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Jun.10.2013
The Portuguese and Spanish nouns are mulato (masculine) and mulata (feminine). These nouns are used to describe a person of mixed African and Caucasian ancestry. According to a very old dictionary, the noun is used for the first generation, "offspring of a pure negro and a white". It seems an old-...
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Jun.06.2013
It always takes me a while to edit photos once I come back from a trip. This is not necessarily because I'm a perfectionist, but more typically because I'm not the world's best picture-taker, so I rely on Photoshop and Camera Raw to salvage what I can.
Without further ado, here are the shots I...
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Jun.01.2013
New Yorkers gather to honor the life of MichaelJackson after his death during Black Music Monthin 2009. (photo by Getty Images)
The basic idea underlying the concept of Pan Africanism is that of cultural awareness and connection leading to mutually beneficial cooperation between people of African...
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May.30.2013
Yes, President Lincoln had suggestions for building colonies outside the United States for freed slaves. President Lincoln originally wanted the emancipation of slaves to be gradual. He wanted to offer southern farmers financial incentives in exchange for freeing their slaves and had plans in mind...
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May.24.2013
The historical events that led to the Civil War are not simple nor interpreted the same by historians and conspiracies abound. In the United States, during the 1800's, the economy of the North differed vastly from that of the South. The South had many large agricultural plantations that prospered...
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May.23.2013
During the 1800's, the United States spread across North America creating new territories. The South's economy was based on plantations. A great many of those plantations used slaves to do the labor. The South wanted any future and newly acquired territories to accept slavery. In Congress and the...
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May.15.2013
There are many who reminisce fondly of the days of plantations. Today, the large plantation homes are tourist destinations. The skill that went into building them fascinates all who visit. Unfortunately, most of these grand homes were built by slaves during the 1700s and 1800s. Antebellum means "...
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Apr.30.2013
As I mentioned before, I'll be giving a reading in May at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans. I always look forward to this conference, and I'm especially excited to be reading from my forthcoming novel (which I've also mentioned before and will likely mention again and...
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Apr.19.2013
The Saints & Sinners Literary Festival is an annual must-attend event on my calendar. This year it's from May 23–26 and is, as always, in the wonderful city of New Orleans (home to plenty of sinners—and maybe one or two saints). In past years, I've attended workshops given by writers such as...
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Jan.04.2013
My parents grew up during the depression. Sometimes my mother didn't wish to talk about her childhood, like the time they had to burn the piano to keep warm. She grew up in a beautiful home her father and his brothers built. Her father built homes along the river in Atchison, Kansas and several...
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