History

Reflections: It was MLK Day. Are You Living the Dr...

Are you living YOUR dream? If not, what steps are you taking to make it happen? ...
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Dark Girls Documentary Hits Home For Some

By now most of us have seen or heard of the much anticipated documentary Dark Girls that aired on the OWN Sunday evening repeating last night. I sat ...
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You Think You Had it Rough?! Check Out This WWII S...

After reading this, no should should be complaining about how hard it is to swirl......
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Blerds Gather Round: Come Hither The Nation’...

Y'all are working my pleasant attitude and so I do to you what I do to humans when I need to pretend that you aren't here....
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Swirling in History Special – Colonial Swirl...

It is no secret that black women have always been desired for marriage by men of all races for centuries. I am always looking for images whether photo...
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Swirling in History Part Ten: Vintage Swirl

GASP! *clutches pearls*...
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Swirling in History Part Nine: Anna Kingsley

Anta Majigeen Ndiaye or Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley was not always the free Senegalese woman who eventually became a plantation and slave owner. At 1...
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Swirling in History Oscar Night!

Eletha Finch was so gracious and humble accepting her late husband, Peter Finch's Oscar. It is logical that the widow of an actor should accept any aw...
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Swirling in History Part Seven: Mahala Lynch Davis

Mahala Lynch Davis, married her former slave owner Isaac P. Davis in 1857. On the right is their daughter Martha Davis Wilson (b. 1848) holding her b...
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Swirling in History Part Five: Agatha Alphosin Gan...

Blasian love in the 19th Century......
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Swirling and History Part Six: Lucy Parsons

Albert (1858-1887) and Lucy Parsons (1853-1942 were from Texas where Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons was born into slavery in Texas. She met Albert and ...
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Swirling in History Part Four: Ada Copeland King

Can you imagine? A white man passed for black so he could marry the love of his life....
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Swirling in History Part Three: Lucinda and Georg...

This union happened BEFORE interracial marriage was outlawed in Utah....
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Swirling in History Part Two: Mattie Bell Castner ...

This is the second and third stories of former slaves who moved to and married interracially in Montana. Mattie Bell Castner is the called "The Mothe...
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