Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦
@Canadian_Eh@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Canada: A Haven on the Underground Railroad 🇨🇦 🛤️

From the 1800s to the Civil War, Canada offered refuge to enslaved people escaping the US via the Underground Railroad. Black communities welcomed them, building new lives and enriching Canada’s cultural diversity. A testament to courage and freedom! 🇨🇦 #Canada#BlackHistory#UndergroundRailroad

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-underground-railroad-plain-language-summary
Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦
@Canadian_Eh@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Canada: A Haven on the Underground Railroad 🇨🇦 🛤️

From the 1800s to the Civil War, Canada offered refuge to enslaved people escaping the US via the Underground Railroad. Black communities welcomed them, building new lives and enriching Canada’s cultural diversity. A testament to courage and freedom! 🇨🇦 #Canada#BlackHistory#UndergroundRailroad

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/the-underground-railroad-plain-language-summary
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I left some pointers to sources on the Fletcher talk page so some future editor can improve that page.

And I started reading more of James Weldon Johnson's autobiography, because it's funny, & because he was amazing. This guy:

passed the Bar in a grueling and unfair 2-hour exam in front of a crowded courtroom of spectators

was the first black executive secretary of the NAACP

wrote the poem that became the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

served as a diplomat in Venezuela

#BlackHistory
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Thanks to New York Public Library patron research database access, The Wikipedia Library https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/about/ which "allows active editors to access a wide range of collections of paywalled reliable sources for free", and the Internet Archive's ebook program, I followed a citation trail, from scholarly reviews of a Fletcher biography, to the biography itself, to Johnson's autobiography.

And I confirmed: it was true! And I edited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Weldon_Johnson#Education_and_law_careers and Fletcher's bio accordingly.
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I left some pointers to sources on the Fletcher talk page so some future editor can improve that page.

And I started reading more of James Weldon Johnson's autobiography, because it's funny, & because he was amazing. This guy:

passed the Bar in a grueling and unfair 2-hour exam in front of a crowded courtroom of spectators

was the first black executive secretary of the NAACP

wrote the poem that became the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

served as a diplomat in Venezuela

#BlackHistory
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Thursday, April 25, 1912:

Mr. MARCONI.
The actual signs of the messages were received immediately.

Senator SMITH.
How much later?

Mr. MARCONI.
Theoretically, it should take, for 6,000 miles, one-twentieth or one twenty-fifth of a second. I did not measure it, but it did seem instantaneous.

Senator SMITH.
That is, it was received within a minute?

Mr. MARCONI.
Yes; under a minute; one-twentieth of a second. It traveled with the same speed as light, I should say.....
Sumana Harihareswara
@brainwane@social.coop replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A friend noticed that one of the Senators questioning Marconi was Duncan U. Fletcher, and pointed me to his English Wikipedia bio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_U._Fletcher .

Which noted that he was "a staunch supporter of the Confederate cause" in the 20th century -- but also that, in the 1890s, was one of three attorneys, all white, appointed to administer the bar examination to James Weldon Johnson, who was the first African-American admitted to the Florida Bar by examination. Huh.

#CivilRights#BlackHistory
Diligence Jones
@DeliaChristina@sfba.social  ·  activity timestamp last month
@mekkaokereke

I didn't even go to a HBCU and I want to snap up some stuff.

BUT! There is a different convo also being had about class solidarity and Black wealth that this collection is also prompting.

AND! I heard that the process RL engaged in to create this collection was one steeped in a lot of deep research and listening with actual folks from Oak Bluffs, the recorded history, the traditions. It seems very thoughtful.
Diligence Jones
@DeliaChristina@sfba.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month
@mekkaokereke

Here's the short film they made about it.

#OakBluffs#BlackHistory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOT8CUBpERE
KPaqRVA
@kpaqrva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month
https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/the-federal-government-cut-64-million-in-grants-at-uva-heres-what-it-means-for-the-community/

#foodsecurity #farming#UVA#Virginia #charlottesville #cville#USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

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KPaqRVA
@kpaqrva@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month
https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/the-federal-government-cut-64-million-in-grants-at-uva-heres-what-it-means-for-the-community/

#foodsecurity #farming#UVA#Virginia #charlottesville #cville#USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

Shared from post by @Lyle
Renewed Resistance
@renewedresistance@channel.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective #Juneteenth. A day to honor liberation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for justice.

Want to learn more about the holiday’s history and how it’s celebrated?
📖 https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.SMkB.8rd5EUUw0Tz7&smid=url-share

#BlackHistory#EmancipationDay#FreedomDay#Abolition
Renewed Resistance
@renewedresistance@channel.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Wishing everyone a meaningful and reflective #Juneteenth. A day to honor liberation, resilience, and the ongoing fight for justice.

Want to learn more about the holiday’s history and how it’s celebrated?
📖 https://www.nytimes.com/article/juneteenth-day-celebration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.SMkB.8rd5EUUw0Tz7&smid=url-share

#BlackHistory#EmancipationDay#FreedomDay#Abolition