Category: 1800’s
The President Who Banned Christmas Trees and The Boy Who Snuck One In
MARTIN ROBISON DELANY (1812-1885) “Father of Black Nationalism”
The heroics of Aunt Polly Jackson who fought off white slavers to protect fugitives in the mid-1800s
The Luxurious History of Pineapples (and Why They Used to Cost $8000) | Mental Floss
Weeksville, Brooklyn: The Remarkable Story of One of America’s First Free Black Towns | Brownstoner
7 Intriguing Turkey Recipes From the 1800s | Mental Floss
Minstrel Shows and Their Meaning: Why Blackface Costumes ARE NOT Okay | Black Then
How to turn filming the police into the end of police brutality | MIT Technology Review
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