#hampton university

[todaysdocument]

Students at Whittier School at the Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) learn to knit for the war effort. August 5, 1918.

Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs

Series: American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs

File Unit: Colleges and Universities - Hampton Institute

Image description: Four girls and a young woman sit on a porch. Each has a ball of yarn on her lap and is knitting. They are all wearing light-colored dresses. The teaching institute and associated school were created to serve the Black community; all of the people in the photo are Black. 

Transcription: WAR ACTIVITIES OF HAMPTON INSTITUTE, HAMPTON, VA. / Whittier School girls learning to knit for war sufferers. 

#archivesgov #August 5 #1918 #1910s #World War I #WWI #Hampton University #HBCU #knitting #Black history #African American history

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#talkin #tik tok #hbcu #hampton university #howard university #historically black college and university

[otoso]

Byron Perkins, first openly gay HBCU football player

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#black men #hbcu #college football #Hampton University #black gay pride #black gay male #cbs sports #coming out #gay athletes

[taffetastrology]

The signs as Hampton University Ebony Fire looks

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#the signs as #zodiac aesthetic #astrology #horoscope #ebony fire #hampton university #majorette #dance #hbcu

[katchwreck]

#hampton university #marxism #cultural hegemony #False consciousness

[blackfolksintime]

Three students playing basketball, Hampton University, 1907.

#1907 #black life #black history #black vintage #Hampton University #black women

[whenweallvote]

Throughout Black History Month, we’re highlighting people who work with us to get their communities registered and ready to vote. So many of us make history every day, and we are proud to honor these voices in action.

Today we’re uplifting Shavonne Hines-Foster, one of our 500+ Student Ambassadors making an impact on HBCU campuses across the country! 

Feeling inspired by Shavonne? Read her full interview at whenweallvote.medium.com, and learn how YOU can get involved with our work too at weall.vote/takeaction!

#blackhistorymonth #black history month #HBCU #hampton university #HBCU students

[davidhccarter]

Friday Blog: New Age Serfs.

Hello again my friends. I come to you today with a heavy heart as a result of the death of Central State Hospital patient Irvo Otieno at the hands of the “authorities” he was under the “care” of. The good news in the wake of this horrible tragedy is the hopeful change in America’s attitude towards mental illness and the mentally ill.

As many of you probably know my latest book, The Learning Curve, is based on my life story and past as a sufferer of the disease. Although my faith in God placed me in a position to be miraculously healed of the illness the topic is still close to my heart as are those who suffer from the disease.

Spiritual knowledge has lead me to the understanding that the mind is the soul and cannot be ill. As a result I see the illness as more of a brain disorder.

My noting of these things is not by any means a excuse for Mr. Otieno’s death as a result of the criminal actions of Law Enforcement and staff of the state run “medical” facility. These issues to me remain at the forefront as does the homicide of Tyre Nichols by the police officers In Memphis, Tennessee. America has a bad habit of “blaming the victim” instead of dealing with the perpetrators of incidents like this. From my days at Hampton University, I remember taking a course in English history where I performed very well and learned about the English Revolution and the thoughts of every day citizens involved in it. I remarked to some friends recently about a book I read in that class called The World Turned Upside Down by Christopher Hill that quoted former serfs who sought a “leg up” in society as a result of the change in the societal order that lead to the establishment of a merchant class and more power for lords who served the King.

Many of these commoners were called mentally ill by the rich and those in power because their ideas threatened the current social order. We must be careful not to “demonize” those who speak up against the tyranny of those in power and continue to support the free speech of all. As a High School teacher once told my class, there was an old saying, “I don’t agree with what you’re saying but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.”

Until next time, remember, God loves you and so do I.

#irvo otieno #good news #mental illness #autobiographical fiction #life story #faith #god #heart #spiritual knowledge #soul #law enforcement #tyre nichols #memphis tennessee #america #hampton university #english history #society #power #free speech #high school

[tani-b-art]

PBS' Making Black America: Through the Grapevine (E1)

#Making Black America: Through the Grapevine #education #reading #John Berry Meachum #Susie King Taylor #Mary Peake #Mary S. Peake #floating school #school #Black America #Black American historical figures #PBS #literacy #Black teachers #Black schools #Black educators #Hampton University

[claudia1829things]

TIME MACHINE: Mary S. Peake

TIME MACHINE: MARY S. PEAKE

One of the least known historical figures from the 19th century an American educator and humanitarian named Mary S. Peake. Along with her husband, Mrs. Peake was a member of the African American elite community from Hampton, Virginia before the U.S. Civil War.

In 1823 Norfolk, Virginia; Mary Peake was born as Mary Smith Kelsey to a light-skinned free woman of color and an Englishman. Her mother sent Mary to live with her aunt in Alexandria (then part of the District of Columbia), so that she could attend school. Mary spent another eight years attending a primary school operated by Sylvia Morris. Since Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia until 1846, when it was retro-ceded to Virgina. A new U.S. Congress law prohibited free people of color in Virginia and several other Southern states from being educated. This prohibition came as a result from the Nat Turner Rebellion in 1831. When Alexandria was retro-ceded back to Virginia in 1846, all schools for free people of color were closed due to this law. However, Mary had completed her education at age sixteen by 1839 and returned to her family in Norfolk.

Not long after her return to Norfolk, Mary secretly taught some of the city's slaves and free blacks to read and write in defiance of the law that prohibited African Americans from receiving an education. Her widowed mother married a free man of color named Thompson Walker in 1847 and the family moved to Hampton, Virginia, where they purchased a house. In 1850-51, Mary married Thomas Peake, a freed slave who worked in the merchant marine. The couple had a daughter named Hattie, whom they nicknamed "Daisy". As she had done in Norfolk, Mary began teaching some of the neighborhood's slaves and free blacks in defiance of the law prohibiting their education. Kelsey also founded a women's charitable organization, called the Daughters of Zion, whose mission was to assist the poor, the sick and enslaved fugitives who managed to reach Hampton. She supported herself and her family as a dressmaker and continued to teach in secret. Among her adult students was her stepfather Thompson Walker, who became a leader of Hampton's black community.

A few weeks following the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War, Union forces assumed control of the nearby Fort Monroe. The fortification became a place of refuge for enslaved fugitives seeking asylum. The Union defined them as "contraband", a legal status to prevent their being returned to Confederate slaveholders. They built the Grand Contraband Camp near, but outside the protection of Fort Monroe. Her classes moved inside Fort Monroe, after Confederate forces torched Hampton in August 1861. After Mary Peake began teaching the fugitives' children, the American Missionary Association (AMA) hired her as its first paid black teacher. Mary taught her first class and many others under a large oak tree on September 17, 1861; in Phoebus, a small town nearby in Elizabeth City County.

Eventually, the AMA provided Peake with Brown Cottage, which is considered the first facility of Hampton Institute (and later Hampton University). Mary's school taught more than fifty children during the day and twenty adults at night. Due to her classes being held at Brown Cottage, Mary became associated with the AMA’s later founding of Hampton University in 1868. However, Mary never enjoyed this distinction during her lifetime. Before the war, she had contracted tuberculosis. The illness struck her again in February 1862. And on February 22, 1862 - George Washington's birthday - Mary Peake died of tuberculosis.

For more details on Mary S. Peake, I recommend the following book:

"Mary S. Peake, The Colored Teacher at Fortress Monroe" by Rev. Lewis C. Lockwood

#u.s. history #u.s. slavery #american history #mary s. peake #antebellum #u.s. civil war #hampton #hampton va #fortress monroe #fort monroe #hampton university #american missionary association #black history

[i-dont-need-opinions]

#me #self image #homecoming #hampton university

[davestone13-blog]

What makes you say, "Would the real Shelton Haynes now please stand up?"

Especially in the last year, we’ve seen a lot of supposedly real Shelton Haynes portrayals appear online. That’s inexplicable, given that the man’s not a chameleon. He’s real, but most recently, his Hampton alumni newsletter, nudges out a whole new, almost surreal persona. One Roosevelt Islander calls it, “Another sad display of complete delusional self-promotion…” But does that doesn’t do it…

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#Hampton University #RIOC #Shelton Haynes

[africanamericanreports]

Brooke Hart Jones, a Hampton University alum is using toys to celebrate the rich history of historically Black colleges and universities and all that they have to offer.

Jones is the owner and creator of HBCyoU Dolls. Jones also created the dolls to teach children about HBCUs. #HBCyoUdolls #HBCU

#HBCyoU dolls #HBCU #HBCU dolls #African American #Hampton University

[pencilandinks]

- Brooke Hampton

#brooke hampton #feelings #love #life #relationship #heartbreak #quotes #lost love #artists on tumblr #reading #books #quote #art #poetry #first love #wise sayings #wise words #alternate universe #manifestation #soul vibes #inner healing

[womeninfictionandirl]

Black Widow by Scott Hampton

#Scott Hampton #black widow #natasha romanoff #natasha romanov #natasha romonova #art #artwork #marvel #marvel universe #marvel superheroes #marvel comics #marvel heroes #marvel heroines #marvel characters

[peachpety]

Massively Magical, by peachpety

--A Companion Piece to A Weasel in the Hamptons--

Pumpkin Spice Fic Fest 2022 🍎 draco x ron 🍎 E 🍎 3.6k 🍎 banter & butt plugs 🍎 prompts: apple, confession, semi-public sex

It’s Hermione and Theo’s wedding, and Pansy’s grooms-wizard’s gift has Draco hot and bothered. Ron is more than happy to help his boyfriend in his time of need.

Excerpt

Draco waves away Ron’s concern and, in the same arching gesture, casts a Concealment Charm and Muffliato. The conversational buzz in the conservatory mutes to a hum.

“It’s been a long day, and I’m just…”

Ron hangs his camera on a tree branch and eats the cake, watching Draco as he paces and noting his flushed face and erratic breaths. His hair is mussed in the back as if he’s run his fingers through it. He’s agitated, sure, but less irritated and more…uncomfortable, maybe? He looks completely fuckable.

“Horny?” Ron chuckles. Draco’s glare holds more heat than vitriol. “Oh fuck,” Ron says. “You are.”

“Don’t mock,” Draco says flatly. He finishes the cocktail and vanishes the glass. “And take off your trousers.”

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Big thanks to J and @mystickitten42 for helping me help the boys to a big finish. here it is y'all, my first foray into Big Sex. enjoy! xo peach 🍑

#peach writes #dron #dron fanfic #draco x ron #pumpkin spice fic fest #pumpkin spice fic fest 2022 #spicy dron #prompt: apple #prompt: confession #prompt: semi-public sex #a weasel in the hamptons universe #companion fic