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The Black Side: a partial history of the business, religious, and educational side of the Negro in Atlanta, Ga. (1894) Dorsey, Allison. To build our lives together: Community formation in Black Atlanta, 1875-1906 (University of Georgia Press, 2004) online. Ferguson, Karen Jane. Black politics in New Deal Atlanta (Univ of North Carolina Press ...
in Renewing Black Intellectual History (Routledge, 2015) pp. 126–157. Spaulding, Norman W. History of Black oriented radio in Chicago, 1929-1963 (PhD disst. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981. Spear, Allan H. Black Chicago: The making of a Negro ghetto, 1890–1920 (University of Chicago Press, 1967, ISBN 978-0-2267-6857-1 ...
The Force, a farce, butterflies and botanicals are also among the events taking place this weekend. What’s Happening: Black History Month events, job fairs, virtual talks in southwest IL Skip to ...
Black History Month is an annually observed commemorative month originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. [4] It began as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora , initially lasting a week before becoming a month-long observation since 1970. [ 5 ]
As noted by ASALH's official website, the theme for Black History Month 2023 is Black Resistance, which emphasizes the "ongoing oppression" of Black people throughout American history.
Racial segregation in Atlanta has known many phases after the freeing of the slaves in 1865: a period of relative integration of businesses and residences; Jim Crow laws and official residential and de facto business segregation after the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906; blockbusting and black residential expansion starting in the 1950s; and gradual integration from the late 1960s onwards.
Black womanhood will be the theme of poetry performances by members of Black Women Rise Poetry Collective from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Ohio History Connection, 800 E. 17th Ave. Urban ...
Freaknik (/ ˈ f r iː k n ɪ k /; originally Freaknic) was an annual spring break festival in Atlanta, Georgia.It was initially attended by students enrolled at historically black colleges and universities in the Atlanta University Center. [1]