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00:44International Anti-Slavery Org.-Book Black Abolitionist ch8
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: william still black abolitionists quarrels william still brother peter gist international international anti slavery abolitionist wells brown granett purvis wilberforce lesley gist black history underground railroad
International Anti-Slavery Movement-Book Black Abolitionist chapters 7& 8! when the idea suddenly flashed across my mind of shutting myself up in a box, and getting myself conveyed as dry goods to a free state. he did not think I could live in a box for so long a time as would be necessary to convey me to Philadelphia,
where I was again placed with my head down, and in this dreadful position had to remain nearly an hour and a half, which, from the sufferings I had thus to endure, seemed like an age to me, but I was forgetting the battle of liberty, and I was resolved to conquer or die. I felt my eyes swelling as if they would burst from their sockets; and the veins on my temples were dreadfully distended with pressure of blood upon my head. In this position I attempted to lift my hand to my face but I had no power to move it; I felt a cold sweat coming over me which seemed to be a warning that death was about to terminate my earthly miseries, but as I feared even that, less than slavery,
I resolved to submit to the will of God, and under the influence of that impression, I lifted up my soul in prayer to God, who alone, was able to deliver me. My cry was soon heard, for I could hear a man saying to another, that he had travelled a long way and had been standing there two hours, and he would like to get somewhat to sit down; so perceiving my box, standing on end, he threw it down and then two sat upon it.
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Descendant, John Brown's Black Militant Abolitionist, Leary!
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: john brown django lewis leary kimberly simmons langston hughes black abolitionists john brown black militia slavery john price anthony burns burns price shadrach christiana wellington lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
Join The Gist of Freedom as we welcome Kimberly Simmons- Descendant of The Militant Abolitionist Lewis Leary, (John Brown Raider and The "John Price Rescue"). Kimberly will share stories of her family legacy in social activism, The Underground Railroad, which include two John Brown Heroes, Lewis Leary and John Copeland; Hiram Revels, (first African American United States Senator, filled the seat left vacant by the Confederacy President Jefferson Davis) and two Ameri
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Rosa Parks was Frances Harper,Black Abolitionist Book ch 4/5
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: rosa parks frances watkins harper slavery abolit abolitionists slavery anti slavery blacks book black female abolitionist slavery frances harper benjamin quarles BLACK ABOLITIONISTS CHP 4 BOOK lesley gist black history blog podcast freedom
1846 – She began her amazing career as a writer by publishing her first book of poetry, Forest Leaves, at the age of 21. 1858 – She refused to give up her seat or ride in the “colored” section of a segregated trolley car in Philadelphia (100 years before Rosa Parks) and wrote one her most famous poems, “Bury Me In A Free Land,” when she got very sick while on a lecturing tour. Her short story “The Two Offers” became the first short story to be
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David Ruggles, Black Abolitionist Rescued Frederick Douglas
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: david ruggles black abolitionist rescued douglas frederick douglas david ruggles graham hodges ruggles first black bookstore underground new york underground railroad freedom trail lesley gist freedom underground talk radio
Black Abolitionist David Ruggles helped a runaway slave from Maryland survive to become Frederick Douglas, the most respected African-American of the 19th century. Learn More Tuesday April 3rd with The Gist of Freedomhost Professor Dr. Weldon McWilliams and Professor Graham Russell Hodges, author~ David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture) ~ David Ruggles opened the first bla
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Professor Carol Hunter, Black Abolitionist Jermaine Lougen
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: carol hunter author african american studies black abolitionist jermaine lougen freed blacks slavery civil war abolitionist hall of fame leslie lesley gist internet radio show blog the gist of freedom african american studies
Professor Carol Hunter, Black Abolitionist Jermaine Lougen Jermain Wesley Loguen, famous “Underground Railroad King” of Syracuse, will be inducted into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum at Saturday, October 22, 2011 ceremonies to be held at Colgate University in Hamilton NY. he Induction of Jermain Wesley Loguen begins at 1:30 p.m. in Golden Auditorium at Colgate University with I Owe My Freedom to the God Who Made Me: Jermain Loguen and the Struggle for Freedom presen
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Cross Encounters Radio: Christian Rapper Jovan Mackenzy
by Cross Encounters in Religion
Tags: Christianity Bible Holy Spirit teaching worldview
Tony's guest's on tonight's show include Christian rapper Jovan Mackenzy, and abortion abolitionist (and full-time mom) Shauna Lopez.
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Wanda's Picks Radio Show
by Wandas Picks in Art
Tags: Regina Evans DivaFest in San Francisco Sex Trafficking Abolitionist Nancy Kelly dir Rebels with a Cause Green Fest Mario Chiodo Remember ThemChampions for Humanity Soul Movements
We open with an interview with Bay Area playwright and activist, Regina Evans. Ms. Evans speaks to us about her one woman show at DivaFest in San Francisco June 1, 8 p.m. and later in the year the full production is a part of the San Francisco Fringe Festival.
Bio: Regina Y. Evans is a Poet, Playwright and Social Justice Performer. She volunteers as a Modern Day Abolitionist in the fight against Sex Trafficking. Ms. Evans is a published Writer, and the Author of the poetry books Nonnie and The Butterfly, Unlatched Mosaic, and Nothing Cool About Ten. She is the writer of Echo: A Poetic Journey into Justice, a stage play bringing awareness to the issue of trafficking. Echo has played to sold out performances in Berkeley and San Francisco, Ca. The play caught the notice of President Barack Obama who confirmed his support of the effort through a personal White House phone call in 2011. http://www.divafest.info/ June 1, 2013, 8 p.m.; Fringe Festival Sept. 6-21, 2013 http://www.sffringe.org/wordpress/52-2/ SF Green Festival which opens in San Francisco with San Francisco Bay Area director, Nancy Kelly's wonderful film, Rebels with a Cause, about the San Francisco Bay Area Green Movement veterans who are central to the preservation of open spaces especially the coastal areas, beginning with the Point Reyes National Seashore, and more recently the Golden Gate Recreation Area. We close the show with a rebroadcast of artist Mario Chiodo speaking about the completion of Remember Them: Champions for Humanity, which is having its opening reception Friday, May 31, 3 p.m. at the Henry J.Kaiser Memorial Park (19th & Rashidah Muhammad Streets) in Oakland. Music: Victoria Theodore; Meklit Hadero; Regina Carter; Vjay Iyer
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Bold Strike For Freedom! Commandeered Arsenal 6.16.13
by The Gist of Freedom in Education
Tags: Bold Strike underground Gist Still Estep Grigsby wife runaway escape Underground Guns African American studies black history books escapes slavery weapons still grisby lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Click to Listen To The Gist of Freedom is pleased to present to you "The Bold Strike For Freedom" an excerpt from William Still's Book, The Underground Railroad with guest Erik Estep! On Christmas Eve 1855, Barnaby Grigsby and his Mary Elizabeth, took the slaver's best team of horses and his carriage, packed it knives and guns, and fled slavery. Grigsby and Elizabeth were married. William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote the Underground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery.
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Bold Strike For Freedom! Commandeered Arsenal 6.16.13
by Gist of Freedom in Culture
Tags: Barnaby Grigsby wife Mary Elizabeth underground Grigsby escape underground railroad runaway william still grigsby erik estep book black history african america studies lesley leslie gist black history blog university
Click to Listen To The Gist of Freedom tonight at 8pm On Christmas Eve 1855, Barnaby Grigsby and his Mary Elizabeth, took the slaver's best team of horses and his carriage, packed it knives and guns, and fled slavery. Grigsby and Elizabeth were married. Tonight on The Gist of Freedom join us as Historian Erik Estep talks with host Preston Washington about the courageous "Runaway Slaves" chronicled in William Still's book, The Underground Railroad. William Still was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as "The Father of the Underground Railroad". He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. This famous abolitionist literally wrote the Underground Railroad book. The book which explained the story, narratives often in the words of the participants in the effort to escape slavery. It provided intimate detail on the workings of conductors like himself but it also provided numerous letters and testimonials from fugitive slaves to Still either requesting assistance or thanking him for his efforts. Even today, The Underground Railroad remains a major source for understanding thi
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Black Prisoners in Confederate Prisons During the Civil War
by BerniceBennett in History
Tags: Bob J O Connor Author The US Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison Database Africa American Research
Natonne Elaine Kemp and special guest host Angela Walton-Raji will discuss with author and researcher Bob J. O’ Connor his research on Black Prisoners in Confederate Prisons During the Civil War.
O'Connor is a native of Dixon, Illinois and a graduate of Northern llinois University. He is retired, and lives in Charles Town, WV and is the author of nine books, all on the American Civil War. His topics include John Brown(abolitionist), Ward Hill Lamon (President Lincoln's bodyguard), and Civil War topics linked to his local area (two brothers who fought against each other twice and a black blacksmith who is seeking his freedom).
His interest in studying African American history comes from studying John Brown and Abraham Lincoln and their concerns with slavery.
His current research involves studying the black prisoners held in Confederate prisons during the Civil War. The stereotypes that no black prisoner made it to prison are wrong. In fact, he is only partially through the U.S. Colored Troops records and have found 2,182 black prisoners (2078 soldiers and 104 black sailors). An amazing 79 percent of those black POW's survived their incarceration.
His research includes the names, regiments, company, rank, date of capture, place of capture, name of the prison or prisons where they were held, if they survived or not, date of death or what happened to them, place of birth and age.
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TGIF! A Trio of Poets & John V. Amodeo
by GelatisScoop in Books
Tags: Shannon Laws Paul Hanson Sean Dwyer John V Amodeo The Captains Coin
Shannon Laws returns to The G-ZONE with a couple of her friends,Paul Hanson & Sean Dwyer, to discuss poetry and all that they have going.
During the second half of the two- hour show John V. Amodeo, author of "The Captain's Coin" , will be discussing his novel as well as his non-fiction work.
Here is a bit more on John V. Amodeo & "The Captain's Coin":
The Captain’s Coin is a fictional account of Michael Brady’s journey from Ireland to America in 1848 aboard a ‘coffin ship’ to New York City at the height of the Irish Potato Famine. Once aboard, Michael wins the respect of the captain who gives him a token ‘good luck coin’ and a letter of recommendation to a leading New York businessman. This opening allows him to rise up the corporate ladder, marry an abolitionist only to suffer the loss of this young wife at the onset of the Civil War. Volunteering his services to offset his grief, he saves the Union at the Battle of Antietam, his ‘lucky coin,’ deflecting a life-threatening wound and thus saving his life. He returns home a hero and is elected to the NYS Assembly, rising to Speaker and running for Governor in 1888. Born in Troy, New York, John V. Amodeo now lives in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan. For three decades, Amodeo worked for the NYC public school system as assistant principal and history department head; now retired from that post, he is an adjunct professor of American history and political science at Mercy College. Amodeo exercises his love for NYC as a part-time tour guide. His previous books include: 'Voices of Hell's Kitchen,' a fictional account of the myriad personalities of his unique neighborhood.
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Pro-Life Fridays
by The Invisible Conservative in Life
Tags: Pro-Life Abortion IRS scandal Aaron Schock Coalition for Life of Iowa
Today, PLFR hosts take a very honest look at the facets of the pro-life movement, both positive and negative. Thomas will address specifics on obstacles to cooperation among different pro-life groups, abolitionist groups, and personalities.
Plus, as the IRS scandal unfolds, the public has learned that the dragnet for audits and invasive scrutiny included not only conservative Tea Party groups and pro-Israel groups, but also pro-life groups. The Coalition for Life of Iowa was one such group that received quid pro quo demands from one IRS agent during its application process for a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. We will be talking to Congressman Aaron Schock (R) from Illinois about his recent involvement in the Congressional hearings on the IRS targeting. We will also be interviewing Sue Martinek from the Coalition for Life of Iowa on her experience being the target of harrassment from the IRS.
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