Tuesday, November 19, 2013

The History of Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Roseland, LA.

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Big Zion A.M.E. Church in Roseland, LA Unique in the history of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, is the history of the foundi...

An African American Farmer and Businessman Owned His Own Cotton Gin in Amite, LA

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Walter Wren, Sr. W alter Wren.Sr.,  was born to the late Sallie and Harry Wren on September 14, 1915.  After being raised by his parent...

West Side High Girls Basketball Team of Amite, Louisiana

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West Side High Girls Basketball Team Kneeling( Left to Right) Edna Jackson, Julia Siber, Ola Mae Fleming, Amanda Bush, Gracie Bean Sta...

Rev. Ernest Thomas Pugh of Amite, Louisiana

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Rev. Ernest Thomas Pugh 1898-1979 Rev. Ernest T. Pugh was born in 1898 and died in 1979. He received his high school education at Pearl...

Grant Chapel A.M.E. of Amite, Louisiana Church History

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Photo Credit: Legacies of Color Scrapbook Mrs. Gracie Perry T he history of Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church revealed that the construction ...

1845 St. Helena Parish Slaveholders

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Peter a slave were beat in 1860 in Louisiana St. Helena Parish Courthouse, Bin of Bonds & Oaths W e the undersigned slave holders ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Clotidle Aaron Zanders of Amite, LA

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C lotidle Aaron Zander, one has to think in terms of memories. She was born in Amite, Louisiana, on December 27, 1912, to the late Mike and ...

Mrs. Mamie Holmes Homemade Tea Cakes

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M y mother use to make homemade tea cakes when my brothers and I was growing up. Come to think of it, she hadn't  made any in over two...
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Willie K. Gordon, Sr. Remembered the Day They Tried to Lynch Him in Amite, Louisiana

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Willie Kiddes Gordon He was born in St. Helena Parish on August 6, 1909.  At the time of this interview he was 91 years old and he were...
Friday, November 15, 2013

The Legacy of Supt. Alexander Richardson of Amite, LA

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Supt. Alexander Richardson and wife Melissa Wheat Richardon Alexander Richardson was born on October 25, 1907 to Thomas Alexander Richa...

Amite, Louisiana First Black Veterinarian Percy L. Walker

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Dr. Percy Walker Photo Credit: Daily Star Photographer George Anderson Percy Leroy Walker was born on December 18, 1918, and died Oct...

The Legacy of Farming with Ernest Frazier of Amite, Louisiana.

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“He was born to be a farmer. It was something that he was good at, something he knew well. He was a giver of life, an alchemist that worke...

The Legacy of the late Mr. W.C. Frazier of Amite, Louisiana

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Willie Charles Frazier On Sunday, November 11, 2012, Brother Willie Charlie Frazier, affectionately known as “W.C.” passed from earth t...

Diamond Merchant from Africa Settled in Amite, Louisiana

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This book was given to Frank H. Drake, Mayor of Amite, LA in 1904. on June 7, 1973.  Dr. Ed. Burleigh, a retired physician from Opelousas, p...

The Legacy of Sunny Cohn of Amite, Louisiana

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Sunny Cohn No name were given for the woman in the photograph A man whose energy, determination and varied interests led him to beco...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Genealogist Antoinette Harrell Tour Museums from the United States to Niger, West Africa

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Antoinette looking at Tuareg War Shield Zinder, West Africa I have visited many museums throughout the United States, looking at artif...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

The National Slave Ship Museum Louisiana Delegation Meet with Jackson, Mississippi Mayor

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Louisiana Delegation meeting with Mayor Lumumba Today I traveled with a Lloyd Lazard and a Delegation from New Orleans, La to meet with ...

West Jackson Colored School " Mother School" School for Negro Boys and Girls

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Smith Robertson  ( 1847-1899) Smith Robertson was born a slave in Fayette, Alabama, in 1847. After the  Civil War, he migrated to Missi...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Wild Game Cook Out in Kentwood, Louisiana

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David Spencer W ild game cooking is deep rooted in the African American  communities in the deep South. This was the first wild game coo...

Our Family Fought and Served in the United States Military

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Henry Harrell-World War I-1914-1918 A s I went about my daily tasks today my mind drifted,  back to the beginning of the first Africans...