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"Slave Transfer Agencies" listed in an 1854 Southern business directory, including Thomas Foster in New Orleans, a C. M. Rutherford partnership, and G. M. Noel in Memphis Eyre Crowe, "Slave sale, Charleston, S.C.," published in The Illustrated London News, Nov. 29, 1856: The flag tied to a post beside the steps reads "Auction This Day by Alonzo ...
That Evening Sun" is a short story by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1931 in the collection These 13, which included Faulkner's most anthologized story, "A Rose for Emily". The story was originally published, in a slightly different form, as "That Evening Sun Go Down" in The American Mercury in March of the same year.
Charles T. Bernard (1927–2015) — businessman and Arkansas politician, died in Memphis in 2015 Big Scarr (2000-2022) — rapper Big Star (formed in 1971) — rock band
Josiah "Joe" Thomas Settle was born a slave in the Cumberland Mountains [1] of East Tennessee [2] or North Carolina [3] on September 30, 1850, to Nancy Settle. His father was the owner of the family, also named Josiah, and at the time of his birth, his master was moving the household from their former home in Rockingham, North Carolina, to Mississippi. [1]
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
The next front in Canada’s trade war against the US is being waged in airports, gas stations and gift shops, as Canadians cancel their American vacations en masse – even enlisting high ...
John Faulkner (1901–1963), plain-style writer, brother of William Faulkner; William Faulkner (1897–1962), author, Nobel laureate; John Grisham, author, attorney, state representative; Carolyn Haines, author; Greg Iles, novelist, screenwriter; Florence King, humorist and political columnist (attended graduate school but did not complete the ...
Nancy Lynn Snyderman (born March 26, 1952) is an American physician, author, and former broadcast journalist. She served as a medical correspondent for ABC News for 15 years, and was the chief medical editor for NBC News from 2006 to 2015, frequently appearing on the Today show, NBC Nightly News and MSNBC to discuss medical-related issues.