Shorty In Da House » Black History & Present http://shortyindahouse.com All Things Shorty Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:37:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Reading the Education of The Negro Prior to 1861 by Carter G. Woodson http://shortyindahouse.com/reading-the-education-of-the-negro-prior-to-1861-by-carter-g-woodson http://shortyindahouse.com/reading-the-education-of-the-negro-prior-to-1861-by-carter-g-woodson#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 05:30:46 +0000 Shorty In Da House http://shortyindahouse.com/?p=869 The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861

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 society in the new world, the heathen slaves has to be trained to meet the needs of their environment.”

That’s good stuff.

I’ll stop here.  I just had to share.

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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 won’t go into detail, but I will say, if they displayed that kind of courage in the late 1800s when they still have few rights, I can do it in 2010 when I have freedom of speech – allegedly.

And, I think I’m going to just compare things from the past to today.  Nothing much has changed except HOW things are done.  It’s just a little more subtle now.  Well, it was until Barack Obama became president and stuff is just out in the open now.  Actually, if you sit back and observe AFTER reading history books, you will see that history is repeating itself.

Anyway, history is giving me the courage to speak my thoughts these days.  I’m so excited.

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1. Should I start a book discussion on Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s Mis-Education of the Negro on of my blogs?

The Mis-Education of the Negro

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?  I’m going to contact the person listed to find out.

I’m going to see if I can fit this project into my already busy schedule.  It’s highly unlikely, but it sounds good.

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