open to Blacks, and community educator in East St. Louis.
Katherine Dunham | Living St. Louis (youtube.com)
Katherine Dunham on Overcoming 1940s Racism │Jacob's Pillow Dance (youtube.com)
Recalling Choreographer and Activist Dunham : NPR
Katherine Dunham Bio — Institute for Dunham Technique Certification (dunhamcertification.org)
Katherine Dunham: A Life in Dance | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Southland | Notes on Dunham's Work | Articles and Essays | Selections from the Katherine Dunham Collection | Digital Collections | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
Katherine Dunham: My Childhood (youtube.com)
The Dunham Legacy Revisited - Jacob's Pillow (jacobspillow.org)
Katherine Dunham Timeline | Articles and Essays | Selections from the Katherine Dunham Collection | Digital Collections | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
As we begin Black History Month, take the opportunity to learn about civil rights strategist Wyatt Tee Walker.
Wyatt Walker: Meeting Dr. King for the First Time (youtube.com)
Wyatt Walker: Project C (youtube.com)
Remembering Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, MLK's Right-Hand Man | GBH (wgbh.org)
African American Legends: Rev. Wyatt T. Walker on the Civil Rights Movement (youtube.com)
Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement -- Wyatt Tee Walker (crmvet.org)
Civil Rights History Project: Wyatt Tee Walker (youtube.com)
Did you know that some of the terms associated with currently divisive concepts like Holocaust denier, White Power, and Christian Nationalism, originated with or were spread by former Arlington resident, founder of the American Nazi Party, and fund-raising provocateur George Lincoln Rockwell, who was assassinated at the Dominion Hills shopping center in 1967? Try to imagine an avowed racist too extreme for Montgomery, Alabama and New Orleans in the 1960s. Although in life he had few followers, Rockwell's views are echoed by substantially more today.
Ken Bonnem interview George Lincoln Rockwell 1966 (youtube.com)
George Lincoln Rockwell on Canadian TV 1965 (youtube.com) (contains extremely offensive language)
Charles S. Clark on Swastikas on Wilson - A History of George Lincoln Rockwell in Arlington - YouTube
Various groups in the United States attracted adherents to fascist ideas before World War II. This week learn about the Silver Legion, also known as the Silver Shirts, and their chilling antisemitic philosophy.
When the ‘American Hitler’ Came to Washington | Mossback’s Northwest (youtube.com)
The Silver Legion of America Song( Silver Shirts) [Grory Hallelujah]+21 (youtube.com)
William Dudley Pelley (1885-1965) - North Carolina History Project
Nazis In Los Angeles? The Story Of The Silver Shirts Legion (youtube.com)
Unknown History - Quick and Dirty Tips
The Screenwriting Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Führer | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Real Nazis of the Northwest - 1933-1941, Lunch & Learn with Knute Berger, 6-9-2020 (youtube.com)
This is the weekend to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Did you know that Virginia has a Commission established by the General Assembly dedicated to the late civil rights leader? This week, spend some time exploring the resources on the Commission's website where you can find videos of roundtables discussing Dr. King's influence, photographs and documents reflecting his visits to Virginia, biographies of reconstruction-era Black legislators, and information about the history of lynching in Virginia.
Virginia's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission
Prejudice against Black servicemen is unfortunately a story that recurred but which most of us never learned about. This week learn about the "Fort Logan Mutiny" or "Houston Riot of 1917" which resulted in the largest court martial and the recent actions to right the wrongs of more than a century ago.
Houston Riots of 1917 - YouTube
Army, VA honor Black soldiers hanged in the aftermath of 1917 Houston Riots, pledge to review their courts-martial | Stars and Stripes
Army sets aside convictions of 110 Black Soldiers convicted in 1917 Houston Riots | Article | The United States Army
KHOU documentary on 1917 Camp Logan Riot - YouTube
▶ One Mic: Houston Riot of 1917 (spreaker.com)
The 1917 Houston Riots/Camp Logan Mutiny - Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture (pvamu.edu)
U.S. Army Clears 110 Black Soldiers Charged in 1917 Houston Riots | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Mutiny of Rage: 1917 Camp Logan Riots & Buffalo Soldiers in Houston - YouTube
Mutiny of rage : the 1917 Camp Logan Riots and Buffalo... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Last week we learned about some influential Black composers. The Racial Equity Team wishes you a blessed Christmas with this week's inclusion of Margaret Bonds' The Ballad of the Brown King.
Margaret Bonds Biography – Afrocentric Voices in "Classical" Music (afrovoices.com)
Margaret Bonds's The Ballad of the Brown King | Presto Music
A holiday gem: Margaret Bonds' The Ballad of the Brown King | WETA
The Ballad of the Brown King: I. Of the Three Wise Men - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: II. They Brought Fine Gifts - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: III. Sing Alleluia - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: IV. Mary Had a Little Baby - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: V. Now When Jesus Was Born - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: VI. Could He Have Been an Ethiope? - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: VII. Oh, Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: VIII. That Was a Christmas Long Ago - YouTube
The Ballad of the Brown King: IX. Alleluia - YouTube
Ballad of the Brown King - UTSA Combined Choirs and Orchestra - YouTube
'Tis the season for beautiful music but many of us have been unaware of the contributions of Black composers to the classical canon. This week learn about several composers, especially Florence Price and William Grant Still.
Open Ears: William Grant Still - YouTube
Everything You Need to Know about Florence Price - YouTube
Timeline: Florence Price (1887-1953) | Vermont Public
Timeline: William Grant Still (1895-1978) | Vermont Public
Honoring the Legacy of Black Composers at The Juilliard School
10 Black composers who changed the course of classical music history - Classic FM
We, Too, Sing America | Episode 12: Florence Price - YouTube
[excerpt] The Caged Bird: The Life and Music of Florence B. Price - YouTube
We, Too, Sing America | Episode 11: William Grant Still - YouTube
The life of Florence Price | WETA
The life of William Grant Still | WETA
Black Composers and Concert Artists — Timeline of African American Music (carnegiehall.org)
Black Composers at The Juilliard School
The inspirational life of composer Florence Price – and why her story still... - Classic FM
How William Grant Still, the ‘Dean of Afro-American composers’, changed American... - Classic FM
The Dean Of African-American Composers Didn’t Think He’d Be Remembered: William Grant Still At 125 | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
What if your sister, daughter, or mother simply vanished and you got caught in a web of jurisdictional strands and holes when you tried to get help to find her? During Native American Heritage Month learn about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's groups trying to bring awareness to the disproportionate number of indigenous women who are victims of crimes and to attempt to effect change.
Savanna's Act Addresses Alarming Number Of Missing Or Killed Native Women : Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice : NPR
412 // Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women w/ Jodi Voice Yellowfish - YouTube
Have you been in a meeting or presentation that was opened with a land acknowledgment? Are land acknowledgments helpful to Native Americans or simply a way of making others feel better? This week delve into varied thoughts about them and, if an acknowledgment is to be done, best practices for doing it.
Indigenous leaders want land acknowledgments to really benefit their communities : NPR
Making Land Acknowledgment Meaningful - YouTube
Dawnland Signals 11/19/20: Land Acknowledgments | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Rethinking Land Acknowledgments - Anthropology News (anthropology-news.org)
Land Acknowledgements: Pros and Cons – First Light (firstlightlearningjourney.net)
Halloween is over and Native American Heritage Month has begun. Is there any connection between the two? This week learn about why an "Indian" costume would be inappropriate and other ways that Native American heritage has been misappropriated.
Native Americans Try On "Indian" Halloween Costumes - YouTube
Cultural Appropriation, A Perennial Issue On Halloween : NPR
Native Appropriations - All My Relations Podcast | Listen Notes
As we decide whether to exercise our sacred right to vote in the coming weeks, we should remember those who were killed or intimidated for simply trying to register. The power structure in Mississippi was so adamant about perpetuating segregation that it created a "Sovereignty Commission" that spied on Black people who were trying to access any previously-segregated aspect of life, including the right to vote. Learn more about the Commission and the groups that stood up to the entrenched establishment at great personal cost.
EW Steptoe Greets Bob Moses, 1963 - YouTube
Mississippi Spies Sought To Uphold Segregation : NPR
Chapter 3 (usccr.gov)
In October 1967, Thurgood Marshall was seated as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court. In his prior career as a civil rights attorney, he was well known for his advocacy in Brown v. Board of Education, but in election season it is fitting that we look at an important voting rights case, Smith v. Allwright.
Smith v. Allwright (1944) - Untold Stories: The Cases That Shaped the Civil Rights Movement (getpodcast.com)
Can voting make us healthier? • Justice Above All (spotify.com)
Can voting make us healthier? - The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF (tminstituteldf.org)
Imagine if you were a child who loved to read but felt that you were not welcome in your local library, not that it mattered since there were no books in your language. As we close Hispanic Heritage Month, learn about Pura Belpre, a Puerto Rican librarian in the New York Public Library system, who changed children's library services forever and has an annual award for children's literature named after her. And hear from some winners of that award and what goes into their storycraft or illustrating.
Pura Belpré | Dorktales Storytime Podcast | jonincharacter.com
History is full of "what ifs." This week learn about Ajacan, an attempted Spanish settlement in Virginia in 1571, that could have resulted in Spanish rather than British colonization. Instead, a brutal massacre played a role in persuading Spain to cease its colonization efforts in Virginia, leaving an opportunity for England to establish the Jamestown Colony more than 30 years later.
Don Luis and the Ajacan Mission - YouTube
The Deadly Politics of Giving – Dr. Seth Mallios Interview – Virginia History Podcast (vahistorypodcast.com)
The need for agricultural workers (and to a lesser extent railroad and factory workers) during World War II resulted in a bilateral agreement between the United States and Mexico that became known as the bracero program. Learn more about this guest worker program that lasted well beyond the war years and the generally positive reaction of the participants despite harsh conditions.
August 4 - The Bracero Program | Labor History in 2:00 (podbean.com)
Browse Items · Bracero History Archive (braceroarchive.org)
The evolution of Mexican immigration in Chicago - YouTube
Episode 25: Mexican Migration to the U.S. (15minutehistory.org)
Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15 because that is Independence Day for five Latin American nations. This week's resources highlight two Spanish men who helped America achieve its independence.
Spanish Participation in the American Revolution - YouTube
Hispanics belong to the US | Guillermo Fesser | TEDxSaintLouisUniversityMadrid - YouTube
DAR: Bernardo De Galvez • Our Patriots DAR Podcast (spotify.com)
The Little-Remembered Ally Who Helped America Win the Revolution | History| Smithsonian Magazine
AmRev360: Spain's Role in the American Revolution with Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia - YouTube
The untold history–Season 2 | Episode 7: Bernardo de Gálvez - YouTube
A Forgotten Hero of the American Revolution: Juan de Miralles and the Relationship between Spain and the United States – digestible intellect (wordpress.com)
The American Revolution on the Spanish Borderlands - The American Revolution Institute
Spain and the independence of the United States : an... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Read Aloud: "Get to Know Bernardo de Gálvez" by Guillermo Fesser - YouTube
Although the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (Pullman Porters ) which was in last week's resources is often described as the first Black trade union, in fact there were organizations that preceded it or were essentially contemporaneous. Here is an opportunity to learn more about some of them.
Labor Unions Part 1 – Black History for White People – Podcast – Podtail
African Americans and the American Labor Movement | National Archives
It is Labor Day weekend and an opportunity to learn about what is often considered to be the first Black labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, also known as Pullman Porters.
Pullman Porters - YouTube
10,000 Men named George - YouTube
Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the... | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
"Maroons" — enslaved persons who resisted and freed themselves — were found throughout the Americas. Learn more about some of the communities outside the United States in this week's resources.
♫ Jamaica's Maroon Wars (iheart.com)
Benkos Biohó: The Runaway Slave Who Established the First Free African Town in the Americas in 1599 - TalkAfricana
We have recently focused on self-emancipated communities, called maroons, in the Great Dismal Swamp along the Virginia-North Carolina border. This week we will look at similar communities in other Southern states.
Book TV: Sylviane Diouf, "Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons." - YouTube
More Than A Runaway: Maroons In Louisiana | WWNO
TAMPA BAY'S Secret HISTORY of BLACK RESISTANCE: The Angola Maroon Community of Bradenton, Florida. - YouTube
The story of American Maroons with Timothy Lockley - YouTube
FESTBK1992_28.pdf (si.edu)
Slavery's exiles : the story of the American Maroons / | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Last week we learned about the Great Dismal Swamp as a place of refuge for self-emancipating enslaved people. This week learn about Moses Grandy, who became a proficient boatman in the swamp.
Moses Grandy Story & Great Dismal Swamp - YouTube
Narrative of the life of Moses Grandy : formerly a slave in the United States of America : Grandy, Moses, b. 1786? : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Self-emancipating enslaved people along the Virginia--North Carolina border, and others, created a society in the Great Dismal Swamp that lasted for about two centuries. Learn more about this example of slave resistance in this week's resources.
Refuge in the Great Dismal Swamp - YouTube
Deep in the Swamps, Archaeologists Are Finding How Fugitive Slaves Kept Their Freedom | History| Smithsonian Magazine
Encyclopedia Virginia's EntryPoint Presents: The Great Dismal Swamp: Past and Present - YouTube
Sometimes it is helpful to have a role model to provide inspiration and encouragement. Few of us have heard of Anne Braden, whose long involvement with civil rights spanned six decades. Learn about Anne and her husband Carl's arrest for transferring a house to a Black World War II veteran and watch six short videos of Anne explaining her journey from a child of the South to a lifetime of activism.
Anne Braden - YouTube
Anne Braden : southern patriot. | Arlington Public Library (arlingtonva.us)
Black Freedom White Allies Red Scare | “The anti-communist hysteria and the anti-black hysteria were all wrapped up in a ball and hurled at us.” -Anne Braden
Anne Braden | Living the Story: The Rest of the Story (ket.org)
Imagine if a consultant concluded that Black doctors had little to contribute and their main function would be to keep illnesses affecting Black people from infecting White people. This was a conclusion in the 1910 Flexner Report, which in some ways improved medical education in the United States but contributed to five of seven Black medical schools being closed.
Listen: The report that curtailed Black medical education for over a century (statnews.com)