Saturday, January 25, 2014

2 Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Mississippi Opening 2017

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The site of the 2 Mississippi Museums Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. After attending a morning meeting, my colleague Walter C. Bla...

The Civil Rights Movement in the East Florida Parishes

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When addressing the matters of Civil Rights, is it paramount that certain assumptions are inherent. "That assumption is that all men b...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Tangipahoa Parish Youth Civil Rights Tours to Memphis, TN and Washington, D.C.

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Amite Summer Camper in Mark, Mississippi, The Home of Wagon Mule Train Photo Credit: Walter C. Black, Sr. Amite,LA--This pass summ...

Elder Frank Harrell, Sr." Daughter Keeping His Legacy Alive"

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Terri Harrell Jackson and her grandson Elder Frank Harrell, Sr., was a man who really love serving the All Mighty Heavenly Father. He an...

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow in Amite, Louisiana During the 60's

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Amite,LA--All over the United States people are preparing to celebrate the life works of Dr. Martin Luther K...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Karran Harper Royal an Education Advocate in New Orleans with Ancestral Roots in Amite, LA.

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Karran Harper Royal K arran Harper Royal works as an Education Advocate in New Orleans. She is the Assistant Director of Pyramid Communi...

"Africa's Forgotten Empires" by Author Seager Godson

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Seager Godson Author S eager Godson is the great grandson of Palmer Harrell of Amite, Louisiana. He wrote the book "Africa's ...

Carla Harrell Native of Amite, Louisiana Gave 623 Kids Coats this Winter

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Carla Harrell C arla Harrell is the founder of  "Give A Kid A Coat" an organization based in Dallas, Texas. She grew up in A...

Tangipahoa Parish Educator Monteral Harrell Climmons Give the Gift of Reading to Webb, Mississippi

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Monteral Harrell Climmons C an you imagine living in a town or city were there isn't a library or community resource center? Well th...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Wendell Richardson Preserving the Richardson Family History Through Photographs

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Wendell Richardson S ometimes family genealogist and family historians have their ways of preserving and telling their family history. W...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Burgher High School Class of 1969

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Burgher High School Class of 1969 Burgher High School was located in Independence, Louisiana.

Abandoned Schools in Tangipahoa & St. Helena Parishes Can Be Used As Creative Learning Centers

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Big Zion School in Roseland, Louisiana W hile riding around Tangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes I noticed a number of abandoned schools t...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Slaves on the Benjamin and Celia Bankston Richardson Plantation in St. Helena Parish

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Hardy Richardson, Administrator of the will Benjamin and Celia Bankston Richardson, 1852       File R-4 S ept. 18, 1852. Inventory, P...
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Mildred Ricard of Amite, Louisiana in 1968

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This photograph was taken in 1968. Shelia, Mildred and Robert Lee wife was taken at my brother Andrew Williams funeral from Daisy, March 196...

Lallie Kemp Hospital in Independence, Louisiana

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Visiting the Amite Genealogy Library is like going on a treasure hunt for me. There's lots of photographs, family histories, family boo...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Tangipahoa Parish First Black Medical Doctor "Dr. Walter A. Reed, MD"

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Statue of Dr. Walter A. Reed Hammond, LA D r. Reed, was born in 1879, a native of Crystal Springs, Miss., came to Hammond,LA  in the e...
Sunday, December 8, 2013

Homegoing Services for Lizzie Coleman Frazier

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Mrs. Lizzie Coleman Frazier  T he angel of the Lord has visited again and has chosen from among us one of the best. On Wednesday, April ...

Mr. Xavier Smith, Sr. of Amite, Louisiana

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Xavier Smith, Sr.  S ince its inception as A.M.E. Church in 1886, Grant has literally hundreds of person join its ranks, but there has b...
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Celebration of a Life Well Live for Brother Leroy (Tip) Coleman

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L eroy (Tip) Coleman, affectionally known by his sisters as "Brother", was born on March 25, 1929 to Major Coleman and Maggie Sp...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

African American Physicians of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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B efore trained black physicians, surgeons, and medical education was open to black people in the United States, the black people in the com...