#Tuskegee

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#tuskegee #tuskegee airmen #african american #black history

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#p-51 #mustang #wwii #aircraft #warbird #warbirds #airplane #tuskegee #airmen

[zumainthyfuture]

You might have heard of Black Wall Street. Meet the founder, O.W. Gurley.

In 1905 Gurley and his wife sold their property in Noble County and moved 80 miles to the oil boom town of Tulsa. Gurley purchased 40 acres of land in North Tulsa and established his first business, a rooming house on a dusty road that would become Greenwood Avenue. He subdivided his plot into residential and commercial lots and eventually opened a grocery store.

As the community grew around him, Gurley prospered. Between 1910 and 1920, the Black population in the area he had purchased grew from 2,000 to nearly 9,000 in a city with a total population of 72,000. The Black community had a large working-class population as well as doctors, lawyers, and other professionals who provided services to them. Soon the Greenwood section was dubbed “Negro Wall Street” by Tuskegee educator Booker T. Washington.

Greenwood, now called Black Wall Street, was nearly self-sufficient with Black-owned businesses, many initially financed by Gurley, ranging from brickyards and theaters to a chartered airplane company. Gurley built the Gurley Hotel at 112 N. Greenwood and rented out spaces to smaller businesses. His other properties included a two-story building at 119 N. Greenwood, which housed the Masonic Lodge and a Black employment agency. He was also one of the founders of Vernon AME Church.

#Queued #Black Wall Street #O.W. Gurley #Ottowa Gurley #Gurley #Tulsa #North Tulsa #Greenwood Avenue #Greenwood #Tuskegee #Booker T. Washington #Booker T Washington #Vernon AME Church #Black History Month #Black History

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Callaway-Vernon House-Tuskegee, Alabama

The Greek Revival Callaway-Vernon Home was built in 1842. It is a contributing property to other North Main Historic District. This is a photo from the 1985 National Register of Historic Places application. The home was built by Dr. James Wesley Hunter in 1842. Based on the map from the application, and the yard in the current photo, I am positive this house was moved to make way for a new…

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#Alabama #Greek Revival #house #Macon County #National Register of Historic Places #Tuskegee

[cactuskid99]

Day 11 of posting posting famous historic figure's siblings+their home country's national anthem, Sylvester McCauley, Younger brother of Rosa Parks, and, The star spangled banner

#slyvester McCauley #rosa parks #history #black history #united states of america #america #united states #us #usa #Tuskegee #20th century #20th centery photography #1900s photography #1900s #anthem #national anthem #star spangled banner #Spotify #siblings #younger siblings

[mimi-0007]

#george washington carver #black literature #black excellence #black history #black tumblr #Scientist #tuskegee

[whenweallvote]

Today we're remembering the life of Booker T. Washington — among the most prominent Black leaders in late-19th and early-20th century America. Born into slavery on this day in 1856, Washington was an educator, author, and orator, as well as the founder of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute — now called Tuskegee University, in Tuskegee, Alabama.

#BookerTWashington #BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Tuskegee #TuskegeeUniversity #BlackHistoryMatters

[aw2designs]

#tuskegee #tuskegee airmen #redtail #black history #black tumblr #black excellence #black history month #black men #Black pilots #ww2 #cod ww2 #world war 2 #history #black american history #black and proud #black people

[ohyounashtyhuh]

Me Appreciation

#locs #men with locs #ash stay saf #brown skin #black men #appreciation #me appreciation #san fransico #georgia #tuskegee #alabama

[redeyen-eon]

[ never forget_ ]

decades & decades of

continuous trauma

comes with a price_

karma is very real ….

forgiveness is NOT

weakness_

patterns cannot

🐝

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#never forget #pharma news #breaking news #tuskegee #horror #is so real #corrupt government #is the new normal #find god #save the world #the world is live #stay healthy #Youtube

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#tuskegee #alabama #travel #herpetology #herping #herpblr

[ablogfromgrace]

Your PWI is not an HBCU ... & That's Okay

It’s an age-old debate, PWI vs. HBCU. 

For reference:

PWI = Predominantly White Institution

HBCU = Historically Black Colleges & Universities

This discussion has sparked so much tension across every social media platform from Twitter to TikTok. Seeing Black students at PWIs refer to their schools as “basically HBCUs” because of surface-level observations, like parties or them having a higher Black enrollment on their campus. Adversely, seeing Black students at HBCUs degrade PWI students for their decision is equally damaging. We hurt each other so much by trying to prove a point — there is ignorance on both sides. All schools have highs and lows, but our struggles from this argument are in different fonts. Serif & Script to be exact.

Let me tell you something, the HBCU experience is more than what could ever be shown through a screen. It’s an experience of highs and lows, yes and no’s, but it is definitely more than the outside eye can simply observe. That’s why it’s disturbing to see the comparisons as most of them are simply surface level & elementary. Rarely do y’all mention how HBCUs produce the top Black doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. Rarely do you mention the alumni connection & help with networking. Rarely do you mention the general comradery we gain going through whatever B.S. administration puts us through that week. Y’all simply mention the parties. (We do be lit though.)

But as much as I love my HBCU, we still have our faults. (Trust me.)

There are some structural hurdles (housing, financial aid, staffing, etc.) that I go through at my HBCU that I know is unheard of at PWI’s, but I chose my battle after high school.

Personally, I’ve had my share of a PWI experience in my majority white K-12 school experience I had in adolescence. (A stage I recommend everybody skip.) It was from that experience that I decided I’d rather fight the HBCU battle, and I’ve been a frontline soldier ever since.

So, to the Black PWI students, I know the battles you face on your campus are momentous as well. I remember the race debates, the feelings of outcast, and forcing your way in a school that wasn’t made for you. I especially applaud you in navigating that environment as we all grow into adulthood, but comparing your PWI to my HBCU is not the answer. Your battles are in a different category, but still valid nonetheless.

The problem comes when you compare my battles to your battles. This does nothing except create an unnecessary third battle… Black PWI vs. HBCU.

Ain’t that some exhausting sh*t.

A self-induced battle for Black college students, like we all aren’t fighting personal, social, and institutional attacks as it is now. Hell, we all know the ongoing battles Black people face in the world. The last thing Black students need is another battle. There are so many needs to organize Black students period, regardless of the institution. The common goal is higher education, something we can all be proud of. 

We collectively beat statistics, just attending college. Why not use these platforms for a common goal?

Personally, I’ve started these discussions around organizing with some of my PWI friends, and we have a couple ideas. I recommend you do the same!

Your PWI will never be my HBCU… and that’s okay. It was never meant to be. My institution was forced through burdensome situations, much like the inaugural Black students of your institutions were. Our battles are different, but still valid.

Let’s help each other, and stop looking for reasons to polarize.

a blog from grace

#hbculife #pwi #tuskegee #ablogfromgrace

[maiathebee]

In their 1967 book, Black Power, the activists Stokely Carmichael and Charles V. Hamilton devoted a whole chapter to Tuskegee, arguing that it embodied 'the politics of deference.' Recent historians have been more mixed in their assessments. For some, Washington and Tuskegee were [...] paternalism personified. Others more sympathetically note that the ideology of self-help of which Tuskegee was an expression, was very widespread in this period, employed by whites as well as Blacks. They also point to the forces arrayed against African Americans with the rolling back of Reconstruction. This was, after all, a time when whites routinely lynched Blacks who dared to resist, and the government did nothing to stop it. In Up From Slavery, he recalled the laying of his school's cornerstone with particular pride. Only sixteen years after the abolition of slavery, a group of white local officials gathered to celebrate the occasion with a group of Black people (teachers, students, and family), some of whom they had previously owned. 'That spring day at Tuskegee was a remarkable one,' Washington commented, 'I believed there are few places in the world where it could have taken place.' Unfortunately, he was right about that.

On Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute, Craft: An American History by Glenn Adamson

#something about Tuskegee I learned from this book that I didn't know #is that it was funded by the Very Racist southern democrats #in return for black people voting for them #the history of american politics is so often oppressed groups giving up so much to get one thing they desperately need #because the party who won't actively TAKE anything from them also won't give anything to them #like american politics are like one step forward eight steps back #lovecraft country #tuskegee #glenn adamson #booker t. washington #this is an interesting discussion because i think the argument between practical skills and intellectual education is still at the heart #of many education conversations today

[singeratlarge]

SUNDAY MUSIC VIDEO MATINEE “Tuskegee Prayer Band” by Robin Mackey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S919ZRJSKtk Robin was inspired to write this celebratory song after her close friend, Jessie M. Raymond, told Robin stories about growing up in Tuskegee AL and being part of a prayer band with her mother (shown at the end of the video). Prayer bands were a group of people that would walk from house to house on Friday nights to sing, pray for, and check in on the housebound in the community. They’d also visit people in prisons. It was a sacred service and a form of spiritual and social outreach. Prayer bands prevailed until the 1950s, but a tiny handful remain today. This song/video raises awareness of the African American tradition of prayer bands and sacred music which predates gospel, blues, and jazz (read more on Robin’s video notes).

The music track was superbly produced by “Irish soul man” and keyboardist Eomann Flynn (of The Commitments + sideman for other notables). The studio band was comprised of Bay Area A-listers from the musician pool of Fantastic Negrito and Narada Michael Walden. I made the video with Cottonbro Studio. Enjoy—feedback welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S919ZRJSKtk

#robinmackey #prayerband #tuskegee #alabama #service #spirit #prayer #africanamerican #gospel #blues #jazz #eomannflynn #jacksonallen #shamilahivory #scottkeller #camperridge #angelinesaras #glidememorial #joelbehrman #danielcasares #johnnyjblair #cottonbrostudio

#johnny j blair #singer songwriter #music #san francisco #Robin Mackey #prayer band #Tuskegee #Alabama #Eomann Flynn #pop rock #Cottonbro Studio

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Judge William Varner House-Tuskegee, Alabama

This Greek Revival cottage was built in 1853. Oddly, the information on this house is remarkably scant. The last homeowner seems to be Judge William Varner. He is the grandson of William Varner, the founder and first owner of Grey Columns. In 2005, it was placed on Alabama’s Places in Peril.

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#Greek Revival #house #Macon County #Tuskegee

[conandaily2022]

Tuskegee, Alabama's Robdarius Smith accused of shooting Broderick Sanders in Tallassee

Robdarius Ronkevious Smith, 31, of Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States is also known as Rah Rah. He previously lived in Tallassee, Alabama. Smith is 6’2″ tall. He weighs around 150 pounds. Robdarius Ronkevious Smith (©Tallassee Police Department) At around 5:54 p.m. on September 20, 2023, Smith allegedly used an AR-15 style pistol to shoot Broderick Sanders, 28, of Montgomery,…

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#Alabama #Macon County #Tallassee #Tuskegee