Arkansas City, AR Honors John H. Johnson, Founder of Ebony and Jet Magazine with a Statue
November 1, 2023, was beautiful in Arkansas City, AR. It was a day to honor an icon of the black press, John H. Johnson, founder of...
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Tammy Gibson
- Jul 25
- 5 min
Happy Birthday Emmett Louis Till
Today, July 25, 2023 would have been Emmett Louis Till's 82nd birthday. If he wasn't murdered in 1955, he would probably be alive today....
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Tammy Gibson
- Mar 27
- 4 min
Black Graves Matter - Union Baptist Cemetery
This past summer, I visited Union Baptist Cemetery located in Cincinnati, OH. Union Baptist Cemetery is on the National Register of...
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Tammy Gibson
- Sep 7, 2022
- 6 min
Self-Driving Tour of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY
"My attachment to Rochester, my home for more than a quarter century, will endure with my life." - Frederick Douglass. Frederick Augustus...
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Tammy Gibson
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Black History Untaught - Memorial Day
As we celebrate Memorial Day to honor the men and women who sacrificed their lives, the history of Memorial Day which was FIRST started...
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Tammy Gibson
- May 26, 2022
- 3 min
Sacred Grounds of Historic Tucker Family Cemetery
Tucked away in a quiet neighborhood in Hampton, VA, between two residential homes, is one of the oldest black cemeteries. At rest are...
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Tammy Gibson
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
Re-Opening of the America's Black Holocaust Museum
Sunday, February 20, I took a 2-hour drive to Milwaukee, WI. As a member of America's Black Holocaust Museum, I attended a private...
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Tammy Gibson
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Colorful Mural Wall That Divided Blacks and Whites in Detroit
I took a short trip to Detroit to locate the Eight Mile Wall. On the north side of Detroit, the six-foot wall known as the Birwood Wall,...
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Tammy Gibson
- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
April 23, 1940 Rhythm Night Club Fire
Tragedy happened 81 years ago in Natchez, MS on April 23, 1940. 209 lives were lost at the Rhythm Night Club. I traveled to Natchez, MS...
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Tammy Gibson
- Apr 7, 2021
- 5 min
Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda - 27 Years Later
I have to admit, I knew very little about the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. When I planned my trip to Tanzania with African...
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Tammy Gibson
- Apr 5, 2021
- 2 min
Tanzania Part II - Hunting With The Hadzabe Tribe
While in Tanzania, a couple of people from African American Travelers and myself got up early in the morning to visit the Hadzabe Tribe...
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Tammy Gibson
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Tanzania Part I - Mt. Kilimanjaro Day and the Maasai Tribe
AFRICA, what a beautiful word. Every year, I make it a point to go to a different country. On my last trip in 2019, I had an amazing...
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Tammy Gibson
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Nearest Green, The Teacher and Jack Daniel, The Student
The history of Nathan “Nearest” Green, like many African American men and women, have been withheld and erased, but hidden no more....
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Tammy Gibson
- Nov 3, 2020
- 6 min
People Died, But Did You VOTE?
"I gave a little blood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to dramatize to the nation that people of color were denied the right to vote. I was...
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Tammy Gibson
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
Bombing of the Four Little Girls - Futures Denied
Today marks 57 years that 11-year-old Denise McNair, and 14-year-olds Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed...
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Tammy Gibson
- Sep 6, 2020
- 2 min
Nancy Green "Aunt Jemima" FINALLY has a headstone!!!!!!
Yesterday, was the Remembrance for Mrs. Nancy Green (the Original Aunt Jemima) at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago, IL. Due to the...
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Tammy Gibson
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
1908 Springfield IL Race Riot
Last month I took a weekend trip to Springfield IL to retrace and learn about the sites of the two-day 1908 Race Riot that killed an...
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Tammy Gibson
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Henrietta Lacks 100th Birthday
His year marks, Henrietta Lacks' the "Mother of Modern Medicine," 100 birthday. I was supposed to attend the HeLa 2020: The Incontestable...
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Tammy Gibson
- Jul 28, 2020
- 4 min
Congressman John Lewis - The Boy from Troy
Congressman, John Lewis was my hero. Out of all of the civil rights leaders I wanted to meet, he was at the top of the list. I had an...
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Tammy Gibson
- Jun 26, 2020
- 8 min
Aunt Jemima - 131 Years Too Damn Late
So, the Quaker Oats and PepsiCo Companies just all of sudden realized 131 years later that the mammy-like caricature, the Aunt Jemima...
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