AventWest Blog : January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022

February One

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Left To Right: Franklin McCain, John Kelly, unidentified woman, unidentified man, Chancellor Edward Fort, Harold Martin, unidentified man, Richard Moore

Hairston, Otis, "Group Photo" (2018). A&T Four: A Closer Look. 20.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atfour/20

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Three of the A&T Four. Left to Right: David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain

Hairston, Otis, "Three of the A&T Four" (2018). A&T Four: A Closer Look. 21.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atfour/21

February One is a monument dedicated to Ezell Blair, jr., Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and David Richmond who were collectively known as the Greensboro Four. The Greensboro Four were a group of A & T students who on February 1st, 1960 staged a sit-in in Greensboro at Woolworth in protest of the company’s policy of segregating its lunch counters. Not long after their protest, sit-ins became a significant aspect of the Civil Rights Movement and began occurring across the South, including the North Carolina cities of Charlotte, Durham, and Winston-Salem.

James Barnhill was commissioned by A & T University to create these four larger-than-life sculptures out of bronze in 2002. Barnhill is a native of Asheville, North Carolina and has contributed several other sculptures to Greensboro’s public art.

Location: Dowdy Bldg, Greensboro, NC 27401

Photos taken by Lynn Donovan and Action Greensboro

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Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair), bottom left, in a group photo of student government class representatives. From left to right, standing: Wallace Wortham, Donald McClure, Robert Muldrow, Jerome Baker, Carl Leonard, Edward Murphy, Seated: Ezelle Blair and John Brooks.

Ayantee, "Jibreel Khazan(Ezell Blair) in Group Photo" (1961). A&T Four: A Closer Look. 32.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atfour/32

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Photo of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.) receiving award

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, "Photo of Jibreel Khazan Receiving Award (Ezell Blair, Jr.)" (1961). A&T Four: A Closer Look. 24.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atfour/24

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Clipping of a photo of Ezell Blair Jr ,. SGA President from the 1962 A&T College Register.

A&T Register, "A&T College Register Photo of Ezell Blair Jr. SGA President" (1962). A&T Four: A Closer Look. 2.
https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atfour/2

Black History Month Events around the Triangle

Tour the Pope House Museum

The first licensed Black doctor in North Carolina lived right here in Raleigh. People drive past his 120-year-old home in downtown Raleigh everyday and never even notice.

Inside the house is a time capsule to the life of a Black doctor in the early 1900s. The shelves are full of Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope's antique books. An old-timey phone hangs on the wall. Have fun guessing what some of the old, historic items were once used for

Tours are available every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and every Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tours are by appointment only, must be scheduled at least 30 minutes prior to the tour, and will be limited to a family group or 5 people. Please call the City of Raleigh Museum to reserve your tour at 919-996-2220.

Bazaar for Black History Month at Transfer Co. Food Hall

Support local Black-owned businesses! On Feb. 19 from noon to 5 p.m., Transfer Co. Food Hall is hosting a bazaar of local vendors. Shop and support! Check it out here.

Driving tour of African American landmarks around the city

How many Black H\history landmarks do you drive past every day and not even realize it? From the carousel at Chavis Park, to the lost remnants of an African American university at Latta Park, to the incredible history at Oberlin Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery – there's a lot of Black History around the city.

Events at the North Carolina Museum of History

Register now: FREE family arts & craft kits based on the work of artist Pinkie Strother. Start your celebration of Black History Month with these engaging, take-home, hands-on figurines. Each kit includes craft supplies and instructions, activities, a book list, and more. Only 50 kits are available. Tune in here.
Feb. 9 at noon: Virtual talk uncovering the history of segregated North Carolina beaches during Jim Crow. From the 1920s to the 1950s, African Americans had few opportunities to spend time enjoying oceanside recreational activities. Though North Carolina had several other segregated beaches, Seabreeze was the largest and operated the longest. Tune in here.
Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.: Virtual talk on the history of North Carolina's 12 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Dr. Jelani M. Favors will discuss how HBCUs became a refuge during the oppressive Jim Crow era and operated as vital seedbeds for politicians, community leaders, reformers and activists. Tune in here.

City of Raleigh Museum: African-American Genealogy Symposium

On Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., the City of Raleigh Museum is hosting a variety of speakers to share on four different topics related to Black History. The virtual event covers the following topics:

Uncovering the stories of those who were enslaved at the Spring Hill Plantation, where Dix Park is today.
Investigating a compilation of newspaper ads for enslaved individuals who ran away from plantations in North Carolina.
Uncovering individual narratives for the nearly 140 enslaved workers employed at the Capitol.
Slave petitions project at UNC Greensboro.

North Carolina Museum of Art exhibition on architect Phil Freelon

Starting on Feb. 26 and running until May 15, the NCMA will host an exhibition highlighting the career of storied NC architect Phil Freelon, who designed the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

"Freelon’s work examines the multiple functions and meanings of skin—as both a protective covering and a visual form of identification. In his designs for African American communities and institutions, he expanded the idea of skin with complex building envelopes that explore the use of color, pattern, and material," says the NCMA website.

The exhibit is free. Check it out here.

Backyard History: Cary's African American Community

On Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m., this virtual presentation will explore the history of segregation in Cary, telling stories of Cary's thriving African American community with historic photographs, maps and documents with rich visual material. Check it out here.

Two Black cultural films for online viewing courtesy of the Town of Cary

Take a moment to watch these two powerful films from the comfort of your own home.

River City Drumbeat is a powerful story of music, love and legacies set in the American South.

Through the Night is a portrait of three working mothers whose lives all intersect at a 24-hour daycare center: a mother working the overnight shift as an essential worker at a hospital; another holding down three jobs just to support her family; and a woman who for over two decades has cared for the children of parents with nowhere else to turn.

Both are available on the Town of Cary website throughout the month of February.

Visit Historic Stagville Plantation

One of the largest plantations in North Carolina before the Civil War, the buildings at Stagville date back to the 1780s and the tour spans 163 acres.

Around 900 people were once enslaved here, and the site is now dedicated to ensuring their stories are told. Tour the original slave quarters (1851), a massive barn from 1860 and the Bennehan family house dating back to the 1780s. Check it out.

Tour Geer Cemetery

Sadly, several historically African-American cemeteries in the Triangle have, at some point, become so overgrown and broken that even neighbors don't even realize there's a cemetery there anymore. Geer Cemetery was in such a state, but has been cleaned up within the past few years by volunteers. Now, historic signage and archival photos adorn walking trails, ensuring the stories of those buried here are not forgotten. There are an estimated 2,000 men, women and children buried in Geer Cemetery in Durham, but only around 200 existing grave markers or headstones. It's a lovely place to walk and take in Black history firsthand.

Celebrate Black culture and music at the Hayti Heritage Center

On Feb. 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., the Hayti Heritage Center will be hosting their Black American Music Series with a tribute to jazz legend Charlie "Bird" Parker.

Tickets are $15 to $20 and the live music will feature Sam King. Get your tickets here.

Aside from attending the live show, the building itself holds a lot of Black history from the Hayti community and Durham.

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Selected Portraits from the African American Perspectives Collection

Mojola Agbebi (1860–1917). Nigerian Yoruba Baptist minister and advocate of indigenous leadership for African churches.

Third Visit of the Rev. W. Hughes, Colwyn Bay, to the West Coast of Africa.
Richard ‘Rush’ Allen (1760–1831). Minister, educator and writer. Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), the first independent black denomination in the United States.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Myrtle Bernice Anderson. Social reformer and author.

A Plea for Justice; Address of Myrtle Bernice Anderson Before the Senior Class of the Los Angeles High School.
Benjamin W. Arnett (1838-1906). Educator, minister, bishop and member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Repealed "Black Laws”.

Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to Hon. James M. Ashley of Ohio.
Reverend William Beckham of Austin, Texas.

The National Baptist magazine.
Augustus Timothy Bell. Author.

The Woolly Hair Man of the Ancient South.
Jerome Oscar Benson. Author and essayist.

Benson's Essays; Fear, Beauty, Love, Marriage, Death, Justice, Success, Learning, Ethics & Religion, and Reading & Studying.
John Wesley Edward Bowen, Sr. (1855-1933). Clergyman, educator and one of the first African Americans to earn a Ph.D. in the United States.

An Appeal to the King: the Address Delivered on Negro Day in the Atlanta Exposition.
Reverend Henry Braddocks. Served as clerk for forty years at Bethel Church in Baltimore, Maryland.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal history.
Jere Brown (1841-1913). Republican politician and the first African-American to receive a political appointment in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

The Black Laws!: Speech of Hon. B.W. Arnett of Greene County, and Hon. J.A. Brown of Cuyahoga County...
Rt. Rev. Morris Brown (1770-1849). Founder of Emanuel AME Church in his native Charleston, South Carolina.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Henry Plummer Cheatham (1857-1935). Educator, farmer and politician. Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.

The National Baptist Magazine.
Robert Reed Church Sr. (1839-1912). Entrepreneur, businessman and landowner in Memphis. He founded Solvent Savings Bank, the first black-owned bank, which extended credit to blacks.

The Champion Magazine.
Joseph Carter Corbin (1833-1911). Journalist, educator and conductor on the Underground Railroad. He later served as superintendent and principal of public Arkansas schools.

Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Arkansas...
James Courts. A professor and principal at Saints School of Mississippi.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Alexander Crummell (1819-1898). A minister, academic, African nationalist and lecturer. He established the first independent black episcopal church in Washington, D.C.

In Memoriam of the late Rev. Alex Crummell, D.D. of Washington, D.C.
Daniel Webster Davis (1862-1913). Teacher, minister, historian and poet.

Idle moments, Containing Emancipation and Other Poems.
Reverend Henry Davis.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend Deaton Dorrell.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was a firm believer in the equality of all peoples and took on suffrage causes.

Address by Hon. Frederick Douglass, Delivered in the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church...
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963). Historian, civil rights activist, writer and founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

The Champion Magazine.
Rosetta Dunigan. Author.

How to Succeed.
Reverend Charles Dunn. "The Singing Evangelist of Early Days."

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
C. H. Duvall (1858-). Minister, educator and writer.

Twenty Years in Pulpit, or, The Author's Greatest Secret.
Stephen Hamilton Fowler (1881-). Leader in the Baptist's Young People's Union.

A Pathfinder for Baptist Young Peoples Union Workers.
Benjamin Plumer Fowlkes (1870-). Author.

Co-operation the Solution of the So-called Negro Problem.
James Thomas Franklin. A poet writing for the Paris World's Fair on a wide variety of subjects, including one on the death of Frederick Douglass.

Jessamine Poems.
Wesley John Gaines (1840-1912). Bishop and community leader in Georgia. Vice president of Payne Theological Seminary and co-founder of Morris Brown College.

The Gospel Ministry; a Series of Lectures.
Reverend R. H. Gibbs of Georgia.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend R. H. Hall.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
James A. Handy (1826-). Author and reverend.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend Eugene Harris.

The National Baptist Magazine.
R. E. Hart. Associate editor of the “Whole Truth.” Overseer of Church of God in Tennessee

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett (c. 1820–1871). The first African American instructor at Howard University

The National Baptist Magazine.
R. F. Hurley. A minister, addresses the question of the influence of black culture on the United States. He asks blacks and whites to confront the past honestly and to learn to live together on an equal basis.

The Negro in America.
Reverend George W. Johnson.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend Henry James Johnson.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954). Composer and singer during the Harlem Renaissance and a social activist with the NAACP.

The Champion Magazine.
William Decker Johnson (1869-1936). Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and founder of Johnson Home Industrial College in Archery, Georgia.

Past and future of the Negro Race in America.
Reverend Arthur Jones of Baltimore, Maryland.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
James McHenry Jones (1859-1909). Educator, school administrator, businessperson, and minister.

Grand United Order of Oddfellows, Annual Conference.
S. H. Jones and Wife. Evangelists for the Churches of God in Christ.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Doctor Thomas Kennard. Prominent in Canadian work and traveled to England to secure funding.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Walter M. Kirk (1863-). Reverend bishop and founder of the Church of the First Born.

The Soul's Discipline: Church of the First Born, "a rock that cannot be moved".
John. M. Langston (1829 -1897). Abolitionist, attorney, educator, activist, diplomat and politician. The first dean of the law school at Howard University and the first president of what is now Virginia State University.

The Baptist Magazine.
Reverend Levin Lee.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Emanuel K. Love (1850-1900). Minister and leader in the Baptist church in Savannah as well as civil rights advocate involved with anti-lynching laws. He advocated for black leadership of Baptist institutions, especially schools.

Annual Address of Rev. E.K. Love, D.D., President, Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia...
Charles Harrison Mason Sr. (1864-1961). American Pentecostal–Holiness minister. Founder of the Church of God in Christ, based in Memphis.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Mary McDonald. Purported centenarian who could recall seminal historical events as well as her life as a slave.

Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.
A. B. McEwen. Pastor of Binghampton and Mason Churches.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Reverend William McFarlin. An itinerant missionary and early pioneer.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Elder H.M. Mims. of Lexington, Mississppi.

History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Reverend William Moore.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend J. R. V. Morgan.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Roy Morse. Athlete who competed in the National Championship Games.

The Champion Magazine.
Edward H. Morris (1858-1943). Lawyer and social activist. He was the fifth African American lawyer admitted to the Illinois Bar and was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Complimentary Dinner to Hon. Edward H. Morris of Chicago, Illinois.
Gertrude Emily Hicks Bustill Mossell (1855-1948). Journalist, author, teacher, and activist. She strongly supported black newspapers and advocated for more women to enter journalism.

Little Dansie's One Day at Sabbath School.
Robert Russa Moton. Educator and author who served at Hampton Institute and was the principal of Tuskegee Institute.

The Champion Magazine.
A. Ladapo Oluwole. A Nigerian doctor.

Third Visit of the Rev. W. Hughes, Colwyn Bay, to the West Coast of Africa
Reverend David Owens. First preacher of church in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
George Oyejola. The first medical missionary doctor sent out by the African Institute.

Third Visit of the Rev. W. Hughes, Colwyn Bay, to the West Coast of Africa
E. M. Page. An evangelist in Tennessee.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Reverend Charles H. Peters.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
William R. Pettiford (1847-1914). A minister and banker in Birmingham. He founded the Alabama Penny Savings Bank, which played an important role in black economic development in the South.

Co-operation the Solution of the So-called Negro Problem.
Harry T. Pratt. Author, civil rights advocate. Advocates for practical education and gainful employment and sees black suffrage at the heart of the "race problem."

Selected Writings and Addresses.
Dr. Ishmael Pratt. Third medical missionary of the African Institute, who worked in the colony of Sierra Leone.

Third Visit of the Rev. W. Hughes, Colwyn Bay, to the West Coast of Africa
Joseph Charles Price (1854-1893) Orator and founder and first president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. A leader of African Americans in the southern United States.

A Noble Life: Memorial Souvenir of Rev. Jos. C. Price.
Reverend B. J. Prince. Missionary to Washington.

The National Baptist Magazine.
William Paul Quinn (1788-1873). The fourth bishop of the A.M.E. Church, the first independent black denomination in the United States based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend J. W. Rankin. A missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and editor of its publications.

The AME Church Review.
Reverend Henry J. Rhoades.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Mother Lizzie Woods Roberson. First General Supervisor.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
George T. Robinson.

The National Baptist Magazine.
Reverend Richard Robinson.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend O. P. Ross of Vicksburg, Mississippi

Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to Hon. James M. Ashley of Ohio.
Elder S.T. Samuel of Memphis Tennessee.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Doctor John Anthony Savage (1857-1933). Minister and principal of the Albion Academy in North Carolina. He dedicated his life to the education and spiritual instruction of black youth in North Carolina.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Reverend W. D.W. Schureman.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
James Alexander Shorter (1817-1887). A bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

The Life of Rev. James Alexander Shorter, One of the Bishops of the A.M.E. Church.
Moses Small.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Robert Smalls, (1839-1915). Politician, serving in both the South Carolina legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives.

Speeches at the Constitutional Convention
Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915). Funded The Amanda Smith Orphanage and Industrial Home for Abandoned and Destitute Colored Children.

An Autobiography: the Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist.
Stephen Smith. Served on the Board of Managers for the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.

Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.
Reverend P. Thomas Stanford. Post-bellum antislavery activist, writer and philanthropist in America, Canada, and England.

Imaginary Obstructions to True spiritual Progress.
Jesse Strickland. Financial Secretary, Church of God.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Mary Burnett Talbert (1866-1923). Orator, activist, suffragist and reformer.

The Champion Magazine.
Caesar Andrew Augustus P. Taylor. Professor, author and social activist.

Hell Located, Described, and Measured According to the Bible and Science.
George Edwin Taylor (1857-1925). Journalist, activist, and politician. He was the first African American to run for president.

National Appeal to the American Negro: "Why We Should Favor the Chicago Platform."
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954). Civil rights and suffrage activist and educator. One of the first African American women to earn a college degree, she went on to help found the National Association of Colored Women and the National Association of College Women.

The Progress of Colored Women.
Reverend J. R. V. Thomas.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Carrie A. Tuggle (1858-1924). Educator, philanthropist, and social activist. She sought equality in education and the right to vote. She established the Tuggle Institute for black children who were destitute orphans and juvenile defendants.

Co-operation the Solution of the So-called Negro Problem.
Reverend Charles Thomas Walker.

A Few Facts Relating to Lagos, Abbeokuta, and Other Sections of Central Africa.
Reverend T. W. Walker. Paster at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia.

Co-operation the Solution of the So-called Negro Problem.
Reverend J. Josiah Walters.

Workers for God.
Reverend T. M. D. Ward.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend G. H. Washington.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Reverend Elisha Weaver.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Dr. Elam White. President of Walden University.

The Champion Magazine.
George Henry White (1852-1918). Politician and social activist.

Testimonial to Hon. George H. White at Metropolitan A.M.E. Church
Reverend J. W. Wiggins.

The National Baptist Magazine.
Reverend Emanuel Wilhite. Elder of church work in Texas.

Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History.
Monroe Nathan Work (1866-1945). A sociologist and author who founded the Department of Records and Research at the Tuskegee Institute.

The Champion Magazine.
Elder Fred Wynni.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.
Elder D.J. Young. Overseer for Kansas and Oklahoma. Editor of the Sunday School Literature.

The History and Life Work of Elder C.H. Mason, Chief Apostle, and His Co-laborers.