Episodes Around: 18950918

  1. Ida B. Wells Writes and Releases Book About Lynching in the South
    date 1895map WASHINGTON, Virginiatags African-Americans, Crime/Violence, Race-Relations

    Three 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...

  2. Taxes and Their Uses
    date 1895map WESTMORELAND, Virginiatags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Education, Government, Politics

    In 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...

  3. Durham Handbook Reveals Thoughts on Local African Americans
    date 1895 to 1896map DURHAM, North Carolinatags African-Americans, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations

    The 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...

  4. A Controversial Letter to the Editor
    date September, 1895map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Politics, Race-Relations

    In the summer of 1895, a person identifying themselves only as Pee-Dee wrote an explosive letter to the Charleston News and Courier. He proposed all men, both white and black, should be allowed to vote, but that those who owned property should have their vote count for more. Specifically, a man would receive an additional vote for each 500 worth of property he owned up to 5000. Thus, a wealthy man...

  5. Zeigler Brothers Witch Hunt
    date September, 1895map SCREVEN, Georgiatags Crime/Violence, Politics

    Searching high and low, the virtual witch hunt for the Zeigler Brothers, suspected of murdering Sheriff Brooker, came to an unfruitful end. Sheriff Mills attempted to capture and arrest two populist brothers who were accused of shooting and killing Sheriff Brooker, the predecessor to Sheriff Mills in office. Following the murder of their father by Brooker, the brothers swore out a vendetta against...

  6. The South Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1895
    date September 10, 1895 to December 4, 1895map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Race-Relations

    In the 1892 gubernatorial election, Benjamin “Pitchfork' Tillman gathered much support from the growing number of poor farmers and was successfully re-elected, despite the fact that opposing candidates attempted to push blacks to the poles to vote against Tillman. Once his two year term as governor ended, Tillman was elected to the South Carolina State Senate in 1894. After having nearly...

  7. Booker T. Washington calls to Cast Down Your Buckets
    date September 18, 1895map FULTON, Georgiatags African-Americans, Economy, Education, Race-Relations

    Cast down your buckets where you are This was the prophetic cry of Booker T. Washington at the Atlanta Cotton Exposition on Wednesday, September 18, 1895. The talented representative of the negroes and President of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School spoke brilliantly and passionately as he lobbied for African American employment in the burgeoning industrial age. He called upon whites throughout...

  8. Women Prepare for 1895 Atlanta Cotton Exposition
    date September 18, 1895map FULTON, Georgiatags Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    Porcelain panels of fruit, intricate paintings, exquisite displays of needlework, and skillfully-crafted carpentry. These elaborate and beautiful adornments awaited guests of the Women's Department at Atlanta's 1895 Cotton Exposition. Women's social clubs from the entirety of Georgia labored to make their display a true success. To do so, they culled art and handiwork from around the...