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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Jasmine wasn't Middle-East American, lol, Mulan wasn't Chinese-American either. So there's no excuse for Disney.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Lol yeah good points. Me too VNick.

Heyltslori
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09-15-2001

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Princess Briana

Spangs
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10-07-2005

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Back in the thirties, Disney came out with song of the south. Part live action?part animation, it told the stories of Uncle Remus. It was jumped all on by civil rights groups of the time because of the stereotypical images of blacks that were depicted.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Ok send that to Disney Lori. Mission accomplished. :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I've heard bout that Spangs.

Spangs
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10-07-2005

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spangs a private message Print Post    
actually, the movie came out in the 40's..it had that really popular tale of tar baby

Reiki
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08-12-2000

Monday, May 22, 2006 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
There is also "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters"
by John Steptoe. It won the Caldecott Award and Coretta Scott King Award. Nice book, nice illustrations.

Something like this could probably very easily be made into an animated movie, complete with a wide range of merchandizing and an eventual run on Broadway. I'd go see it.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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ooh, I like the premise of this one ... I may have to break down and purchase it (I know my local library won't have it)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Ok Reiki you submit that one too. :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

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Project Seeks to Pay Tribute to Slavery
Source: Associated Press
by Vanessa Arrington
05/30/2006

HAVANA - There's hardly a spot on Cuba untouched by its slavery past, not unlike most Caribbean islands.

Ports where African slaves were brought in or taken away, fortresses built with their sweat and tears and sugar mills where they labored to fuel the economy dot the island. Later came the caves where runaway slaves found refuge and plazas that hosted rebellions.

An international effort sponsored by UNESCO aims to identify and preserve these sites in such places as Cuba, Jamaica, Aruba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The project, called "Sites of Memory on the Slave Route," hopes to turn the sites into cultural tourism destinations and show the world the influence Africans and their descendants have had in the region.

"The African mark is the one that defines Cuban culture," said Miguel Barnet, a renowned Cuban writer and ethnographer. "Of course
we have a significant Spanish influence with the language and all, but what really characterizes us, what really makes us different, is, without a doubt, the presence of the African element."

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization project "tries to recognize the history of the 20 million Africans who contributed their culture even though they came (to the Americas) as hostages," Barnet said.

Slavery sites have been identified across the Caribbean, nearly 800 in Cuba alone. Each country, however, must ultimately select just five sites for development.

Cemeteries, caves, temples and fortresses are on Cuba's preliminary list of 25 sites, as is the island's southern Valley of the Sugar Mills. Festivals and other Afro-Cuban traditions have also been included.

Cuba became the main Caribbean destination for slaves after the Haitian Revolution, the period from 1791 to 1804 when a half million slaves in what was then the French colony of Haiti rose up against their white owners.

Fear of a similar revolt in Cuba caused Creole elites to try to strengthen ties with Spain at a time when other colonies were trying to break free from their European rulers. Slavery was officially abolished in Cuba in 1845, though the trade continued illegally until about 1870.

The Cuban economy was driven by slaves, who provided the manual labor for the sugar industry, as well as on coffee and tobacco plantations.

"The Slave Routes project is truly a recognition of this heritage, which is such an inseparable part of us as Cubans," said Nilson Acosta, an official with the island's Cultural Patrimony office. "Talk of monuments usually glorifies the great, grand works of art ... but this is an opportunity for sites associated with our slavery past to be integrated as well."

Acosta presented the methodology Cuba is using to select its sites at a three-day conference in Havana last week for Caribbean academics, museum curators and others involved in the project.

Patricia Green, a participant from Jamaica, has been working on the project for several years as a consultant with UNESCO. In the early stages, she helped organize potential sites into categories, such as places of confinement, refuge or burial.

Now the project focuses on selecting and developing the sites. But a primary long-term goal is to turn the sites into tourism destinations, Green said.

"The Caribbean is more than just sand and sea," she said. "This is one way to enhance the tourism, to show the people for who they really are. These sites are a source of pride."

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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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Civil Rights Movement Photos

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Talk about strong people...

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

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I just wanted to say that although I don't post in this thread, I do read it regularly. Thank you to everyone who posts.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

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this isnt exactly history but i read this today and thought it sounds like a great story. i am more likely to read the book than see the movie tho until it is on cable:

http://www.usatoday.com/money/books/2006-05-22-gardner-book_x.htm


Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Wonderful story. Guess you can take the inner-city out of some people...

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

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I have a question. Recently, I was having a discussion with someone and MLK was brought up. This African American woman told me that she didn't understand why people considered him a role model. Her argument was that while his intentions were good, his moral integrity was severely lacking in that he had in fact plagiarized many of his speeches, including his "I Have a Dream" speech and that he regularly hired prostitutes. Our discussion was cut short and I was not able to ask her to clarify her claims.

My googling only produced a few articles regarding these claims and I was wondering if anyone here could expand on these issues for me.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 - 11:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
There have been stories about his womanizing but I don't know of any specifics because to me it didn't matter what he did in his private life. And I've never heard of him plagarizing though.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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Gidget, that is an awesome story. Thank you for posting it. I would have missed it.

On the MLK issue, I've never heard the plagiarizing claims, have heard of the womanizing.

Tishala
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Sadly, one can read lots of reports about Rev. Dr. martin Luther King Jr's shortcomings on Martin Luther King.org. As you will note, however, the site is run by the white supremacist organization Storm Front: in fact, in their most damning bit of information, they tie Dr. King to the jews *gasp* and communists and say that they, not Dr. King, ran the civil rights movement. This, of course, is tantamount ot treason for Strom Front, Aryan Nation, Storm Front, etc.

As for Dr. King's morality....well, I think we all have "moral lapses" unless we are deities. Dr. King probably did have affairs--J. Edgar Hoover was obsessed with the idea--but the morality of his anti-war, anti-racism, and anti-poverty efforts make any "moral lapses" look like a match held up against the sun.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

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i distinctly remember the first time i was impressed with MLK. i was in school and we were studying "Letter from a Birmingham Jail". he wrote that from what was in his head. not stuff he researched to write it. it was then i realized and appreciated his brilliance.

ETA you're welcome LT


Pamy
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01-02-2002

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I loved the story, thx for sharing Gidget.

Dr. Martin L King was a brillant man and I couldn't care less what he did in his personal life.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

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The Desegregation of Little Rock Central High :

story
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Desegregation Pictures

Ladytex
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Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach this ideal of government, we will be a distracted, contentious people.
- T. Thomas Fortune

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Ladytex
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Juneteenth

Juneteenth is a holiday that has celebrated the emancipation of Texas slaves for over 100 years. While its roots are in Texas, it has become a special day for African Americans all around the United States.

The celebration of Juneteenth began in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865. It was on this day that the slaves in Galveston learned that they were free. Major General Gordon arrived in Galveston bearing the good news. Upon the General's arrival, he read General Order Number 3 to the newly freed slaves from the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas. The order stated:

The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer. The freedmen are advised to remain at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts, and that they will not be supported in idleness, either there or elsewhere.

For these slaves the news of freedom came two and a half years after the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Despite the delay, it was a day to celebrate freedom. Thereafter June 19 remained an important day.

With freedom came many choices. Some former slaves chose to stay and work for their old masters’, while others moved away to neighboring states. Juneteenth remained an important holiday, and many of those who moved away came back for the annual festivities. Others took with them the traditions of Juneteenth, and it spread throughout the country.

In the earlier years, most festivities took place around rivers, creeks and on church grounds. As traditions developed, activities and food became an important part of the celebration. Activities included rodeos, fishing, barbecuing, and baseball. Strawberry soda, lamb, pork, and beef were just a few of the favorite dishes. Additionally, education and self-improvement were prevalent themes. Guest speakers and elders used it as an opportunity to recount the past. Lastly, prayer services were important.

However, celebrations began to decline in the early 1900s as children were taught in the classroom instead of at home. In the past, families had taught their children the traditions of Juneteenth, but as schoolbooks replaced family customs, traditions were not passed on. The depression also had an effect on the decline of celebrations. Many African Americans were forced to leave farms in search of work in the cities. Whereas, most landowners had given laborers the day off, employers in the city were less likely to give their employees time off for Juneteenth festivities.

The importance of Juneteenth resurged in the 1950s and 1960s as the civil rights movement was underway. In the Atlanta civil rights demonstration of the early 1960s, marchers wore Juneteenth freedom buttons. In 1968, many African Americans began to see the significance of Juneteenth after the Poor Peoples March to Washington D.C. Many returned home and had Juneteenth celebrations. Additionally, January 1, 1980, marked a significant day when Texas named Juneteenth an official state holiday in celebration of the emancipation of the slaves in Texas in 1865.


http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/juneteenth/a/juneteenth.htm