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- Ida B. Wells Writes and Releases Book About Lynching in the South
1895
WASHINGTON, Virginia
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-RelationsThree years prior to the release of A Red Record, Ida B.Wells was forced out of her home in Memphis, Tennessee and into Northern exile by her campaign against lynching. The white Northern press excluded most African American writers, so Wells was forced to create new arguments and tactics. In an effort to attract attention to the plight of blacks, Wells attacked white fears of declining manliness...
- Georgia Lynchings & Murder
January, 1895 to May 22, 1895
MONTGOMERY, Georgia
African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Health/Death, Race-RelationsIn the first half of 1895, four black men were lynched by whites in Georgia. On May 22, 1895, Sheriff George Dunham went to the residence of William Connell in Dublin, Georgia to investigate claims that Connell had beaten his wife. According to a Georgia newspaper, the Atlanta Constitution, which claimed it represented the true facts of the case,' Connell opened the door when the Sheriff...
- Taxes and Their Uses
1895
WESTMORELAND, Virginia
Arts/Leisure, Economy, Education, Government, PoliticsIn 1895 Mr. Thomas Brown paid his taxes to S.B. Hardwick, who was the treasurer of Westmoreland County, Virginia at that time. During that time, everyone had to pay one dollar to the state and fifty cents to the county per head. Taxes were based on every one hundred dollars worth of property. For example, it was thirty cents for state tax, ten cents for state school tax, and fifteen cents for road...
- Durham Handbook Reveals Thoughts on Local African Americans
1895 to 1896
DURHAM, North Carolina
African-Americans, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Race-RelationsThe Educator Company, comprised of a group of people dedicated to the advancement and prosperity of their towns, released a Handbook of Durham County in 1895. In the introduction, the authors stated that their intention was to give people seeking a new home a brief description of the area and the advantages it offers as one of the foremost cities of the South. Throughout the book, they gave detailed...
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
April 16, 1895 to May 20, 1895
WASHINGTON, Virginia
EconomyThe Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. was an important Supreme Court case dealing with the first establishment of an income tax in the United States and the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894. The Gorman Tariff Act stated that, for a five year period, any gains, profits and incomes' in excess of 4,000 would be taxed at two percent. In compliance with the Act, the Farmers' Loan...
- African American Composer William Grant Still is Born
May 11, 1895
WILKINSON, Mississippi
African-Americans, Arts/LeisureWilliam Grant Still was born on May 11, 1895 in Woodville, Mississippi. His father passed away when Still was only three months old, and he and his mother moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where she soon remarried. As a boy, Still learned to play the oboe and cello and took violin lessons. He soon developed an interest in African American, jazz, popular, opera, and classical genres. Still attended...