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Saturday, February 1, 2014

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880

This book is ready to read in a number of different formats, enjoy it.
 History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880: Negroes as Slaves ... (1882)



Click here to stream or download ebook

Author - George Washington Williams

Friday, January 31, 2014

Wattstax 1972 The Black Woodstock - I AM SOMEBODY!


Almost 41 years have gone by and many of our young folks were not here for
this experience. I hope you'll watch and share this with as many sisters
and brothers as you can. Enjoy.


Thursday, January 30, 2014

Go Down, Death! (1944)






Director: Spencer Williams (July 14, 1893 – December 13, 1969) was an African American actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing Andy in the Amos 'n Andy television show and for directing the 1941 race film The Blood of Jesus.Williams was a pioneer African-American film producer and director



Production Company: Harlemwood Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, black and white
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Introducing Five Black Artists (1971)

National Archives and Records Administration
U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999)




ARC Identifier 50813 / Local Identifier 306.4583.
INTRODUCES FIVE BLACK AMERICAN ARTISTS -

  • CHARLES WHITE, A PAINTER IN LOS ANGELES; 
  • ROMARE BEARDEN, A NEW YORK PAINTER WHO USES COLLAGES AND CUT-OUTS; 
  • RICHARD HUNT, A SCULPTOR IN CHICAGO; 
  • BARBARA CHASE- RIBOUD, A SCULPTOR LIVING IN PARIS; 
  • BETTY BLAYTON, A PAINTER-COLLAGE ARTIST AND DIRECTOR OF THE MOMA ART SCHOOL IN HARLEM. ALL ARE ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS.
Made possible by a donation from Public.Resource.Org.
This movie is part of the collection: FedFlix
Producer: National Archives and Records Administration
Language: English
Keywords: archives.gov; public.resource.org
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

theblackauth0rity - Outspoken, Pragmatic and Provocative Black Youtube Channel

Here is a youtube channel that will put some meat on the table.
If you're looking for some light entertainment you might want
to skip this channel. On the other hand, if you feel like online media
has been dissappointing you with it's lack of substance, then you'll
find theblackauth0rity may well be the place for you. Whether or not
you agree with everything that that is presented,you will find lots to
think about and lots to discuss.

 theblackauth0rity takes advantage of online media via:
Here are a couple examples of the more than 80 videos available
at this time on theblackauth0rity youtube channel.





R.I.P. Pete Seeger "You Have Overcome"

Always a voice for unity and equality among people, Pete Seeger discusses the song "We Shall Overcome." His lifelong contribution to social justice should be remembered by all.

 

Sunday, January 26, 2014

THE EDUCATOR

A condensed statement of the Department of Education of the 
African Methodist Episcopal Church
This volume contains execllent references along with one hundred illustrations (1906)

Takes a look at thirteen "educational districts" within the African Methodist Episcopal Church's Dept. of Education, giving the history of the colleges and universities within each district.






Author: Hawkins, J. R. (John Russell), b. 1862; African Methodist Episcopal Church. Dept. of Christian Education
Subject: Hawkins, J. R. (John Russell), b. 1862; Kittrell College (Kittrell, N.C.); African American universities and colleges; African American universities and colleges; African American educators
Publisher: [Kittrell, N.C.? : African Methodist Episcopal Church]
Possible copyright status: Copyright status: The copyright status of this item has been reviewed and it has been determined that either: 1) the item is in the public domain; or 2) permission to digitize the item has been granted by the rights holder. If you believe you have additional information regarding the copyright in this material, please contact divlib@duke.edu.
Language: English
Call number: b5967021
Digitizing sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of North Carolina. Grant issued to subcontractor UNC-CH for Duke University's Religion in North Carolina project.
Book contributor: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection: ncchurchreligiousbodyhistories; ncreligion; unclibraries; americana
Notes: Some content affected by narrow inner margins. No copyright or contents pages.

Full catalog record: MARCXML

This book has an editable web page on Open Library.

Link:
https://archive.org/stream/educatorcondense00hawk