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Episodes tagged "african americans": 11 through 20 of 24

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  1. “Few of you are wise enough, and good enough to be trusted with liberty.”
    date September 11, 1842map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Abolitionism, african americans, Religion

    Upon entering the vibrant city of Georgetown and embarking upon a new career path as a teacher, Miss Caroline Healey Dall found herself at once confronted with questions she relied upon her religious convictions to answer. In her diary, Caroline documented her day-to-day life and travels, as well as her dreams, passions, and concerns.   After the Panic of 1837 left her father bankrupt, Caroline set...

  2. Land for African American Schools
    date July 4, 1912map New Hanover, North Carolinatags Education, african americans

    “After a lengthy and at times acrimonious debate, the House today passed a bill conveying to the board of education of New Hanover County, N.C., thirty-four acres of land in the city of Wilmington for the erection of an industrial school for Negroes,” reported the Raleigh News and Observer. African Americans in the early twentieth century faced poverty, joblessness, poor housing, unequal justice,...

  3. 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...

  4. The African American Struggle through the U.S. Educational System
    date 1870 to 1890map ORANGE, Floridatags Black Schools, Educational System, african americans, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Educat

    Before the end of the Civil War, the education of black slaves in the United States was a criminal endeavor. Although efforts were made in the newly formed free black communities to organize schools, few African Americans received any education at all before the Reconstruction Era when public schools were opened. Even then, establishments for black children were poorly financed and largely ignored....

  5. Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: A Free Woman
    date 1855 to May, 1870map NASSAU, Floridatags african americans, Anna Kingsley, African American Women

    Unrestrained Florida landscapes surround the large, white plantation home on Fort George Island, now called “The Princess House.” Echoes of past voices in celebration, in labour, and in daily life resound through the hollow rooms, the large covered porch, and the plantation grounds. Once home to an African princess, wed to a Spanish plantation owner, the home stands as a piece of living African...

  6. Job Opportunities at the Seminole Hotel
    date 1886 to 1902map ORANGE, Floridatags employment, african americans

    In 1886 an impressive hotel was built on Lake Osceola called the Seminole Hotel. This hotel was a huge addition to the Winter Park community. It consisted of two hundred rooms and provided plenty of activities to entertain the guests, such as a bowling alley, croquet, tennis, and a billiard room. A bonus of being on the lake was that they were able to offer sailing, rowing, fishing, and two steam yachts....

  7. African Americans in the Seminole Hotel
    date 1886map ORANGE, Floridatags Economy, Race Relations, african americans

    Observing the history of Winter Park, the Seminole Hotel which was built in 1886 is one location that is significant in many ways to the American Life, especially for African Americans. The Seminole Hotel was a grand resort in Lake Osceola and it was a vacation destination which attracted many wealthy northerners who were escaping the unpleasant weather from their home towns. While it is evident that...

  8. Eatonville and the Robert Hungerford Industrial School
    date 1888 to 1910map ORANGE, Floridatags Education for blacks, african americans

    Dr. Robert Hungerford is best known for the school in Maitland, Florida that was named after him, however, his willingness and selfless attitude in preaching education is what best characterizes the type of person he actually was. Hungerford was a young white physician from Seymour, Connecticut who spent a winter in Maitland, Florida in hopes of bettering his health.  While in Maitland, he became...

  9. Zora Hurston and the Turpentine Camp
    date March, 1939 to 1939map Collier, Floridatags african americans, Zora Hurston, Turpentine, Black Labor

    Zora Neale Hurston’s expedition to a Turpentine camp in Cross City, Florida was much more exciting and informative than it sounds. Hurston described the start of her trip in an essay she wrote on her experience there as, “going up some roads and down some others to see what Negroes do for a living.” 1  Hurston exclaimed that to an outsider, these African Americans worked at a Turpentine still,...

  10. Slave Smuggling in New Smyrna
    date June 6, 1826 to July 2, 1831map Florida, Floridatags Slavery, african americans, Smuggling, New Smyrna

    It was June 6th, 1826 when David R. Dunham, inspector of customs at New Smyrna, located a small schooner from Virginia that was operating quite oddly. The ‘John Richard” which was captained by James Spillman, arrived in St. Augustine from Alexandria with provisions for the U.S. troops that were stationed in Florida. Captain Spillman intended to immediately stock-up and depart for the West Indies...

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