Author: Mark Thomas
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Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement is often described as the forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Persons, NAACP, which is not untrue. However, the 1905 gathering began as in response to another movement launched a decade earlier. The July 11 inaugural meeting was held in Fort Erie, Ontario, near the famous falls for…
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The immoderate nature of John Brown’s Raid
The immoderate nature of John Brown’s Raid For one, when a white man comes to me and tells me how liberal he is, the first thing I want to know, is he a nonviolent liberal, or the other kind…If you are for me and my problems- when I say me, I mean us, our people…
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OTD – 1957 Little Rock Nine Escorted to Classes
OTD – 1957: Troops Escort Little Rock Nine According to figures from a Wall Street Journal report, more than 3.6 million Americans born in 1957 are still alive. Those older than 61 number millions more, including those who have memories of this date when federal troops escorted nine African-American students to their respective classes at…
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OTD in 1860 – the Crittenden Compromise is introduced
It was on this date in 1860 that Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden introduced the famous compromise legislation he and others hoped would head off a civil war. Too much, too late The doomed Crittenden Compromise called for six new amendments to the Constitution that would essentially revive the Missouri Compromise borders for slavery, strip…