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The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 is a historical-fiction novel by Christopher Paul Curtis.First published in 1995 by Delacorte Press, it was reprinted in 1997. It tells the story of the Watsons, a lower middle class African-American family living in Flint, Michigan in the early 1960s from the perspective of Kenny Watson, the middle child of three.
1936–1966. The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green, an African American, New York City postal worker who published it annually from 1936 to 1966. This was during the era of Jim Crow laws, when open and often ...
The family included two parents and their three children: a son, "Mike", and twin daughters, "Pam" and "Penny". [8] In the multi-ethnic edition, the titles of the 1st and 2nd pre-primers were changed to Now We Read and Fun With the Family to reflect the addition of an African-American family. Other books in the series retained the 1962 titles.
National Black Family Reunion. The Black Family Reunion Celebration (also written about as the National Black Family Reunion and, most recently, The Midwest Regional Black Family Reunion Celebration) is a two- to three-day cultural event, held annually the third weekend of August, to "reinforce the historic strengths and traditional values of ...
Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) was an American abolitionist, journalist, physician, military officer and writer who was arguably the first proponent of black nationalism. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Delany is credited with the Pan-African slogan of "Africa for Africans." [ 3 ] Born as a free person of color in Charles Town, Virginia ...
Charles Drew's 1922 Dunbar High School yearbook entry. Drew was born in 1904 into an African-American middle-class family in Washington, D.C. [3] His father, Richard, was a carpet layer [4] and his mother, Nora Burrell, trained as a teacher. [5]
Southern African-American Family on Porch. African American genealogy is a field of genealogy pertaining specifically to the African American population of the United States. . African American genealogists who document the families, family histories, and lineages of African Americans are faced with unique challenges owing to the slave practices of the Antebellum South and North.
Jack and Jill of America is an American leadership organization for African American mothers and their children. It was established in Philadelphia in 1938. The organization aims to improve the quality of life of children, particularly African-American children. There are over 230 Jack and Jill chapters in 35 states in the United States, with ...