VOICES UNDERGROUND
JUNE 5TH-AUGUST 19TH
Our vision is the healing of the American racial imagination through exposure to the truth of American racial history.
“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens:
He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with greater distrust of my ability, than I do this day. A feeling has crept over me, quite unfavorable to the exercise of my limited powers of speech. The task before me is one which requires much previous thought and study for its proper performance. I know that apologies of this sort are generally considered flat and unmeaning. I trust, however, that mine will not be so considered. Should I seem at ease, my appearance would much misrepresent me. The little experience I have had in addressing public meetings, in country schoolhouses, avails me nothing on the present occasion.
Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester by Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852
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CHESTER COUNTY HISTORY CENTER
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of BAYARD RUSTIN
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
Thurs., July 15, 2021 @ 10:00am to 11:30am.
One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. In person at CCHC, 225 N. High Street, West Chester, with a Zoom option.
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
Exhibit: Between Women Memories 25 Years Later.
The candid stories of being Black and female in West Chester made an impact on exhibit audiences in 1996. Now, 25 years later, we are revisiting this project to remember these women and reflect on what has changed and what has stayed the same. Explore the rich library collections that record African American history genealogies in Chester County.
Flag's creator activist Ben Haith in 1997.
Flag's creator activist Ben Haith in 1997.
- The Star represents the Lone Star State & the freedom of African Americans
- The burst represents a new beginning for the African Americans of Galveston and throughout the land.
- The arc-The curve that extends across the width of the flag represents a new horizon: the opportunities and promise that lay ahead for black Americans.
- The colors-The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants were and are Americans.
Flag's creator activist Ben Haith in 1997.
On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and nearly five months after the 13th Amendment was passed (six months before it would be ratified), enslaved people in Texas learned that they were free and that slavery in America had officially been abolished. Flag's creator activist Ben Haith in 1997.
- The Star represents the Lone Star State & the freedom of African Americans
- The burst represents a new beginning for the African Americans of Galveston and throughout the land.
- The arc-The curve that extends across the width of the flag represents a new horizon: the opportunities and promise that lay ahead for black Americans.
- The colors-The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants were and are Americans.
Flag's creator activist Ben Haith in 1997.