Posted in Just A Bite, tagged 1835 nc constitution, albert bushnell hart, nc disenfranchisement, w e b du bois on December 23, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
“There early began to be some internal development and growth of self-consciousness among the Negroes…. In North Carolina until 1835 [its] Constitution extended the franchise to every freeman, and when Negroes were disfranchised, several hundred colored men were deprived of the vote. In fact, as Albert Bushnell Hart says, ‘In the colonies freed Negroes, like […]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged nat turner, nc slavery, w e b du bois on October 30, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
“[In reaction to Nat Turner’s rebellion in Virginia in 1831] a wave of legislation passed over the South….In North Carolina slaves and free Negroes were forbidden to preach, exhort, or teach ‘in any prayer meeting or other association for worship where slaves of different families are collected together’ on penalty of not more than thirty-nine […]
Posted in History, Memorabilia Moment, Tar Heelia, tagged booker t washington, frederick douglass, joseph c price, livingstone college, salisbury nc, w e b du bois, zion wesley colelge on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Virtually forgotten today, Joseph C. Price was once internationally celebrated…. W. E. B. Du Bois, who as a college student heard Price lecture in Boston’s Tremont Temple, pronounced him ‘the acknowledged orator of his day.’…. After Price’s untimely death at the age of 39, Frederick Douglass lamented that ‘the race has lost its ablest advocate.’… […]
Posted in History, Literature, Tar Heelia, tagged civil rights act of 1964, louis armstrong, negro motorist green book, public accommodations, w e b du bois on August 27, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A revival of attention to “The Negro Motorist Green Book: An International Travel Guide” (1936-1964) roused my curiosity about what places in North Carolina welcomed black travelers under Jim Crow. It isn’t long, but the list in the 1949 edition includes some evocative names: the Carver, Lincoln and Booker T. Washington hotels; the Friendly City […]
