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January 28th, 2011

By Shorty In Da House in: Black History & Present

Reading the Education of The Negro Prior to 1861 by Carter G. Woodson

And I must say that this book is deep that it is taking at least 10 minutes to read ONE page. Oh my goodness, that’s so heavy stuff. Carter G. was so highly enlightened that he started Chapter 1, the introduction, with “Brought from the African wilds to constitute the laboring class of a pioneering [...]

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May 5th, 2010

By Shorty In Da House in: Black History & Present

Building Courage through History

I have been really gaining courage to communicate my thoughts on my blogs since reading The Reason Why the Colored American is Not In the World’s Columbian Exposition by Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass and two others.  It was deep reading, and they did not mind calling people out about the wrongs.  That’s love. I [...]

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January 25th, 2010

By Shorty In Da House in: Black History & Present, Shorty Thinks

Mis-Education of the Negro

As we approach Black History Month, I had two thoughts: 1. Should I start a book discussion on Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s Mis-Education of the Negro on of my blogs? 2. Will the Chicago Chapter of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) have any events in Dr. Woodson’s honor?  [...]