Amanda Seales - Funny Lady

 Protest and demonstrations are good (real good) but let's maintain a sense of humor. Sistah Seales is a good jumping on point when it comes to comedy today. She has a great web presence and a witty delivery and her material is fresh and provocative. Check her out at Amanda Seales.com 

The Truth about Hayti (July 1, 1903)

Written about 100 years after Hayti achieved nationhood.
A candid response to the vitriol that some Americans and Europeans were spreading about Hayti early in the 20th century. I find m. Leger to be on point, in fact much of what he says can be applicable early in the 21st century as well.



Author: Léger, J. N.
Volume: 177
Publisher: The North American Review

Haitian Independence Day January 1, 1804

Greatest Black Emancipation : The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)

More on Slave uprisings

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Published Oak and Ivy (Dec. 20,1893)

Author: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Publisher: Dayton, Ohio : Press of United Brethren Publishing House
Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
Language: English
Call number: ucb_banc:GLAD-151135377
Digitizing sponsor: MSN
Book contributor: University of California Libraries
Collection: cdl; americana

The Montgomery Bus Strike Ended December 20, 1956

When Rosa Parks refused on the afternoon of Dec. 1, 1955, to give up her bus seat so that a white man could sit, it is unlikely that she fully realized the forces she had set into motion and the controversy that would soon swirl around her.