Menstrual Hygiene Day
May is National Menstrual Hygiene Month. In April 2024, I traveled to the Ivory Coast for an amazing trip. There were several highlights....
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Tammy Gibson
- Mar 25
- 4 min
Children of the Angels - Atlanta Children’s Eternal Flame Memorial
Last week, I watched the documentary "Maynard," about the life and career of Maynard Jackson, the first Black mayor of Atlanta (I highly...
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Tammy Gibson
- Mar 8
- 6 min
Tech Titan - Annie Easley
A few years ago, three amazing Black women human computers, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson who were instrumental in...
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Tammy Gibson
- Dec 13, 2023
- 6 min
The Himbas Of Namibia
In the Summer of 2023, I traveled to Namibia with ThatMan Travels and some amazing, beautiful sistas. When I heard about the trip, I had...
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Tammy Gibson
- Nov 4, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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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