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  1. Middle-Class Blacks on Lynching
    date August 31, 1911map New Hanover, North Carolinatags middle-class, Lynching, african americans

    “The key to success for our race depends not on uprising and quarrels, but on the obedience to law and order.” Doctor W.M. Alexander echoed these words throughout a congregation of 500 prominent African American men at a conference in Wilmington. During the discussions on lynching and the crime rate among African Americans, Alexander argued to his constituents that submission to law was the foundation...

  2. Industrious Women Find a Niche
    date January 18, 1896map RICHMOND, Georgiatags Women's roles, Southern Women, Industry

    “In many places there are plenty of industrious and accomplished women who are skillful with the needle, or in the kitchen, and who could make many a nice things the public would like to have if there was only some way in which they could be got before the public.” The Augusta Women’s Exchange, noted the Atlanta Constitution, provided women with the means. “For the fee of one dollar per year...

  3. Lynching in the South
    date August 1, 1896map FULTON, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, african americans

    Run, Ed, run. This is what was probably going through Ed Aiken’s mind when he realized that he could not catch Sallie Harris, a young white lady. Ed Aiken was a black man who was on his way to work on Joe Maddox’s farm. Sallie was leaving her grandmother’s home and was going to her home, the farm of J.F. Harris, a well-known farmer in the Conyers, Georgia area. When Sallie got home and told her...

  4. "More Negroes Being Hired"
    date October 2, 1968map Wake, North Carolinatags Black Labor, African American jobs

    The North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, according to the Rockingham Daily Journal, indicate that by 1968, more African Americans were finding jobs in North Carolina State Government than ever before. The jobs of interest were in education, health, or hospitals, while fields not associated with education, health, or hospitals were still filled with white employees.  A survey was preformed to indicate...

  5. Penders Advertisment
    date December 20, 1933map Wake, North Carolinatags African American Women, employment, African-Americans

    The Pender’s grocery advertisement from the Raleigh Observer depicted a wealthy and very happy white family enjoying a lovely Christmas dinner. The family is being served dinner by a maid, that also appeared to be in a good mood in the advertisement. This advertisement was an illustration of the menial work black women had to do in the 1930s. Domestic jobs were usually the most common types of work...

  6. State Begins to Hire More Black Workers
    date October 2, 1968map Cumberland, North Carolinatags african americans, employment

    On October 2, 1968, the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council submitted a survey to Raleigh demonstrating that blacks were being hired for more positions within the state government. That rise came over the previous two years. There were still state agencies that are all white, but those agencies did not include education, health or hospitals. “The study showed that 38 percent of the blacks employed...

  7. A Fever Like No Other: Yellow Fever in Savannah
    date August, 1876 to 1876map CHATHAM, Georgiatags Disease in the south, urban history

    The year 1876 was a frightening time for the citizens of Savannah, Georgia because of a severe yellow fever epidemic. This disease came with terrible symptoms. The symptoms of yellow fever included fever, muscle pains, vomiting, and jaundice. Death was the common outcome for these patients. This outbreak in Savannah was noted in other rival port cities such as Galveston. This occurred in order to try...

  8. Evacuation: A Last Resort for Health- Seeking Citizens of Savannah
    date 1876map CHATHAM, Georgiatags Diseases in the south, urban history

    Evacuation in Savannah during the year 1876 was something that people in the city wanted to avoid at all costs. Unfortunately, in many cases there was simply no other option. Yellow fever struck Savannah in 1876. People began to move out of the city as soon as the disease began to spread. The immense amount of worry about the disease and its terrible symptoms caused citizens to flee the city. An 1876...